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<blockquote data-quote="PIPPO_PIPPI" data-source="post: 1730745" data-attributes="member: 322947"><p>Hi. I became type 1 when 16, 57 years ago, and in my very long diabetic experience I tried so many different ways to survive with my problem that when Abbott’s Libre appeared, I was sure of a miracle.</p><p></p><p>Now, after 15 months of its use, I'm still of this opinion, and I'll explain why.</p><p></p><p>!- The Libre itself has many advantages, all well pointed many times in these posts.</p><p>But... (there is always a "but", alas!), in the first summer of use I had a total defeat of its performances, 6 sensors were changed by Abbott, due to very erroneous and erratic values. The probably good explanation was that the shipment was done for all of them by truck on very sunny days, with a courier with black painted trucks and no air-conditioning, which probably stopped along the way for some time in full sun... Anyway, all over the 15 months of use I needed to change 5 more, randomly distributed in time, in total 11 over 31, so this looks a great problem.</p><p></p><p>2- And here the second miracle: on August last year I bought a Bluetooth transmitter from a German startup, and the trio Libre-BlueTooth Transmitter-XDrip+ App solved definitely this problem.</p><p>Now I have ALL the libre sensors that work flawlessly, even when inaccurate, because XDrip+ has a very accurate calibration algorithm that corrects the Libre values with the blood ones (2-3 a day) taken with a glucometer.</p><p>If my corrected readings go over or below the given parameters an alert starts on my smartphone, by day and... MIRACLE! by night.</p><p></p><p>Having been 11 times in heavy hypoglycemic night crisis, with consequent hospitalization and all the connected health problems, I was used to go to sleep at 04 AM, given that night hypoglycemias occur before...</p><p></p><p>Now I can go to sleep at 00 AM, sure that it is checking that everything goes OK, all the night long.</p><p></p><p>So, given that now there are on sale at least three different transmitters like mine, and many more in the next months, I strongly suggest to follow my example. My little cent. Bye. Pippo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PIPPO_PIPPI, post: 1730745, member: 322947"] Hi. I became type 1 when 16, 57 years ago, and in my very long diabetic experience I tried so many different ways to survive with my problem that when Abbott’s Libre appeared, I was sure of a miracle. Now, after 15 months of its use, I'm still of this opinion, and I'll explain why. !- The Libre itself has many advantages, all well pointed many times in these posts. But... (there is always a "but", alas!), in the first summer of use I had a total defeat of its performances, 6 sensors were changed by Abbott, due to very erroneous and erratic values. The probably good explanation was that the shipment was done for all of them by truck on very sunny days, with a courier with black painted trucks and no air-conditioning, which probably stopped along the way for some time in full sun... Anyway, all over the 15 months of use I needed to change 5 more, randomly distributed in time, in total 11 over 31, so this looks a great problem. 2- And here the second miracle: on August last year I bought a Bluetooth transmitter from a German startup, and the trio Libre-BlueTooth Transmitter-XDrip+ App solved definitely this problem. Now I have ALL the libre sensors that work flawlessly, even when inaccurate, because XDrip+ has a very accurate calibration algorithm that corrects the Libre values with the blood ones (2-3 a day) taken with a glucometer. If my corrected readings go over or below the given parameters an alert starts on my smartphone, by day and... MIRACLE! by night. Having been 11 times in heavy hypoglycemic night crisis, with consequent hospitalization and all the connected health problems, I was used to go to sleep at 04 AM, given that night hypoglycemias occur before... Now I can go to sleep at 00 AM, sure that it is checking that everything goes OK, all the night long. So, given that now there are on sale at least three different transmitters like mine, and many more in the next months, I strongly suggest to follow my example. My little cent. Bye. Pippo [/QUOTE]
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