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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1510915" data-attributes="member: 374531">Yeah, the cost is a pain, but I try to think of it as £3.50 a day, doesn't seem so bad as that's about the same as a return tram or bus trip, or a coffee and newspaper.I'd ignore the negative DSN - she is not T1, has presumably never used one, never had a hypo, foot on floor, dp, etc. etc. so has no real world experience of it.Main reason I love it is if tells me I'm at, say, 5 and dropping fast, I can then just take 5 to 10g to nudge it up a bit, keep an eye on it, and avoid any possibility of a hypo.Compare that to how your DSN would approach it - she's maybe a bit old school DAFNE where the advice is typically don't test between meals unless you feel hypo. So, under that regime, they're saying fix  a hypo after it's happened. Nah, with libre you're getting the option of fixing it in advance so that it will not happen at all. That's priceless.</blockquote>

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