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<blockquote data-quote="Seacrow" data-source="post: 2498827" data-attributes="member: 420515"><p>I</p><p></p><p>Uhh.. Because I'd like to survive? Taking time out to find my kit, getting it set up, obtaining blood and applying it to the strip is five minutes minimum (longer if my hands are shaking) that can make the difference between taking glucose and being on the floor. Pressing a button and waving the reader near my arm is 30 seconds that tells me how urgent the problem is. Admittedly I probably shouldn't take that 30s either, but I think it's worth it to reduce the number of rebound highs.</p><p></p><p>I don't really care how low I am, once the alarm goes for low bg what I NEED to know is how fast I'm dropping. The actual number? If I need to know it later I can get it from data history. Similarly, if I'm up where the high values don't calibrate terribly well I have a given amount of insulin I take (this approach is for high insulin resistance coupled with highly variable sensitivity). Again, the actual number isn't as important.</p><p></p><p>I must admit, I hate finger pricking - it's difficult (poor circulation), it hurts (I run out of pain free sites), and I get infections fairly frequently. Twice now I've nearly lost a bit of finger from infections that just wouldn't quit. If I actually finger prick 8x per day my fingers get so painful I can't hold a pen to write. This is part of the reason I was prescribed the libre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seacrow, post: 2498827, member: 420515"] I Uhh.. Because I'd like to survive? Taking time out to find my kit, getting it set up, obtaining blood and applying it to the strip is five minutes minimum (longer if my hands are shaking) that can make the difference between taking glucose and being on the floor. Pressing a button and waving the reader near my arm is 30 seconds that tells me how urgent the problem is. Admittedly I probably shouldn't take that 30s either, but I think it's worth it to reduce the number of rebound highs. I don't really care how low I am, once the alarm goes for low bg what I NEED to know is how fast I'm dropping. The actual number? If I need to know it later I can get it from data history. Similarly, if I'm up where the high values don't calibrate terribly well I have a given amount of insulin I take (this approach is for high insulin resistance coupled with highly variable sensitivity). Again, the actual number isn't as important. I must admit, I hate finger pricking - it's difficult (poor circulation), it hurts (I run out of pain free sites), and I get infections fairly frequently. Twice now I've nearly lost a bit of finger from infections that just wouldn't quit. If I actually finger prick 8x per day my fingers get so painful I can't hold a pen to write. This is part of the reason I was prescribed the libre. [/QUOTE]
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