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<blockquote data-quote="CherryAA" data-source="post: 1349177" data-attributes="member: 327005"><p>I'm updating my thoughts on this . I think I was wrong in the above post. Whilst its true that I have had to replace one - which Abbott did without query, I now think that the other sensors were much better than I had thought. </p><p></p><p>The very first sensor I put on seemed to be giving me readings that were far too good. The next two were giving me readings that were seemed far too bad. Having now tried a fourth sensor which has given me readings at both ends of this range as we went through xmas, I have realised that I was in deep ketosis during the first sensor and as such the great readings were probably fine and which were then confirmed by a home Hba1C test at 5.9. At the time I thought that was probably too good - which seemed to be confirmed a couple of weeks later by an official reading of 6.2 . I now think the home test was accurate and I really did suffer a deterioration in the intervening two weeks. I think that 5.9 reading gave me a false sense of security an my diet got a little bit more lax as a result. </p><p></p><p>The next two sensors seemed to be giving me much higher readings without seeming compensating change in diet, however the difference was that I had eaten enough at an early stage in that period to switch me out of ketosis and it was that which seems to have resulted in the increase. My fourth sensor covered a period where I was definitely out of ketosis ( over xmas giving rise to high readings) and then got back into it giving a daily reducing readings which are close to those initial "optimistic" readings. </p><p></p><p>If anyone was put off by my comments in terms of getting a Libre, then I apologise. It so happened that the first time I stuck it on coincided with a period of deep ketosis which had only just begun and which the blood prick tests cannot really pick up. </p><p></p><p>I now think its an excellent tool and that one needs to go through a few cycles to understand how it reacts to me , and that whilst it might show different readings from the finger prick tests, on balance the actual trace it gives me is a pretty good reflection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CherryAA, post: 1349177, member: 327005"] I'm updating my thoughts on this . I think I was wrong in the above post. Whilst its true that I have had to replace one - which Abbott did without query, I now think that the other sensors were much better than I had thought. The very first sensor I put on seemed to be giving me readings that were far too good. The next two were giving me readings that were seemed far too bad. Having now tried a fourth sensor which has given me readings at both ends of this range as we went through xmas, I have realised that I was in deep ketosis during the first sensor and as such the great readings were probably fine and which were then confirmed by a home Hba1C test at 5.9. At the time I thought that was probably too good - which seemed to be confirmed a couple of weeks later by an official reading of 6.2 . I now think the home test was accurate and I really did suffer a deterioration in the intervening two weeks. I think that 5.9 reading gave me a false sense of security an my diet got a little bit more lax as a result. The next two sensors seemed to be giving me much higher readings without seeming compensating change in diet, however the difference was that I had eaten enough at an early stage in that period to switch me out of ketosis and it was that which seems to have resulted in the increase. My fourth sensor covered a period where I was definitely out of ketosis ( over xmas giving rise to high readings) and then got back into it giving a daily reducing readings which are close to those initial "optimistic" readings. If anyone was put off by my comments in terms of getting a Libre, then I apologise. It so happened that the first time I stuck it on coincided with a period of deep ketosis which had only just begun and which the blood prick tests cannot really pick up. I now think its an excellent tool and that one needs to go through a few cycles to understand how it reacts to me , and that whilst it might show different readings from the finger prick tests, on balance the actual trace it gives me is a pretty good reflection. [/QUOTE]
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