Freestyle libre 2 plus

Melgar said:

Libre's accuracy falls off once you leave that 'normal range'.

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My Libres tend to read lower than a fingerprick by 0.8 - 2 mmol/l at any range below 11, including hypo levels. They've done so since I started using them 8 years ago.

motherwell1991 said:

Currently not well and noticed big difference between freestyle libre 2 plus readings and finger tip readings. Freestyle libre plus reading is 3 .0 and finger prick reading is 4.3,anyone else get readings like that

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I would always go with the finger prick reading, taking into account low symtoms if you have them.

I have to admit my libres give me a good 10/15 minute heads up on an impending low before I get the early symptoms.

In the early days of using them when they alarmed I thought, “am I heck..?!?”
Then sure enough..

The Libre actually takes the edge of the lows for me so a nominal amount of fast acting carbs averts any real space outs?
It still drops a little further, then the lag of recovery on the graph. But then I used to see that testing every 5 minutes with a meter too…(the meter tended to show a quicker response time to treatment.) my brain function was still ahead of both..

Melgar said:

Mine too @Antje77

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Melgar said:

Libre's accuracy falls off once you leave that 'normal range'.

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So not only outside normal range, it's always worth the occasional fingerprick to get to know your Libre.

Jaylee said:

I have to admit my libres give me a good 10/15 minute heads up on an impending low before I get the early symptoms.

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I wish mine did too!
I usually catch my lows before Libre even knows, even without symptoms.

Antje77 said:

So not only outside normal range, it's always worth the occasional fingerprick to get to know your Libre.

I wish mine did too!
I usually catch my lows before Libre even knows, even without symptoms.

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That’s how I got to know the L1 using a Bluetooth bridge as a “CGM.” & the 2 successors.. not much difference for me..

Without fail (to date.) unless it’s a compression low waking me?
But then I got 15mins to see it bounce back.
I’m slow to wake though normally feel the low if I am when I do…
Real hypos on a graph for me look like they have been happening for 45 minutes.
In reality. A third of the time by the time I’ve treated it?