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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2392868" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Yes. </p><p></p><p>Remember that up to now the libre has mostly been used by T1 diabetics who are taking insulin, and for most of us T1s 10 is a reasonable upper limit. (I know there are T1s with normal blood sugars, but honestly they are the exception rather than rule). Once you have to inject insulin it's pretty hard to balance the time profile of the insulin with the time profile of the food you're eating.</p><p></p><p>I think it'll be a long time before many countries start subsiding libre for folk who are not on insulin, though I suspect it may be available in the US if you have an expensive enough health fund (though if you don't have insurance in the US you'll be lucky to be able to afford insulin let alone a cgm). And the people most likely to scrimp and save to get a libre (or dexcom) are those on insulin with reduced hypo awareness, because the ability of the system to (mostly) prevent you from getting hypos provides a benefit that is invaluable.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it's great that so many people are getting the chance to try out the libre 2 (and I believe dexcom also have a free trial). I love my dexcom!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2392868, member: 372717"] Yes. Remember that up to now the libre has mostly been used by T1 diabetics who are taking insulin, and for most of us T1s 10 is a reasonable upper limit. (I know there are T1s with normal blood sugars, but honestly they are the exception rather than rule). Once you have to inject insulin it's pretty hard to balance the time profile of the insulin with the time profile of the food you're eating. I think it'll be a long time before many countries start subsiding libre for folk who are not on insulin, though I suspect it may be available in the US if you have an expensive enough health fund (though if you don't have insurance in the US you'll be lucky to be able to afford insulin let alone a cgm). And the people most likely to scrimp and save to get a libre (or dexcom) are those on insulin with reduced hypo awareness, because the ability of the system to (mostly) prevent you from getting hypos provides a benefit that is invaluable. Anyway, it's great that so many people are getting the chance to try out the libre 2 (and I believe dexcom also have a free trial). I love my dexcom!:):):) [/QUOTE]
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