[Diabetes-Talk] the Free Style Libre question please - Thanks a lot in advance!

[ali benmerzouga]

Hi Rick,

Thanks a lot for mentioning the Free Style Libre.

I am a type 2 diabetic,  using talking Prodigy for the last 5 years or so.

Could you or anyone on this list describe and/or  talk more about the Free Style Libre because here what I am facing:(
1) I am getting annoyed by pricking my fingers every day and the continuous pain I feel on a daily basis at the tip of my fingers,
(2) the misleading readings from time to time, 
(3)  the blood sample is not enough - goodbye message from the glucometer every now and then and 
(4) the waste of strips and extra painful pricks - sometimes up to 4.

Here are my questions please:

1. How does Free Style Libre work? 
2. How much it costs?
3. Is it a talking device?
4. Is it covered by health insurance?
5. Should I bring it up to my primary doctor or by it on my own?

Anything you or anyone on this list would like to add about the Free Style Libre is greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot in advance y'all.

Stay safe and stay healthy.

Ali

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rick Alfaro via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 2:01 PM
To: Lisa Belville via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Rick Alfaro <rick.alfaro at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question

Hi Lisa. I have to say that I've been using a Prodigy meter for a few years now and I still have lots of trouble getting enough blood and placing the tip of the test strip right on the spot. I don't use the Prodigy any longer but I used to have to sometimes stick myself 2 or 3 times to get a workable blood sample. I now use the Free Style Libre where I don't have to do any finger sticking at all thankfully.



On 5/1/2020 7:29 AM, Lisa Belville via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
> You've had years of practice.  <grin>  The hardest thing for us 
> Newbies is to know if we have enough blood in the first place.  It can 
> be frustrating, especially if I'm running low on strips.
>
> Lisa Belville
> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
>
> On 4/30/2020 2:39 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>> In my experience, if it takes more than a second for the strip to 
>> accept my blood, it's going to error. I take it out even before the 
>> meter reads it and start again.
>>
>> Bridgit
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
>> Lisa Belville via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 2:30 PM
>> To: Louise Peyton via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Lisa Belville <missktlab1217 at frontier.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] blood sugar question
>>
>> This has happened to me once.  I think it was something funky with 
>> the meter.  It was early in the morning before I'd eaten and I could 
>> tell my sugar was     getting low.  The test said it was 155, so I 
>> purposely took it again from a different finger and the reading was 
>> 94, which is more consistent with my morning readings.  It didn't 
>> take long between testing of the first finger, hearing the reading, 
>> removing a new strip and doing another test, probably less than three 
>> minutes.
>>
>>
>> If it kept happening I'd think there was something wrong with the 
>> meter or the strips since it can't test if there's not enough blood 
>> so that couldn't be what's causing the discrepancy.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisa Belville
>> missktlab1217 at frontier.com
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>> On 4/30/2020 2:03 PM, Louise Peyton via Diabetes-Talk wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>> Does anyone know why you can have two different blood sugar readings 
>>> from different fingers after a few seconds of finger pricks that are 
>>> within a minute of each other?
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