I've barely had it a day and already what a difference, It's very easy to install and shows up every little variation. For instance looking at the graph I went to bed with a bg of 5.5, at 2am last night my BG was 4.5 at 5.30 it was 6 , when I did my normal fasting reading a 8.00am it was 5.5. Not earth shattering but I was not aware of the variation.
I had a bit of a coughing fit late mormning, really bad cold at the moment, and noticed my, BG went from 5.7 to 7, immediatly I did a finger prick and indeed my BG was 7.0 !!! 10 mins later it was back to 5.7. Again not a game changer but interesting to see how events can change BG.
Later in the afternoon I ate a satsuma, now I've always said oranges/satsumas don't really effect my BG well the libre showed different, I went from 5.8 to 9 and then back to 5.9 all in the space of 20 mins, so ok satsumas don't effect my bg over hours but do spike it quite badly, I'll try it again tomorrow just to see if I get the same effect.
Overall I can't stop testing , it's great.
Now the downside, the cost .
It's an ideal tool for the newly diagnosed as you can see very quickly what food effect your blood but at £50 a fortnight a bit too expensive, roughly 4 quid a day.
And one other complaint the packaging, there's a lot of plastic waste maybe Abbott will address this problem and make the items reusable .
I'm a convert, possibly I'll use it every 3 weeks or so. A fantastic product
I had a bit of a coughing fit late mormning, really bad cold at the moment, and noticed my, BG went from 5.7 to 7, immediatly I did a finger prick and indeed my BG was 7.0 !!! 10 mins later it was back to 5.7. Again not a game changer but interesting to see how events can change BG.
Later in the afternoon I ate a satsuma, now I've always said oranges/satsumas don't really effect my BG well the libre showed different, I went from 5.8 to 9 and then back to 5.9 all in the space of 20 mins, so ok satsumas don't effect my bg over hours but do spike it quite badly, I'll try it again tomorrow just to see if I get the same effect.
Overall I can't stop testing , it's great.
Now the downside, the cost .
It's an ideal tool for the newly diagnosed as you can see very quickly what food effect your blood but at £50 a fortnight a bit too expensive, roughly 4 quid a day.
And one other complaint the packaging, there's a lot of plastic waste maybe Abbott will address this problem and make the items reusable .
I'm a convert, possibly I'll use it every 3 weeks or so. A fantastic product