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Fayefaye1429

Fayefaye1429

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Location
Durham
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
hey everyone I wanted to ask to make sure it's not me. I've got a libre its been brilliant. However I have noticed it's giving me very high reading when I'm not high. For example 17 when I'm actually 13 which is quite a bounce, has anyone experienced this? Faye
 
I'm on day 2 with mine love it! I'm reading 0.5-1 lower and although have had a spike with breakfast didn't finger prick at the time. I feel like a new woman, back in control!
 
Fayefaye1429 said:
hey everyone I wanted to ask to make sure it's not me. I've got a libre its been brilliant. However I have noticed it's giving me very high reading when I'm not high. For example 17 when I'm actually 13 which is quite a bounce, has anyone experienced this? Faye
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Yes me too Faye, putting it down to different body part so different reading, the Libre just goes into the fat tissue rather than blood so it may take longer to gauge a reading, so am getting at times up to 3 mol/l difference too, however loving it, can now see if I hypo overnight as very often I don't wake or only wake for a few moments to convince myself to sleep again, and have prevented a hypo already from using it, worth it's money and so pleased I have it now, although will only use once a month to analyse readings, still a tad expensive..
 
I've found the first 24 hours with a new sensor can be a bit hit and miss, which is why I attach a new sensor a couple of days before I activate it. This seems to help.
 
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