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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
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- **** doctors. Airport travel.
Hi.
Firstly my immediate query. Since I have just taken off my first ever Freestyle Libre (I'm trailing it for a month) - which the doctor actually put on.
Any tips for putting on a new one? As I haven't got a clue. Does it have to go on a certain part of your body (mine was on my upper arm lower than a t-shirt would go - probably on one of the triceps)?
And how do you know if you've even attached it properly? (I guess it's a once only thing and if it doesn't attach then that's it - 2 weeks down the drain?).
Also, I've noticed since I took it off that my arm hurts a bit. Is that normal?
Is there anyone that has been using this blood sensor for a while (i.e. - several months).
I'm just wondering if it's been beneficial at all. Like did it help you to get your blood sugar level down/in range?
Any problems with it falling off? Failing? Did it restrict you doing anything at all?
Do you worry about any long term thing? I guess having whatever it is stuck in your arm 24/7 hasn't been safety tested over a long period of time.
Currently I'm back to finger pricking as I'm a bit 'meh' about trying to put a new one on.
Firstly my immediate query. Since I have just taken off my first ever Freestyle Libre (I'm trailing it for a month) - which the doctor actually put on.
Any tips for putting on a new one? As I haven't got a clue. Does it have to go on a certain part of your body (mine was on my upper arm lower than a t-shirt would go - probably on one of the triceps)?
And how do you know if you've even attached it properly? (I guess it's a once only thing and if it doesn't attach then that's it - 2 weeks down the drain?).
Also, I've noticed since I took it off that my arm hurts a bit. Is that normal?
Is there anyone that has been using this blood sensor for a while (i.e. - several months).
I'm just wondering if it's been beneficial at all. Like did it help you to get your blood sugar level down/in range?
Any problems with it falling off? Failing? Did it restrict you doing anything at all?
Do you worry about any long term thing? I guess having whatever it is stuck in your arm 24/7 hasn't been safety tested over a long period of time.
Currently I'm back to finger pricking as I'm a bit 'meh' about trying to put a new one on.