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Hi,
I recently bought the freestyle libre off abbot and set it up. I placed it slightly to the side of the back of my upper arm. I waited the hour and went to get my first reading. However when I did it told me it was 2.9. I did not feel like my Bg was low so I did a finger prick and it told me it was 7.0. This trend continued throughout the evening, everytime I checked it it told me I was low, whereas a finger prick told me a totally different reading. Since then the readings have become a bit closer, for example a finger prick told me it was 12.5 & the freestyle said 13.4 . I bought the freestyle as a way of leaving finger pricks at home but now I'm afraid to because the freestyle libre makes me feel that I can't trust it.
Has anyone experienced this issue? Or have i done something wrong?
Thanks
I recently bought the freestyle libre off abbot and set it up. I placed it slightly to the side of the back of my upper arm. I waited the hour and went to get my first reading. However when I did it told me it was 2.9. I did not feel like my Bg was low so I did a finger prick and it told me it was 7.0. This trend continued throughout the evening, everytime I checked it it told me I was low, whereas a finger prick told me a totally different reading. Since then the readings have become a bit closer, for example a finger prick told me it was 12.5 & the freestyle said 13.4 . I bought the freestyle as a way of leaving finger pricks at home but now I'm afraid to because the freestyle libre makes me feel that I can't trust it.
Has anyone experienced this issue? Or have i done something wrong?
Thanks