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Freestyle Libre 2

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Adehem

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Hi Guys,
I have just been given a Libre 2. I am doing the online training. I just would like some tips from anyone about living with it. I am retired and work in my garden daily. I need to have my little monitor with me so I have put it in a small poly bag to keep it clean. I can turn it on and scan through the bag so that is good. It was the first time in bed last night and I was bothered about rubbing it off. The low glucose alarm is great we are walkers so I sometimes I do go low, it creeps up on me and at first and I am not sure. This will take that away - sorted.
I just feel a bit strange not finger pricking.
 
Hi @Adehem i find the Libre 2 good. Its alarms are handy for the highs and lows. I've set my low alarm for 4.5 so i can keep an eye on it dropping or going back up or head off a hypo (though sometimes they do still happen). I turned off my alarm for out of range though.
Remember, you will still need to finger prick if the sensor does not match how you are feeling. Its also best to finger prick if the sensor says you are going high or hypo to check it. Libre is about 10 min behind your actual blood level so always check.
 
I find the Libre2 so useful for gardening and walking. In the garden I don’t have to come in and ungrubby my hands before I can test, and when we are out walking, I don’t have to stop, get my husband to use his hands as a table while I fingerprick, and in both cases I can head off the hypos before they happen.
Some people find the sensor clings like a limpet and is hard to prise off at the end, others have issues with them falling off, or pinging off on doorways (I think door frames have a Libre magnet in them). There are various solutions if you are one of those prone to losing them, I sometimes stick a strip of micropore tape over, some people use Tegaderm. The thing to remember is, cut a small hole in the middle so you don’t obscure the hole in the centre of the Libre sensor, it’s there to help moisture escape from the skin under the sensor.
 
...... and caravan/motorhome bathroom doors and their frame, are by far the most vicious!
 
Hi, I am now three weeks into using the Libre2, I find it really useful and now find I am more calmer and confident in its usage. My first week I was literally scanning 90 times per day, now about 30 so that’s progress. I have had only minor issues with it. The alarm went off last night at 2.30am, warning of low glucose, I did the finger prick test and it said 5.2. I think I was sleeping on it hence the false reading. It really helps with tracking your progress and already I am able to gauge my blood sugars levels better than previously. I had my nurse review yesterday and didn’t realise that you need a personal computer to link it to the clinic. I suspect most folk have a tablet.
Good luck, for me so far so good
 
Elizabethe said:
I had my nurse review yesterday and didn’t realise that you need a personal computer to link it to the clinic.
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You do, yes. Or you need to use the LibreLink phone app (on a compatible smartphone).

Either way, you're uploading to Abbott's (free) cloud service https://www.libreview.com which you can allow people such as your clinic to view. It's of direct value to us, too, since it offers the really nice AGP Report.
 
Great device, set low alert higher so get alerted well before hypo occurs, mines set at 4.5 & always check which way arrow is pointing.
 
My alarm went off today and scanned thinking i had gone high again but wow 2.1 it was a shock but recalled injecting my dose then son rang from his hols then impotant call from bank then another call which had taken a little while so had carbs and waited now 11.1 .Dont I just love the big D
 
I've been on libre and now libre 2 for a few years, it has made a big difference! Never used the alarms function though as I'm scared of it going off in the middle of the night and waking my partner!
 
Neonpossum said:
I've been on libre and now libre 2 for a few years, it has made a big difference! Never used the alarms function though as I'm scared of it going off in the middle of the night and waking my partner!
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I know what you mean, OH was less than impressed when mine went off in the night, especially as it was because I'd rolled over onto the sensor and squashed it, not for a real hypo! I normally just switch mine on if I'm going for a walk, or doing a heavy stint of gardening, then switch it back off afterwards. I find the alarms invaluable for exercise.
 
Robin said:
I know what you mean, OH was less than impressed when mine went off in the night, especially as it was because I'd rolled over onto the sensor and squashed it, not for a real hypo! I normally just switch mine on if I'm going for a walk, or doing a heavy stint of gardening, then switch it back off afterwards. I find the alarms invaluable for exercise.
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That's a good idea! I should probably at least turn it on when I am out and about - lol
 
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