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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Energize" data-source="post: 1804234" data-attributes="member: 28960">Thanks, I'm pleased to hear this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Could you elaborate on that?  I feel my Libre is usually pretty accurate and, in addititon, shows the up/down trend too, which blood glucose doesn't do.  Surely, as long as you've checked against a blood glucose to see it's reading on similar levels, it should give more information that a single blood strip does?  In the same way that different glucose meters differ, the Interstitial fluid glucose readings are considered within accepted differences.I'm Type 2, not on insulin, so maybe I've got this wrong but I understand the one of the criteria for being prescribed a Libre is hypo unawareness.  So, I don't quite understand your point here.  Again, could you explain what you are meaning?  Again, with the Libre showing up/down trends, surely this should help prevent a hypo and enable earlier intervention of off-set it?As you mention, if someone is hypo unaware, presumably they don't drive <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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