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That's new news! As we've mentioned before, 2mmol is a lot if you generally stay between 4 and 7!
I've had this issue with the current sensor, previous sensors generally gave a more conservative result (higher when levels were elevated and lower for small readings).

Could be a dodgy batch?
 
I've had this issue with the current sensor, previous sensors generally gave a more conservative result (higher when levels were elevated and lower for small readings).

Could be a dodgy batch?
I have had good and bad sensors from same batches - sometimes it just seems like a lottery
 
Have to agree with @robert72. I've found the best way to get consistency seems to be about placement on the fleshy bit of the back of the upper arm. I've got that right with the last three sensors and seem to have had consistently reliable results.
 
Help! My new sensor won't scan! I'm on a cruise and I was relying on this to work to control myself . I just put my new one on and it just won't scan on the meter at all. It seems to have applied ok but won't scan. Is there anything I can do
 
Is it giving an error message on the scanner?
 
Nobody had this happen?
 
Andy scanner isn't even detecting it. It just times out , I'm afraid it could really ruin my honeymoon . I've terrable control while abroad and horrible hypo anxsiaty . Really stressed
 
Andy scanner isn't even detecting it. It just times out , I'm afraid it could really ruin my honeymoon . I've terrable control while abroad and horrible hypo anxsiaty . Really stressed
Oh no. Did ur last one time out?? Ie did it properly finish?
 
Are you seeing 'Start New Sensor' on the home screen?
 
Hi all last one finished as normal . Yes I click start new sensor it tells me to scan but it will not pick up the new sensor
 
You could try a reader self test - Settings, System Status, Reader Test. However it's sounds like a faulty sensor to me I'm afraid.
 
Exactly - hopefully he was just trying it on.

Yes, I bet he was. I think the response you get from Abbott is very much dependent on the individual you talk to. I find being friendly, knowledgeable, calm but assertive works best.

Glad you got it replaced.

Smidge

P.s My current sensor is almost spot on even though I've been pinging around out of range high and low today due to illness.
 
Thanks. Yes - I had a bad feeling about the guy when we started, but I kept being polite but firm and he started being more polite after he'd put me on hold for consultation on my readings.
 

They've always said 15% to me. Agree that when you get a bad sensor you end up doing more tests than before using the sensors. I'm still torn about using the Libre. On the one hand I love being able to scan whenever I want but on the other I like the relief of not having something permanently attached to me and stressing about whether it's accurate or not. Ironically, when I'm not using one I sleep better! I was actually surprised at the relief I felt when I stopped using them for a couple of months - but I still missed them!
Smidge
 
I have plenty of tests with me for my acucheck I've just grown accustomed to the ease and the graphing of the libre when it comes to not being entirely sure what I eat. Switch to as low a carb diet as possible now. Had a salid and some ham for dinner tonight. Will I also need to reduce my basil for this to ?
 
I'm learning the libre patterns. I find a prolonged period with an inclined or declined arrow (long is more than an hour) and the scan will generally be around 20% higher or lower than the blood reading at the same time. I'd you have a flat arrow, then the scans are pretty accurate. On vertical arrows I revert to blood till the arrows even out. Any reading above 9 I now test blood as it starts to get less accurate the higher you go. Seems to work quite well.
 
Oh don't let it spoil your honeymoon. Have u got enough text strips to test more?
 
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