New to Freestyle Libre and Confused

Lekie83 said:

Hello

Just looking for a bit of advise/help with me freestyle libre please? I very luckily got mine last week, and after the first one falling off on day 1 and then waiting a week to get my prescription up and running to get the next sensor I am finally up and running but I have a few questions:
- So I have the app on my I-phone and the reader that comes with the libre - which one should I be using, does the reader feed into the app or is it one or the other?
- I've have been able to get mine on prescription but my DN explained I need to be using it at a minimum of 8xs a day, which is fine cos I can't stop scanning at the moment, but if I only use my phone can the DN/Diabetic clinic still link into my readings when they need to and if I am using both devices how will they know how many times I'm using it (if that makes sense).
- When I've checked my blood glucose using my finger prick and original GC monitor and then either eat or correct and bolus using my pump, do I need to input some detail into the libre to give a better picture of any rises or falls?

I'm fairly sure I did have something else to ask but I can't think it was now but any advise on how you use the libre effectively would be much appreciated please.
Alexis

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helensaramay said:

You can use either.
Although if you want to use both, you need to make sure you start the sensor with the right one. Unfortunately, I can't remember which that is but if you search for "Libre" on this forum (use the Search field in the top right), it has been mentioned a few times.

Provided the link has been made to Diasend (or whatever your DN is using - ask them how this is done), the clinic can see your readings.
They cannot tell how many times you scan provided you scan at least every 8 hours (the sensor stores 8 hours of data so if you do not scan that often, it will lose some data)

The LibreLink app does not do any calibration - it relies on factor calibration.
You can enter comments if you want.
There are other apps (such as Glimp) which allow calibration but these are not linked to any DSN/diabetes clinic

There have been a lot of threads about Libre on this forum.
I strong recommend reading through them as many people have the wrong expectation on things such as accuracy, how to get the sensor to stay in place and any ways to pimp your sensor.
These questions (and more) have been answered multiple times on the forum.

By the way, I am surprised you have been prescribed Libre without training which should explain this and how to get the most out of the sensor.
This is not a criticism of you but of your diabetes team. Libre can be very powerful but only if you know how to interpret the readings.

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helensaramay said:

You can use either.
Although if you want to use both, you need to make sure you start the sensor with the right one.

Provided the link has been made to Diasend (or whatever your DN is using - ask them how this is done), the clinic can see your readings.

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