Announcement for all Libre 2 users!

[Anna DUK]

For all Libre 2 users, please see the news article below:

FreeStyle Libre 2 sensors will be phased out and replaced with FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus

The FreeStyle

www.diabetes.org.uk

 

[helli]

This is the same as discussed here:https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/libre-2-to-be-phased-out.114918/

 

[Anna DUK]

Thanks @helli

 

[liver1047]

all ive had is faulty ones, so fed up now,

 

[Anna DUK]

all ive had is faulty ones, so fed up now,

Oh no, really - that's not great at all. Presumably you have reported the issue over and over again to Abbott? Maybe the Libre 2+ would hopefully work better for you.

 

[goodybags]

all ive had is faulty ones, so fed up now,

Hi @liver1047 I hope your reporting any sensor failures directly to Abbott, if you weren’t aware your options are: call them, use the online reporting form they have via their website, or request a call-back via their website or you can just email them, I’ve had a fair few failures (including 2 last week)
but to be fair to Abbott they have always replaced anything suspected to be interior (at no charge)

 

[Satan’s little helper]

What a killer. But time to move with the times. Before my health leaves me behind. RIP Libre two. I’ll still be changing mine every 14 days. My diabetes, my choice on how I control it.

 

[rebrascora]

As with the original Libre, I will be hanging on until the bitter end before I am forced to upgrade. Both Libre and Libre 2 have worked incredibly well for me and been really reliable and made a huge difference in reducing the burden of my diabetes management but I am always a bit apprehensive that perhaps the new one won't work quite as well for me. If it ain't broke.... etc.

 

[Satan’s little helper]

Hi @liver1047 I hope your reporting any sensor failures directly to Abbott, if you weren’t aware your options are: call them, use the online reporting form they have via their website, or request a call-back via their website or you can just email them, I’ve had a fair few failures (including 2 last week)
but to be fair to Abbott they have always replaced anything suspected to be interior (at no charge)

Could be the phone if the phone is used. If I throw the old sensor in range. The new one plays up till I clear the Bluetooth partition cache thing. Mine was dropping out for 16 hours after fitting. Now it’s a solid connection.

As with the original Libre, I will be hanging on until the bitter end before I am forced to upgrade. Both Libre and Libre 2 have worked incredibly well for me and been really reliable and made a huge difference in reducing the burden of my diabetes management but I am always a bit apprehensive that perhaps the new one won't work quite as well for me. If it ain't broke.... etc.

Apreciate you use the Abbott reader. A few no nonsense steps with my phone & no issues either. 🙂

 

[rebrascora]

Too many things to go wrong when you introduce a phone and app into the equation.
Love my reader. Small and simple and very dependable.

 

[Satan’s little helper]

Too many things to go wrong when you introduce a phone and app into the equation.
Love my reader. Small and simple and very dependable.

If I could ditch my phone, I would. It helps foremost with my organisational communication, navigation & then the circumnavigation of my diabetes. Lol, I spent so many years in the “wilderness” messing with a “Filofax?”

 

[Lucyr]

What a killer. But time to move with the times. Before my health leaves me behind. RIP Libre two. I’ll still be changing mine every 14 days. My diabetes, my choice on how I control it.

Won’t your prescription be updated so that you can only order 2 every 30 days instead of 28 days when you’re switched to the libre 2+ so that you don’t waste the extra cost by changing a day early? My prescriptions all have restrictions like that on how often I can order them.

 

[Satan’s little helper]

Won’t your prescription be updated so that you can only order 2 every 30 days instead of 28 days when you’re switched to the libre 2+ so that you don’t waste the extra cost by changing a day early? My prescriptions all have restrictions like that on how often I can order them.

In short, no. I can order after 2 weeks if anticipating leaving for something like a vacation.

 

[liver1047]

contacted the chemist they were both faulty phone the retailer, who said with new products this happens, ive just brought aa new phone, well 2 as i couldnt changed my number 2 phone,

 

[helli]

I’ll still be changing mine every 14 days. My diabetes, my choice on how I control it.

I appreciate you may find it easier to change your sensor on the same day but what do you do when your sensors fail?
And have you thought of the cost if everyone with Type 1 deliberately wasted one day of every sensor?
That’s effectively 2 wasted sensors per year for about 300,000 people at a cost of about £30 per sensor. I calculate would be nearly £1M per year.
Ok, that is everyone with Type 1 used Libre 2+ and thought the same as you.

 

[Satan’s little helper]

I appreciate you may find it easier to change your sensor on the same day but what do you do when your sensors fail?
And have you thought of the cost if everyone with Type 1 deliberately wasted one day of every sensor?
That’s effectively 2 wasted sensors per year for about 300,000 people at a cost of about £30 per sensor. I calculate would be nearly £1M per year.
Ok, that is everyone with Type 1 used Libre 2+ and thought the same as you.

“ everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.” 😉

 

[mashedupmatt]

Libre 2+ started off working brilliantly but have sadly got worse (for me!) - sent 5 back in the last 3 months and they show very low (and incorrect) readings in the last couple of days of use - real-time reading as of now is 3.6 but finger prick is 8.2 - I'm due to change mine in 2 days time, but will change it in the morning (and get yet another replacement) - will be switchiing my phone off tonight too to stop the ridiculous low alarms (Not advised though people!)

 

[Satan’s little helper]

Libre 2+ started off working brilliantly but have sadly got worse (for me!) - sent 5 back in the last 3 months and they show very low (and incorrect) readings in the last couple of days of use - real-time reading as of now is 3.6 but finger prick is 8.2 - I'm due to change mine in 2 days time, but will change it in the morning (and get yet another replacement) - will be switchiing my phone off tonight too to stop the ridiculous low alarms (Not advised though people!)

I’ve rarely had a fault & even then I can fix it with the libre 2 vanilla. (Non plus.) My rule of thumb is if it still scans & backfills the data with NFC, t works? Gotta be my phone on the BT. Or interference of BT from outside. To this date I’ve never had to contact Abbott. If there is a brief issue? I start with beating my phone into submission.

 

[mashedupmatt]

Had 3 with chronic signal loss after just one scan to start it off (eventually they failed completely) - biggest problem is with them reading very low with a couple of days to go (I have calibrated it manually with finger pricks, and they are miles out) - dreading my next HbA1c test as Librelink says I'm 43 but I think it'll be a lot more for this reason (although if it's 58 I can have HCL so every silver cloud and all that (Joking!)) - it is annoying though as it skews my TIR (says I'm 10% Low which is absolutely wrong - I can't remember my last even slightly bad hypo as I am generally very well controlled snd have very good hypo-awareness) - will ask about the Dexcom One+ at my next DSN appointment as it was mentioned before (not likely for another 6m though!)

 

[Satan’s little helper]

Had 3 with chronic signal loss after just one scan to start it off (eventually they failed completely) - biggest problem is with them reading very low with a couple of days to go (I have calibrated it manually with finger pricks, and they are miles out) - dreading my next HbA1c test as Librelink says I'm 43 but I think it'll be a lot more for this reason (although if it's 58 I can have HCL so every silver cloud and all that (Joking!)) - it is annoying though as it skews my TIR (says I'm 10% Low which is absolutely wrong - I can't remember my last even slightly bad hypo as I am generally very well controlled snd have very good hypo-awareness) - will ask about the Dexcom One+ at my next DSN appointment as it was mentioned before (not likely for another 6m though!)

All I can say is confirm the lows are not low with a finger prick for your records so ther is no “gaslighting” from your consultants? They don’t live your life. My lot think I don’t get hypos. I do get them. I feel the damn things. Just not the text book severe. So I loose the case for HCL.