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How low can Bg go?

Robbity said:
I've posted several times about this before, but I found that if I inserted my sensors and left them for 48 hours rather than the usual rather shorter wait time before activating them, then lying on my sensor arm didn't cause these lows, which only ever occurred during the first couple of nights/days.

Normal activation time:View attachment 48105 48 hour delay:View attachment 48106
But my sensors tended to read consistently around 1-1.5mmol lower than my usual finger prick tests anyway, some of which were done using my Libre reader and test strips rather than my usual Contour Next meter for the sake of compatibility. @Jaylee I've never used anything other than my Libre reader so haven't done any proper(??) calibrations.
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There are a at least 3 good trusted 3rd party apps that can be calibrated to your meter.

However, check your latest reading from the sensor. Then wait 20 minutes & test? There is a bit of a lag with a meter.
I'm normally happy when they are within 0.6mmol of eachother?
 
Robbity said:
I've posted several times about this before, but I found that if I inserted my sensors and left them for 48 hours rather than the usual rather shorter wait time before activating them, then lying on my sensor arm didn't cause these lows, which only ever occurred during the first couple of nights/days.

Normal activation time:View attachment 48105 48 hour delay:View attachment 48106
But my sensors tended to read consistently around 1-1.5mmol lower than my usual finger prick tests anyway, some of which were done using my Libre reader and test strips rather than my usual Contour Next meter for the sake of compatibility. @Jaylee I've never used anything other than my Libre reader so haven't done any proper(??) calibrations.
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I always want to do that but it's bad enough having one to look after never mind one attached to each arm. :)
 
I had put mine on and left it for 36 hours before activating.
Funnily enough, the 3 alarms on the first night don't show on the daily graphs, nor the 2 the second night, so I assume they were fleeting.
Last night (the third) I turned the alarms off but it registered a 3.2 for at least 20 minutes between 3 am and 6 am.
For the moment I am going to assume it is pressures lows.

And yes it does seem to be varying to finger pricks by .5 or 1 lower
 
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