[Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Libre 2 Update

[rick.alfaro at gmail.com]

I just got my first shipment of Libre 2 sensors but haven't tried them yet because I still have 3 or 4 Libre 1 sensors left and don't want to just toss them. I'll definitely report back once I've tried the new ones. I wish there was a way one could swap the unused  1 sensors with Abbot for  the newer sensors.





Warmest regards

Rick Alfaro

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 2:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Libre 2 Update

Maybe you may have had a bad sensor. Did you ever think of that when you started delivery to censor and to check against your meter. That is what I would have done. When I had started the libre 2 sensor. I would have checked it from time to time with the meter to see if it was doing its job correctly maybe you might have had a bad sensor to begin with some sensors could be bad some sensors could be good. Did you ever think of that scenario. Because it's strange that a lot of people that I've seen that heavily break to you have good results with it. I don't know I'll be probably getting my next batch in a couple of months and I will let you know how I deal with my libre too sensors. Because I think it would be a good thing and they've started advertising the libre 2 over the libre 14 day as I just saw yesterday as I was flipping through channels on the tv. 
And on the radio. So the libre too is going to be advertised more than a libre 14 day. So going forward it's going to be libre to you or dexcom and not a lot of people can afford to text come over to libre too. So you just have to make the best of it if you don't like using sensors then go back to using the old meter system. It's up to you on what you want to do with your diabetes management and scenario and situation. But for me I will stick to what works for me I prefer having more data from the libre and I'll see how the libre 2 does for me. Take care.


On October 26, 2021 9:24:22 AM d m gina via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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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