[Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Libre 2 Update

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I've given the Libre 2 sensors about as much time as I care to at this point.  These new sensors are more sensitive to a lot of things meaning I can't trust the numbers from these sensors at all.  Comparing readings from the Libre 2 sensors against a finger stick reading taken about 30 seconds before, the Libre 2 sensor is always reporting values that are as much as 180 mg/dl higher than a finger stick reading and the alarms are constantly going off about critically high readings every 15 minutes around the clock.  Spent a lot of time on the phone with several Abbott reps who tried to convince me that I don't know how to apply a sensor properly even though I've had no trouble using the Libre sensors for a couple of years now with readings that were less than 10 mg/dl apart from finger stick readings.  As far as I'm concerned these newer sensors are completely useless to me which could just be due to the list of medications that I am on since the earlier sensor is not affected as much by other medications from my experience. Add to everything else the days it takes for finger stick sites to recover enough for me to read braille due to neuropathy and I am not a happy camper.  Test my blood glucose and remain cut off from the outside world when my tinnitus flares up or play Russian roulette and don't test when I can't hear VoiceOver?  Neither option is good.

Take care,  
Tony