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libre readings not accurate, what to do?

What would you do?

  • leave it on

    Votes: 1 100.0%

  • replace it now

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    1
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sleepster

sleepster

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Location
Northumberland
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
Hiya, sorry I appreciate variations on this question have been asked many times but I'm looking for some guidance.
I'm still fairly new to the libre, I have been using it since the end of May.
My current libre sensor is between 2 and 5mmol out, I can't speak to Abbott until Monday, do I keep it on and hope they'll replace it, or do I put a new one on now?
Sorry if this is a daft question, I didn't have any libre training :bag:
I've been checking blood and libre 15 minutes apart and written the results down, I know to do that from the forum :D

p.s it's been more than 24 hours since I applied it, I was hoping it would sort itself out o_O
p.p.s would they even replace it?
 
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sleepster said:
I mostly use the reader, only occasionally use my phone to scan
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Back in the days prior to the CGM set up with the miaomiao. I just had my phone I neither liked the Libre app design nor found it accurate.
I found "Glimp" a versatile free app for just scanning. it can be calibrated to the meter making the graphs a little more realistic?

With the advent of getting a MM i found xDrip more stable running the bluetooth..

If you are asking what would personally i do?
I got a more workable system going with something i can calibrate the wild discrepancies after being a little disappointed at what the sensor was throwing back at me. (Like never ending hypos?)
I'm normally happy if it's within 0.6Mmol allowing also for the "Lag."
 
Jaylee said:
Back in the days prior to the CGM set up with the miaomiao. I just had my phone I neither liked the Libre app design nor found it accurate.
I found "Glimp" a versatile free app for just scanning. it can be calibrated to the meter making the graphs a little more realistic?

With the advent of getting a MM i found xDrip more stable running the bluetooth..

If you are asking what would personally i do?
I got a more workable system going with something i can calibrate the wild discrepancies after being a little disappointed at what the sensor was throwing back at me. (Like never ending hypos?)
I'm normally happy if it's within 0.6Mmol allowing also for the "Lag."
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Thanks @Jaylee, the main issue I have with using my phone compared to the reader is with the reader I can just give it a vague waft across the general area of my arm where the libre is, but with my phone I have to uncover the sensor and hold the right part of the phone directly on the sensor and hold it while it inevitably has a scanning error or 3, it's just easier with the reader.
I did look at miaomiaos when I got the libre, but wanted to see how I got on with just the libre first.
I do want to get a miaomiao but I'm a technophobe so I've been putting it off :bag:
 
sleepster said:
Thanks @Jaylee, the main issue I have with using my phone compared to the reader is with the reader I can just give it a vague waft across the general area of my arm where the libre is, but with my phone I have to uncover the sensor and hold the right part of the phone directly on the sensor and hold it while it inevitably has a scanning error or 3, it's just easier with the reader.
I did look at miaomiaos when I got the libre, but wanted to see how I got on with just the libre first.
I do want to get a miaomiao but I'm a technophobe so I've been putting it off :bag:
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To be fair when I was scanning. Both my old phone & the current replacment phone (both are old.)
I had to sit the case in the location of the NFC antenna right on top of the sensor? So I empathise on that one.
It's not the "Jedi wave" it's portrayed with some phone models. Like the reader.

I don't use any form of NFC payment. (Except by bank card.) But from what I've seen most realy have to make contact with the recieving device at a check out? Probably part of the security with phone NFC. (At a guess.)

If you realy arn't happy with the performance of your sensor? Contact Abbott first prior to considering removing the sensor??

It's your diabetes at the end of the day. We individually have our own bespoke ways to manage it.. :)
 
If it were me & I had a spare I would apply that. Abbott will replace it on Monday after asking a couple of easy questions and in my case it took less than 24hrs to receive a new sensor.

If you do remove it keep the old one just in case.
 
Thanks for the replies everyone, I have changed the sensor. Abbott are phoning me tomorrow, if they don't replace the sensor it's not the end of the world, but I've kept it and have got lots of test results written down if they ask :)
 
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