Freestyle libre sensors

[andyndee]

Hi all I've been having lots of issues with my recent libre2 sensors and yes I know they are being replaced my 2 plus are waiting to be picked up.
My question to you all is has anybody else have had huge drops say from 10 plus to say 6 when you notice it's falling fast, so you start saying a bottle of lucozade followed by say digestives biscuits failing that jelly babies, and there is nothing you can do from making them drop ? The other week we was out walking my sugars was fine there was a hill not massive but at the bottom I checked I was 6.6 it took say a minute to go up this hill my alarm went off at 5 even though it's set at 5.6 so I drank a 380 ml bottle of lucozade. we walked to the car another 2 minutes by then it's 4.2 I ate 3 digestive biscuits it's now 3.5 and I'm feeling fine. My wife drives me home and now it's 18 plus and showing I had a low that day and that I had 1 14 days ago yet I had photos showing the last lows was 90 days ago. 2 days later the 7 days 1 was on there the 14 days had gone and now I only have 1% on the 90 days ????
I'm hoping the new 2 plus are better for reliability I also had to replace 1 today I'd had it in 4 days and it suddenly started to hurt like hell it hadn't been knocked but the pain was immense. Thanks all sorry for the essay lol.

 

[Jaylee]

Hi all I've been having lots of issues with my recent libre2 sensors and yes I know they are being replaced my 2 plus are waiting to be picked up.
My question to you all is has anybody else have had huge drops say from 10 plus to say 6 when you notice it's falling fast, so you start saying a bottle of lucozade followed by say digestives biscuits failing that jelly babies, and there is nothing you can do from making them drop ? The other week we was out walking my sugars was fine there was a hill not massive but at the bottom I checked I was 6.6 it took say a minute to go up this hill my alarm went off at 5 even though it's set at 5.6 so I drank a 380 ml bottle of lucozade. we walked to the car another 2 minutes by then it's 4.2 I ate 3 digestive biscuits it's now 3.5 and I'm feeling fine. My wife drives me home and now it's 18 plus and showing I had a low that day and that I had 1 14 days ago yet I had photos showing the last lows was 90 days ago. 2 days later the 7 days 1 was on there the 14 days had gone and now I only have 1% on the 90 days ????
I'm hoping the new 2 plus are better for reliability I also had to replace 1 today I'd had it in 4 days and it suddenly started to hurt like hell it hadn't been knocked but the pain was immense. Thanks all sorry for the essay lol.

Hi,

What I have noticed for years with Libres & hypos is they can lag in response to recovery sometimes dropping a little further before coming back up.
They can say I’m only just back in range a good half hour after I’ve actually recovered & even a confirmation using the meter?

I read somewhere that the interstitial fluid the sensor probe tests can be the last thing normal BGs replenish, with the brain being the priority after the crisis of low BG?

 

[andyndee]

The other day when it dropped I didn't have a finger prick tester so I couldn't check but I felt fine but because of the 5 to drive I didn't just in case. What is the difference from 2 to 2 plus ???
I normally fit the new 1 24 plus hrs on advance as I've found using them straight away they seem unreliable ??
After a day they seem to settle down. Thanks for your reply.

 

[Rachox]

What is the difference from 2 to 2 plus ???

I self fund and switched from the 2 to the 2 plus last summer. The most noticeable difference is that they last 15 days not 14. I have had less problems since the swap, although this is more to do with signal loss rather than dodgy readings. Abbott have always replaced them no problem though. I put the new one on 12+ hours before the old one runs out.

 

[Jaylee]

I self fund and switched from the 2 to the 2 plus last summer. The most noticeable difference is that they last 15 days not 14. I have had less problems since the swap, although this is more to do with signal loss rather than dodgy readings. Abbott have always replaced them no problem though. I put the new one on 12+ hours before the old one runs out.

I’ve had my script changed to the 2+ a few months ago.
I still get given the 14 day sensors. I’m not that concerned about the extra day.
I’d sooner they pushed it to 21?

 

[Rachox]

I’m not that concerned about the extra day.

I’m not either, it means the switch day of the week moves along a day each time. I had my change at the weekend on Saturday with the 2 now not so

 

[Jaylee]

I’m not either, it means the switch day of the week moves along a day each time. I had my change at the weekend on Saturday with the 2 now not so

Yeah, I do Sundays after a shower.
A changeover on a work day for me is not ideal.. sometimes I need to clear the BT cache on my phone. ( the model I have involves hooking up to my PC to do this & go into a "safemode" boot on my device.)
I have been lucky having one sensor fail to date in 6 years?
Then there is the double checking the calibration.

Every 14 days. Sunday is my time to set this up.

 

[Ushthetaff]

Unfortunately these days lucozade isn’t the best to raise blood sugars it doesn’t have much sugar in it to raise them quick normal Coke Cola is best as it’s te only one that hasn’t had it’s sugar reduce de to the” fat “ tax other really quick things are the gels that cyclist use the problem has alwys been if using the Libre is that ittakes 20 mins for it to catch up to your actual blood sugar so it’ll constantly alarm even though your sugar has risen

 

[Jaylee]

Unfortunately these days lucozade isn’t the best to raise blood sugars it doesn’t have much sugar in it to raise them quick normal Coke Cola is best as it’s te only one that hasn’t had it’s sugar reduce de to the” fat “ tax other really quick things are the gels that cyclist use the problem has alwys been if using the Libre is that ittakes 20 mins for it to catch up to your actual blood sugar so it’ll constantly alarm even though your sugar has risen

To be frank. I disabled the alarms on the Libre app & use a 3rd party app in conjunction for a heads up alarm..
I can “snooze” the 3rd party app for 40 minutes.
If my basal is causing the issue? It will nag me again within the hour.