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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...

i have recently been given the freestyle Libre trial to get it on prescription due to having a lot of hypos and anxiety, so was testing my blood a lot. Anyway, I have been through 4 sensors now. At the end of the first I switched from lantus to levimer because I realised I could see my night...

To clear the air: I don't think Abbott can be blamed because I put the sensor in my left pectoral, not on my arm as you're meant to. However, it seems like ISF glucose is, at least on this sensor and this site, reading unreliably between .7 and 1.8 mM-equiv below fingerstick blood glucose on an...

Hi, So I'm a parent of a wonderfully resilient 8-year-old girl diagnosed six-months ago and several times we've had significant differences in blood glucose results taken within just a minute or so of each other. (Definitely nothing to do with sugary fingers!) I've been reading up about the...

Hi, I am the father of a recently diagnosed T1D 6 year old boy. We have a libre sensor and when first diagnosed we would use the freestyle reader to scan his sensor, and then upload to Diasend so our clinic could have the information for monitoring. Since then we have moved on and have...

Hi All, I'm going to be doing a one week walk along the path of the river Thames next week with mates and am wondering about basal rates. I'm on a pump and use a Libre sensor connected to my phone via xDrip and also to my Sony Smartwatch when my Blucon dongle works (its not very reliable in my...

Hi, I watched an Abbott Freestyle webinar last night about using Flash Glucose Monitors to manage exercise and another one about diet. I found them both interesting and it explained some of the mechanics of how exercise works for T1Ds and what different types of exercise do to our blog sugars...

Hi All, I recently bought a MiaoMiao reader after first discovering it last year (took a while to save up for it). The device itself hasnt actually arrived yet but i thought id get started by downloading Spike and browsing through its features. However, upon doing this i have discovered that...

From the Spike dev team: “IMPORTANT/URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT. ALL USERS PLEASE READ!!! Hello, Spikers. Please read this important/urgent announcement and act accordingly. This is an urgent matter and applies to EVERYONE. If you want to continue using Spike then please follow the guide listed in...

Hi Guys, I seem to be hogging the forum tonight, but I have another burning question. (YES, even more exciting than the mystery of the dimple!) I have read a lot about people using xdrip+ with their MiaoMiao and android phone, but has anyone compared it to the MM Tomato app? I have heard that...

Has anyone ever noticed a small dimple or depression on the top of their Libre sensor? I am NOT talking about the little hole right in the very middle. I am talking about the very small depression, about 1.5mm in diameter, about 5mm from the outer edge of the sensor. Somebody said, on another...

Hi everyone! I apologise if my forum-writing abilities are poor but I’m a newbie so try to stay with me! I’ll quickly introduce myself, my name’s Jordan, I’m 25 and I’m from Belfast in Northern Ireland, UK. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in April 2017 at the ripe age of 23! On Thursday...

My new MiaoMiao has just arrived and (not being v tecky) wondering what is the best App for an android phone? The MiaoMiao website mentions xDrip+ and Glimp. Many thanks for any help and apols if this is already on the forum, I've done a search but not found the info.

Hey everyone, I am making a report for a biology course on artificial pancreas and as a part of it, I need to know why does FreeStyle Libre lasts 14 days and no longer than that. Is it a tissue response? Do you have articles or sources of where to find this information? I was unsuccessful to...

I've started wearing the freestyle libre and am getting much better info on my blood sugar ups and downs. I play football once /twice a week and during matches my blood sugars always shoot up (towards 20.0 mmol/l) and I can't seem to work out why. Having tried varying breakfasts (I usually play...

Hi guys, Has anyone on the freestyle libre noticed an increase in size on their arms? I've been using it for around 8 months now and have noticed the tops of my arms grow in size, like jackets that used to fit me are now really tight across the shoulders. But I haven't gained weight necessarily...

Hi, been diabetic over 3 years now and I've just recently been put on the freestyle libre monitor. I've been having issues with my blood sugar being in range when going to bed but rising during the night and then by the morning coming back down to a decent level with no extra insulin. Please...

I have been having a difficult time getting these things to stay in place. All the ads from Libre show these deliriously happy women showing off their sensors and there is no indication of added cover to help them stay in place. I have used Nexcare Tegaderm waterproof dressing and it worked for...

Hi Recently had a bad sensor, I called Abbot, and they were super understanding and sent me a new sensor. However, I never received an email to confirm that they had put in a new order for me? Has anyone else experienced this? They also said that they would send me a pack to send back the bad...

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...