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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1473461" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Yes, it is. Even though the manufacturers of libre, dexcom, medtronic say that you can switch it on right away, they're talking rubbish.</p><p></p><p>Poking a big needle in causes trauma, then repair cells come along to repair the damage, and those cells chew up glucose big style, which is why there's so many reports of people getting abnormally low readings in the first 24 hours.</p><p></p><p>Levels are fine elsewhere but because repair cells are busy eating glucose in the trauma area, there's less glucose for the sensor to measure, so it correctly shows it as low in that area, even though it's fine elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>Leaving it for a day allows it to settle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1473461, member: 374531"] Yes, it is. Even though the manufacturers of libre, dexcom, medtronic say that you can switch it on right away, they're talking rubbish. Poking a big needle in causes trauma, then repair cells come along to repair the damage, and those cells chew up glucose big style, which is why there's so many reports of people getting abnormally low readings in the first 24 hours. Levels are fine elsewhere but because repair cells are busy eating glucose in the trauma area, there's less glucose for the sensor to measure, so it correctly shows it as low in that area, even though it's fine elsewhere. Leaving it for a day allows it to settle. [/QUOTE]
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