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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I'm type 1 for over 40 years now and a fairly latecomer to cgm tech.
I've been using a Libre 2 sensor for around 2 years now and I'm happy to embrace new technology when it is of benefit to me.
Since starting on the cgm journey I've had about an 80% success rate with sensors working at all which given the cost of these things is not great.
My biggest bugbear however is the accuracy of them. I've conducted a side by side test in the last few days with my contour next one finger prick meter.
This contour meter is without doubt one of the most reliable bits of kit I've ever had . It gives results which coincide with how I'm feeling at that particular time.
The results of my small experiment were not favourable for the Libre 2 sensor.
In a nutshell, my sensor measures on average at least 1mmol/L above at the top end and 1mmol/L below at the bottom end.
For anyone who is concerned about their time in range it's a gamechanger. You start with a 6 point window between 3.9 and 10 mmol/L , which is now reduced by 33.33333% to a 4 point window which stretches from 4.9 to 9.0 mmol/L.
Life is hard enough without having your margins squeezed to this extent.
Maybe it's just me? I don't know, which is why I'm putting this out there.
Before anyone starts on about the arrows and direction of travel, don't bother. My sensor can't even predict these with any accuracy.
I also learned about compression lows today. That was an eye opener. The things they neglect to tell you eh!
As far as I'm concerned, hitting time in range targets using a libre 2 sensor is akin to a Stevie Wonder hole in one at Gleneagles.
Thoughts please.
I've been using a Libre 2 sensor for around 2 years now and I'm happy to embrace new technology when it is of benefit to me.
Since starting on the cgm journey I've had about an 80% success rate with sensors working at all which given the cost of these things is not great.
My biggest bugbear however is the accuracy of them. I've conducted a side by side test in the last few days with my contour next one finger prick meter.
This contour meter is without doubt one of the most reliable bits of kit I've ever had . It gives results which coincide with how I'm feeling at that particular time.
The results of my small experiment were not favourable for the Libre 2 sensor.
In a nutshell, my sensor measures on average at least 1mmol/L above at the top end and 1mmol/L below at the bottom end.
For anyone who is concerned about their time in range it's a gamechanger. You start with a 6 point window between 3.9 and 10 mmol/L , which is now reduced by 33.33333% to a 4 point window which stretches from 4.9 to 9.0 mmol/L.
Life is hard enough without having your margins squeezed to this extent.
Maybe it's just me? I don't know, which is why I'm putting this out there.
Before anyone starts on about the arrows and direction of travel, don't bother. My sensor can't even predict these with any accuracy.
I also learned about compression lows today. That was an eye opener. The things they neglect to tell you eh!
As far as I'm concerned, hitting time in range targets using a libre 2 sensor is akin to a Stevie Wonder hole in one at Gleneagles.
Thoughts please.