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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike_T" data-source="post: 2203277" data-attributes="member: 316198">I saw my diabetes consultant last week and he spoke about the requirements to be changed over to the freestyle libre. I met non of the conditions but one condition  he mentioned was if you were testing bg at least 8 times a day. I was doing 5/6 a day so we agreed that I would start checking 8 times a day from then. He’s arranging an appointment with the nurse in three months time where I will take my meter and if I can show that I’m doing the required number of tests she will start me on the libre.One thing I’ve noticed straightaway from testing this number a day is how much more in control my blood sugar is. The last 7 days it’s averaged 6.0, the last 90 days it’s averaged 9.2, obviously including this last week. When I checked the 90 day average before I started last week  it was was over 11. I’m amazed at the results but the cost of doing this in terms of test strips is more expensive than using the libre so bring it on.</blockquote>

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