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<blockquote data-quote="holdem" data-source="post: 2485417" data-attributes="member: 529316"><p>I’ve had freestyle 1 and 2 </p><p></p><p>I’ve possibly lost 2-3 from catching them in maybe 4 years as in not very often. I think it’s more a factor on holiday when it’s been loosened by suntan cream etc </p><p></p><p>my tips / findings </p><p></p><p>1) put a new patch on perhaps 36 hours before you start it. So keep a track on how many days your current sensor has left. I find it gives more accurate readings that way. </p><p></p><p>2) start the new sensor during a period your bloods are relatively well controlled and flat. Ie if possible not during a eating period. It struggles with highs and lows I feel and it it sort of calibrates when your sugars are moving I think it finds it troublesome. </p><p></p><p>3) test with a blood test any sort of highs that are unexpected. I used to correct a high and then crash later. It try’s to use algorithms I think to predict where you’re going to be in like 15 mins it can be wrong as is trying to predict and as such best to double check. Ditto lows. I find lows more accurate though. </p><p></p><p>4) on the whole it’s very accurate in the range you want to be which i guess is a bad point as when you’re well controlled you almost don’t need it. </p><p></p><p>5) I find it super helpful for sort of the trend. Before this I would test my bloods before going into a meeting or something and say I was 6 I would have to be thinking am I 6 coming down from a 10 and soon to be low and as such eat in fear before going into a meeting etc. The general direction gives you much more confidence of where you are. </p><p></p><p>6) I live in Herts but go to st barts for my healthcare and I used to self fund but then did a daphne (May be spelt wrong) course and there were some criteria to tick that meant you could get it on prescription, I think it’s a bit sort of postcode lottery but worth asking. </p><p></p><p>7) it’s so much more social to test than doing a blood test the only few times I find it worrysome are when I’m having a conversation and people may think I’m being rude by unlocking my phone and testing but then it’s a lot less stressful than explaining why you’re pricking your finger etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="holdem, post: 2485417, member: 529316"] I’ve had freestyle 1 and 2 I’ve possibly lost 2-3 from catching them in maybe 4 years as in not very often. I think it’s more a factor on holiday when it’s been loosened by suntan cream etc my tips / findings 1) put a new patch on perhaps 36 hours before you start it. So keep a track on how many days your current sensor has left. I find it gives more accurate readings that way. 2) start the new sensor during a period your bloods are relatively well controlled and flat. Ie if possible not during a eating period. It struggles with highs and lows I feel and it it sort of calibrates when your sugars are moving I think it finds it troublesome. 3) test with a blood test any sort of highs that are unexpected. I used to correct a high and then crash later. It try’s to use algorithms I think to predict where you’re going to be in like 15 mins it can be wrong as is trying to predict and as such best to double check. Ditto lows. I find lows more accurate though. 4) on the whole it’s very accurate in the range you want to be which i guess is a bad point as when you’re well controlled you almost don’t need it. 5) I find it super helpful for sort of the trend. Before this I would test my bloods before going into a meeting or something and say I was 6 I would have to be thinking am I 6 coming down from a 10 and soon to be low and as such eat in fear before going into a meeting etc. The general direction gives you much more confidence of where you are. 6) I live in Herts but go to st barts for my healthcare and I used to self fund but then did a daphne (May be spelt wrong) course and there were some criteria to tick that meant you could get it on prescription, I think it’s a bit sort of postcode lottery but worth asking. 7) it’s so much more social to test than doing a blood test the only few times I find it worrysome are when I’m having a conversation and people may think I’m being rude by unlocking my phone and testing but then it’s a lot less stressful than explaining why you’re pricking your finger etc. [/QUOTE]
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