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freestyle libre

  1. P

    Freestyle libre not working

    Hi everyone. We recently took delivery, along with a lot of other people in Glasgow, of a new freestyle libre kit. It's for our 14 year old son who, like everyone else, was rather looking forward to a major reduction in the daily blood letting process. We are now on to our third sensor and like...
  2. T

    Freestyle Libre

    I have been on Freestyle LIbre for two months and have found it very frustrating, as they have fallen off anywhere from 3 to 10 days in. I just learned that this may be due to my hot tub, as I sit in one almost daily, sometimes several times a day. Does this mean I have to choose between my...
  3. W

    Freestyle Libre Reader

    Hi Has anyone been able to get one of these on the NHS? Or a Freestyle Libre starter pack, it does not seem possible in North London thanks
  4. W

    Freestyle Libre - reaction to sensor

    Hi I started using this a week ago, but have had to remove it as it was causing great irritation and discomfort to my arm. Have any other users had this problem? thanks
  5. D

    Freestyle Libre - Sensor failure rate of 40%

    Has anyone else kept a track of the failure rate of the sensor? I have just started with the system. A 'trial' where I was issued a reader and one sensor, at the hospital but by a company rep. Clearly not a trial in the true sense of the word. More a marketing ploy to create demand. Although...
  6. Diabetes UK

    Where is Flash available on the NHS?

    Many people have asked where Flash is available on the NHS. We have been gathering information around the UK to create a new helpful resource - The Flash Map. It’s a map of where we know Flash is available at the minute, where we know it isn’t and where there’s been no decision we know of so...
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    • Forum: General Message Board
  7. C

    PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION!

    https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/506/308/883/get-the-freestyle-libre-on-the-nhs/ Please copy and paste the link above into your search bar and Support my petition to get The 'Abbott Freestyle Libre' Sensors to be available on the NHS and to be prescribed by GP's all over the country...
  8. Northerner

    Freestyle Libre - how accurate is your sensor?

    I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread about how accurately their sensor is behaving compared to blood tests. I've just started a new sensor and readings are: 5.5 mmol/l - scan 6.5 mmol/l - blood test on reader 6.8 mmol/l - blood test on Contour Next USB Happy enough with that -...
  9. M

    Freestyle Libre - not available on prescription

    I use the Freestyle Libre system as it was recommended by my hospital Diabetes Specialist nurses. It is an outstanding advance in blood glucose testing and if I have to resort to using testing strips (while waiting for more sensors) I feel like I've gone from a 3D understanding of where my BG is...
    • MCAB
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    • blood glucose testing clinical commissioning group freestyle libre prescriptions
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: General Message Board
  10. khskel

    Review Yesterday

    Very good review yesterday Hba1c 47 and consultant most impressed with the libre info I'd downloaded to my laptop. He was very pleased with my BG levels generally especially the low number of spikes and hypos. It would appear that our area are pretty certain that they will fund the libre on...
  11. Mucker86

    Freestyle Libre & Fitness......

    Does anyone exstensivly use the Freestyle Libre and Run, lift weights, swim or do Hiit? If so does the sensor stay on for two weeks? Does the needle dig into your muscles whilst lifting weights etc..... Any feedback would be most welcome.
  12. M

    New and Libre obsessed...

    Hi, Diabetic type 1 for 25 years but life has been changed by the Freestyle Libre I am trialling. Am anxiously awaiting whether the local authority will be prescribing it from 1st Nov. Wonder if you are allowed to register with a doctor in an authority that WILL prescribe it just in case mine...
  13. Northerner

    What Libre problems have you experienced?

    A few weeks ago I had to get a replacement reader because the sound stopped working. Today I have had a sensor fail, 7 days in :( I started getting 'Sensor Error, please try again in 10 minutes', then a bout 90 minutes later I got the message 'Sensor not activated, please replace' :( Called...
  14. Diabetes UK

    Flash Glucose Monitoring available on NHS - All nations!

    Many of you will have seen the announcement today that Flash GM will be available on the national NHS Drug Tariff in November 2017, meaning in principle, it will be available to people with diabetes in the UK on NHS prescription. We have been campaigning for this outcome for some time and so...
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    • flash glucose monitoring flash monitoring freestyle libre freestyle libre; testing; blood glucose nhs
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: General Message Board
  15. Northerner

    Freestyle Libre free postage code

    The code for September 2017 is BCCFRDL9 - just enter it when you check out :) I'll post new codes here as they appear.
  16. Northerner

    Diabetes UK - Consensus guideline for flash glucose monitoring

    Flash glucose monitoring (Flash GM) is a new technology which has become popular amongst people with diabetes, despite not yet being available on the NHS. So popular, that many people are self-funding the technology. However, many people with diabetes who could benefit from using the technology...
  17. Northerner

    Libre - allergic reactions to sensor adhesive study

    Interesting. I haven't had any problems to date,currently on 6th sensor, but have heard others mention a reaction. Abstract BACKGROUND: Glucose sensors, such as FreeStyle® Libre, are innovative medical devices developed for diabetes patients as a replacement for classic glucose meters...
  18. deborahf

    Libre - Tax break for employers who provide CGM / Libre

    May be of interest to some :) http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/cgm/tax-break/
  19. missclb

    'Freestyle Libre + water' experiment

    I recently went on a scuba diving trip with two days left on my sensor. Instead of removing it (which was my plan) at the last minute I thought I'd see if it could survive an hour underwater. I had nothing to lose. Low and behold – it survived! I cross-referenced the result with a finger prick...
  20. L

    9 months in, new to Diabetes UK forum

    Hi, I was diagnosed with Type 1 in September last year. 95% of the time I feel like I'm coping, I'm practical and just get on with it, but have the occasional mini-meltdown. People alternate between telling me this is natural and suggesting I see a counsellor to talk about it. I don't know what...
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