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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2213597" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi there, I've had my libre for a week and love it for a number of reasons. It is around 10/15 minutes 'behind' of course so in the first few days (to test it all), I did a libre check, then a blood test 15 minutes later and they were practically the same. I also checked with finger pricks on 3 of my old meters and again, roughly the same. I sometimes use the libre itself to do its own blood test and again that comes up as similar to the libre reader. It was trial & error at first and the biggest surprise to me was how much glucose levels fluctuate minute to minute. In the space of 15 minutes, mine can be anything between 4 and 5, or it can show a 7 following exercise then 10 minutes later be down to a 5. I would have known none of this on the old finger prick method so as you say it is fab for trends, and yes, I am happy to use it and accept its readings before driving and insulin dosage. Let's face it, we have had to calculate insulin dosage on a random single test before this so the libre in my opinion is a massive step up. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2213597, member: 451727"] Hi there, I've had my libre for a week and love it for a number of reasons. It is around 10/15 minutes 'behind' of course so in the first few days (to test it all), I did a libre check, then a blood test 15 minutes later and they were practically the same. I also checked with finger pricks on 3 of my old meters and again, roughly the same. I sometimes use the libre itself to do its own blood test and again that comes up as similar to the libre reader. It was trial & error at first and the biggest surprise to me was how much glucose levels fluctuate minute to minute. In the space of 15 minutes, mine can be anything between 4 and 5, or it can show a 7 following exercise then 10 minutes later be down to a 5. I would have known none of this on the old finger prick method so as you say it is fab for trends, and yes, I am happy to use it and accept its readings before driving and insulin dosage. Let's face it, we have had to calculate insulin dosage on a random single test before this so the libre in my opinion is a massive step up. x [/QUOTE]
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