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Hi everyone,
I'm new to using the Freestyle Libre - and was diagnosed with T1DM in February.
I've been finding that the libre has been really off in comparison to my finger prick readings - especially at night time before bed. For example tonight my Libre is reading 3.8, but I do not feel as...
The people at Libre claim that it is to be expected sometimes that the meter VS test strip is off. Really? I find that most of the time, my meter is off from the test strip by 20% to 100% or more. I am on my 38th sensor with only a few failures.
They claim that the meter lags the test strip by...
My upper readings (150+) are a bit higher than when I use a separate test meter as a comparison but my Libre lower readings (120-) are seriously questionable. Just this morning, my Libre gave a reading of 81 while my Breeze2 test was 140. Had I relied on Libre, then I would not have taken the...
Plenty of diabetics are not satisfied with the accuracy of their BG meter. Some of them also noticed different BG readings with same blood sample on different BG meters. The reason might be "artificial" systematic bias implemented by manufactures into BG meters.
There has been made independent...
Hello again folks.
I was just wondering if any of the Freestyle Libre users have tried a sensor on the abdomen area? (rather than the stated 'upper arm only'). If so, how have your experiences been with this? Have you found the results to be more accurate, just as accurate or less accurate...
Anyone know why the blood sugar readings fluctuate so much.. i went from 6.4 to 9.3 to 6.9 in a matter of 30 mins all in a fasted state from just waking up. Yeah i did 3 tests and my fingers are sore from poking holes in them, but makes me question the accuracy of these monitors
Hello again:)
I know i posted asking for experiences on the freestyle libre and was kindly moved onto a very long thread about people discussing it. I am however posting this because id like a sort of update on how accurate the libre sensors are compared to when they were first brought out. i...