[Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Libre 2 Update

[d m gina]

Well I would go back to the finger stick, would save you money.
I am sorry this is happening to you.
Dar
Original message:
> 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


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