HELLO EVERYONE. ON THE 12, 7, 16 I RECIEVED MY FREESTYLE LIBRE. THERE REP. TALKED ME THROUGH IT AND WAS THERE WHEN I APPLIED MY SENSOR. I SCANED THE SENSOR AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE 60 MINS TO SET IT'S SELF UP SO I WAITED UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING UNTIL I USED IT. THE READING WAS VERY LOW SO I PRICKED MY FINGER AND GOT THE CORRECT READING. IT KEPT GIVING ME LOW READINGS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY SO I CALLED THERE HELPLINE. AFTER SPEAKING TO A HELPFUL MAN WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER 24 HOURS TO SETTLE DOWN, SO AGAIN I WAITED. ON THE 15, 7, 16 I STARTED USING IT AGAIN BUT IT STILL WAS GIVING LOW READINGS SO I HAD TO CONTINUE PRICKING MY FINGERS. THE IDEA BEHIND ME GETTING THIS NOT SO CLEVER FREESTYLE LIBRE IS BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE PARKINSONS WHICH GIVES ME A VERY BAD TREMOR AND I STRUGGLE TO PRICK MY FINGER'S MOST OF THE TIME IT TAKES ME FOUR OR FIVE ATTEMPTS UNTIL I GET IT RIGHT. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM USING MY PEN TO INJECT MY INSULIN. I CALLED THERE HELPLINE AGAIN AND GOT CUT OFF HALFWAY THROUGH MY CONVERSATION. I FEEL VERY LET DOWN BY ABBOTT LABORATORIES. I FIND IT VERY EXPENSIVE FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK.
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