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<blockquote data-quote="Carlton1512" data-source="post: 1848137" data-attributes="member: 452413"><p>So after the honeymoon period for quite a few months with the Freestyle Libre patches, I've finally decided to give up using them as they are just too unreliable. I've had several fall off after going to the gym which were replaced by Abbot, but even after applying Tegaderm sticky patches over them, they were still coming unstuck 10 or 12 days into using them. I also suffered with the bad skin reaction when I took them off or they fell off (a burn like scar). It finally came to a head when the last two sensors I've applied kept getting `Scan Error. Try again in 10 minutes'. The error code was 373 for reference. I've spoken Abbot and told them how disillusioned I have become with the sensors unreliability, again they offered to replace the sensor but I said not to bother as it would probably fall off or not work. I asked about getting a refund as I purchased them myself and they have actually agreed to refund me instead of sending a replacement. Has anyone given up using Libre system because of various problems? I'm curious as just wondered if I am just unlucky, or is Libre not as fantastic as it is made out to be?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carlton1512, post: 1848137, member: 452413"] So after the honeymoon period for quite a few months with the Freestyle Libre patches, I've finally decided to give up using them as they are just too unreliable. I've had several fall off after going to the gym which were replaced by Abbot, but even after applying Tegaderm sticky patches over them, they were still coming unstuck 10 or 12 days into using them. I also suffered with the bad skin reaction when I took them off or they fell off (a burn like scar). It finally came to a head when the last two sensors I've applied kept getting `Scan Error. Try again in 10 minutes'. The error code was 373 for reference. I've spoken Abbot and told them how disillusioned I have become with the sensors unreliability, again they offered to replace the sensor but I said not to bother as it would probably fall off or not work. I asked about getting a refund as I purchased them myself and they have actually agreed to refund me instead of sending a replacement. Has anyone given up using Libre system because of various problems? I'm curious as just wondered if I am just unlucky, or is Libre not as fantastic as it is made out to be? [/QUOTE]
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