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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1956145" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Alison, I wouldn't worry about that. If I remember correctly, we're in the same NHS area, and the docs here, due to Lothian being at the forefront of libre prescribing, have seen <em>lots </em>of patients using libre, so they know about its quirks and tendency to exaggerate lows.</p><p></p><p>I had a checkup a few weeks back, we were discussing some apparently low readings.</p><p></p><p>The doc was totally on song with the explanation that libre can show 2.6 when a reality bg test shows 4.6. She said that they've seen that sort of thing a lot, and agreed with my take on it that the libre algorithm can be convinced for hours that we're hypo when we're not.</p><p></p><p>She was perfectly happy to say, aye, it says low but I know you weren't.</p><p></p><p>The Lothian libre experience is becoming really interesting. Docs here are starting to see people getting way lower a1cs, not through going hypo all the time, but through using libre to figure out ways to avoid going above 10 too much.</p><p></p><p>If you get any grief at your next checkup about a lower a1c, tell them that - it's not through hypos, it's because of not swimming around above 10.</p><p></p><p>I had a whole lot of calibrated numbers from xDrip+ to make it more persuasive, but that's another story...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1956145, member: 374531"] Alison, I wouldn't worry about that. If I remember correctly, we're in the same NHS area, and the docs here, due to Lothian being at the forefront of libre prescribing, have seen [I]lots [/I]of patients using libre, so they know about its quirks and tendency to exaggerate lows. I had a checkup a few weeks back, we were discussing some apparently low readings. The doc was totally on song with the explanation that libre can show 2.6 when a reality bg test shows 4.6. She said that they've seen that sort of thing a lot, and agreed with my take on it that the libre algorithm can be convinced for hours that we're hypo when we're not. She was perfectly happy to say, aye, it says low but I know you weren't. The Lothian libre experience is becoming really interesting. Docs here are starting to see people getting way lower a1cs, not through going hypo all the time, but through using libre to figure out ways to avoid going above 10 too much. If you get any grief at your next checkup about a lower a1c, tell them that - it's not through hypos, it's because of not swimming around above 10. I had a whole lot of calibrated numbers from xDrip+ to make it more persuasive, but that's another story... [/QUOTE]
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