No way!? That's not good. What did you say?I posted a negative comment, referencing some of the issues that we've seen, on one of the posts in the libre group on Facebook and it was moderated out! It seems that some posts have to be kept politically positive!
I think you need a third one!So, two sensors, one 17.5% too high, the other 17.5% too low. The irony is marvellous. Still, at least if I use both I'll have some idea of where my blood glucose level really is...! Another phone call to Abbott in the offing tomorrow I think. They will be getting as bored of me as I am of doing their trials for them.
On a slightly different note, I was reading the detail of the clinical trials they are doing in the US. They are taking a sample of 164 people, and giving them one sensor and a reader, then having them do 8 scheduled blood tests per day over 14 days to prove the accuracy of the reader/sensor for the FDA. I thought it would be relatively easy to replicate this (and I think 164 is more than the European sample ) using forum members.
Is anyone up for it?
@itconor , @Hooked - if you go to the Libre website 'Sign in' area and click 'New Customers - Continue' you will see when they expect to be taking new customers and can also sign up to be alerted when they do.
https://www.freestylelibre.co.uk/customer/account/login/
I had only intended to get the starter pack to see how it was, but now I'm (um...) hookedI signed up for that ages ago. It still says early 2015. I go through phases of really wanting to order one, to reading the issues people are having with them and being put off.
Maybe go for a massage to get IF distributed more evenlyAll the fun I had yesterday with the complete misalignment of the new sensor and bg readings seems to have evaporated itself, and we are now back in much better alignment. The old sensor is back to showing low while the new one is pretty much spot on. This is somewhat confusing! I wonder how often it has happened before when I simply wasn't checking for accuracy...?
Yah me too!! It does make you wonder how trust worthy even the good sensors are if you don't finger prickI wonder how often it has happened before when I simply wasn't checking for accuracy...?
Yah me too!! It does make you wonder how trust worthy even the good sensors are if you don't finger prick
....Sensor 6 has left a red mark, but nowhere near as bad as sensor 5 left and I had no itching from it. The only difference was that I didn't allow this sensor to get wet - made sure I covered it up every time I had a shower. It stayed firmly stuck with no peeling edges and no water got behind it. I had a theory that keep getting the skin wet behind it might have been causing the irritation. Not sure if that's true, but the skin underneath this one is nowhere near as irritated as the last one.....
Smidge