[Diabetes-Talk] Freestyle Libre 2 Update

[Gary-melconian]

Okay, it makes sense. What medications by the way did you have these issues 
with. Just wondering. We'll see how my Libra two cents for experience goes 
when I get my next month. Take care.


On October 26, 2021 12:33:22 PM "kg 6sxy (kg6sxy)" <kg6sxy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I've tested three of the six sensors I have and they all behave the 
> same way.  As Abbott told me yesterday, there are some medications that 
> badly affect the libre 2 sensors that don't affect the original libre 
> sensors which is why I'm moving back to the libre sensors that have worked 
> well for me for a very long time.
>
>> On Oct 26, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk 
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 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 <mailto: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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