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Dexcom G6, Libre, and Spike
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<blockquote data-quote="SamJB" data-source="post: 1935943" data-attributes="member: 45322"><p>[USER=193030]@RSJ1301[/USER], I had something very similar with the Libre. I was doing a trail half marathon and my BGs don't normally see dramatic chnges whilst running. For some reason, they did that day. I felt hypo and Libre said I was at 10 mmol/l, so carried on, still felt funny, so did a blood test - 2.1 mmol/l. Was quite scary as I was in the middle of nowhere, with a real risk of having a severe hypo.</p><p></p><p>Since then I just do blood tests whilst running. I've also noticed the Libre doesn't work when it's cold. As the G6 is as real-time as a BG test, I think it would be as good as a BG test - if it works in the cold. I think an augmented Libre would still suffer from a lag, so sudden drops in BG might not be picked up. However, an augmented Libre is much cheaper, especially if you can get your Libre prescribed (which I have just done after 3 years of self-funding).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SamJB, post: 1935943, member: 45322"] [USER=193030]@RSJ1301[/USER], I had something very similar with the Libre. I was doing a trail half marathon and my BGs don't normally see dramatic chnges whilst running. For some reason, they did that day. I felt hypo and Libre said I was at 10 mmol/l, so carried on, still felt funny, so did a blood test - 2.1 mmol/l. Was quite scary as I was in the middle of nowhere, with a real risk of having a severe hypo. Since then I just do blood tests whilst running. I've also noticed the Libre doesn't work when it's cold. As the G6 is as real-time as a BG test, I think it would be as good as a BG test - if it works in the cold. I think an augmented Libre would still suffer from a lag, so sudden drops in BG might not be picked up. However, an augmented Libre is much cheaper, especially if you can get your Libre prescribed (which I have just done after 3 years of self-funding). [/QUOTE]
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