freestyle libre

Hello, I have just bought the sensors for the Freestyle Libre after being on them for 2 weeks last year and not getting on with it I wanted to give them another go. I find that my levels differ so much from my finger prick blood tester , has anyone else found this and does anyone have any good...

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...

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...

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

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

Acclaimed author James S. Hirsch on his encounter with a broken healthcare system while trying to obtain FreeStyle Libre for his teenage son In diabetes, insurance horror stories are common, and as someone who’s had type 1 for 41 years and who also has a son with type 1, I thought I had seen it...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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.

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...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System, the first continuous glucose monitoring system that can be used by adult patients to make diabetes treatment decisions without calibration using a blood sample from the fingertip (often...

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...

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...

The news that the FreeStyle Libre will be available through the NHS is a watershed moment in Type 1 diabetes care in the UK. Type 1 diabetes is an extremely demanding long-term condition to live with. The amount of work required to stay healthy, which includes drawing blood, counting...

The FreeStyle Libre System will be available on the NHS from November 1 subject to local health economy approval. The “game-changing technology” allows people with diabetes to track their blood sugar levels without having to prick their fingers. Manufacturer Abbott announced today that it has...

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