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<blockquote data-quote="lwoof" data-source="post: 1194246" data-attributes="member: 305469"><p>Hiya. My husband has been using the Freestyle libre for about 3 months now. It's been great and relatively accurate. It has never come off so far and he likes to run and gets really sweaty! I got it for him after a really bad hypo episode involving the paramedics. We talked about it and I think once you come to understand its limitations, it's s great tool esp for peace of mind. If your blood sugar is changing quickly, either going too high or too low too quickly, the sensor will not pick that up quickly enough as it measures the glucose in your tissues, and there's a lag time for it to balance out with the levels in your blood, esp when your blood glucose is changing so quickly. It usually ends up overestimating hypers and underestimating hypos, sadly unlike Abbott like to portrait it does not completely replace pricking. However under stable situations my husband has found it to be exact when compared to finger pricking. It's also great to prevent hypos, for example if you scan and it says 4.5 or similar and you're going to bed, it may be a good idea to have a carb snack to prevent a night hypo. Overall we take it for what it is with its limitations and we are very happy with it. I have heard of people with faulty sensors but always heard that Abbott rectified it promptly. Sadly it's all self-funded for us, but if you can afford it, read about it (which you are!) and understand the limitations, I would recommend!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lwoof, post: 1194246, member: 305469"] Hiya. My husband has been using the Freestyle libre for about 3 months now. It's been great and relatively accurate. It has never come off so far and he likes to run and gets really sweaty! I got it for him after a really bad hypo episode involving the paramedics. We talked about it and I think once you come to understand its limitations, it's s great tool esp for peace of mind. If your blood sugar is changing quickly, either going too high or too low too quickly, the sensor will not pick that up quickly enough as it measures the glucose in your tissues, and there's a lag time for it to balance out with the levels in your blood, esp when your blood glucose is changing so quickly. It usually ends up overestimating hypers and underestimating hypos, sadly unlike Abbott like to portrait it does not completely replace pricking. However under stable situations my husband has found it to be exact when compared to finger pricking. It's also great to prevent hypos, for example if you scan and it says 4.5 or similar and you're going to bed, it may be a good idea to have a carb snack to prevent a night hypo. Overall we take it for what it is with its limitations and we are very happy with it. I have heard of people with faulty sensors but always heard that Abbott rectified it promptly. Sadly it's all self-funded for us, but if you can afford it, read about it (which you are!) and understand the limitations, I would recommend! [/QUOTE]
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