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<blockquote data-quote="Celsus" data-source="post: 1750436" data-attributes="member: 185674"><p>Hi [USER=467306]@ECDRUM[/USER] , just to clarify a few points in your technical description of the libre sensor above. (and I don't work for or have commercial interests in Abbott) The Libre sensor was initially programmed by Abbott to make a bg reading that is being stored in its memory for every 15 minutes in the beginning. So if you dont swipe the sensor with your bg meter, then the sensor will by itself read and store the bg value for every 15 minutes. I have not seen any documentation for that this has been changed down to 10 minutes. If it is has, OK great, but it wont change much though we of course do agree its better with more granularity.</p><p>The thing is however that when you force a swipe with your bg meter over the sensor, then you also force an instant read from the sensor which it therefore stores and uses this latest read to calculate the most viable bg level you have at present. You will also recognize that this is correct on how it works if you ever tried a rapid drop/rise in bg, as it doesn't take 10 minutes before you see the values on your meter changes when swiping the scanner. They change by the minute, which is also the shortest timeframe the sensor and meter is able/willing to take a new sample data point for its algorithm to use. </p><p></p><p>So why your need to fingerprick as you state above? (or certainly not for the reasons stated)</p><p>If you see a vertical drop indicator on your sensor when below 4 or if you see a meter reading below 3.5 or further down is really irrelevant. You need sugar in any case as finger pricking wont change that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celsus, post: 1750436, member: 185674"] Hi [USER=467306]@ECDRUM[/USER] , just to clarify a few points in your technical description of the libre sensor above. (and I don't work for or have commercial interests in Abbott) The Libre sensor was initially programmed by Abbott to make a bg reading that is being stored in its memory for every 15 minutes in the beginning. So if you dont swipe the sensor with your bg meter, then the sensor will by itself read and store the bg value for every 15 minutes. I have not seen any documentation for that this has been changed down to 10 minutes. If it is has, OK great, but it wont change much though we of course do agree its better with more granularity. The thing is however that when you force a swipe with your bg meter over the sensor, then you also force an instant read from the sensor which it therefore stores and uses this latest read to calculate the most viable bg level you have at present. You will also recognize that this is correct on how it works if you ever tried a rapid drop/rise in bg, as it doesn't take 10 minutes before you see the values on your meter changes when swiping the scanner. They change by the minute, which is also the shortest timeframe the sensor and meter is able/willing to take a new sample data point for its algorithm to use. So why your need to fingerprick as you state above? (or certainly not for the reasons stated) If you see a vertical drop indicator on your sensor when below 4 or if you see a meter reading below 3.5 or further down is really irrelevant. You need sugar in any case as finger pricking wont change that. :) [/QUOTE]
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