Freestyle Libre

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EgorTheRed

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Hi everyone.

Ive just started using the Freestyle Libre sensor and am a little worried about numbers. As I've not be able to go into my Diabetic Clinic due to COVID, Ive had to set it up myself using the online tutorials, and suck it and see.

I've put my target setting at 4.5 to 8.9 mmols and after 12 days I'm showing that I'm in target 62% of the time. Is this good or bad?

Anyone willing to share their numbers or anything else that they have found helpful with this gadget I'd be really grateful.

Thanks and stay safe.
 
EgorTheRed said:
I've put my target setting at 4.5 to 8.9 mmols and after 12 days I'm showing that I'm in target 62% of the time. Is this good or bad?
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I get about that when I use that range. (Usually I set it to 3.9-10.0 since that's what the recommendations use for most people: >70% in that range, <5% below, <25% above, with <5% above 13.3. (And <1% below 2 or something.))

If you sign up for LibreView the AGP page (the first one on the reports) gives a convenient summary (including recommendations on Time in Range by various expert groups). And your team may be able to view that too.
 
What are your levels like on a daily basis? Do you spike often?

My target is 3.9-9.0 and over 90 days I've been 86% in target, if I increase it to 10.0 like some have it set in increases to 94% in target
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Hi and welcome.

Libre is a great bit of kit but learning how to use it is fundamental to getting the full benefit.
As @Bruce Stephens says, the accepted range is 3.9 -10. If you can keep in this range 70% + and not too often in the red you are doing well and the health care professionals will be pretty happy.
I probably put far too much time into my diabetes management and along with following a low carb, higher fat way of eating I am currently 94% in that range with 4% below and 2% above. I need to work on reducing that below % a bit and if necessary increasing the top end a bit to get there. It is always a work in progress and some weeks I drop to 87% in range which is still great but easy to feel like you are failing when your results don't maintain the high levels you have achieved. That is not helpful, so the important thing is to do your best but don't get too obsessed about the numbers... easier to say than do I know. I sometimes need to take a few days break from it to reset my perspective and remind myself that I can in fact, manage very well without it, but that is just me.

Assume you are aware of the time lag behind finger prick results so when you are recovering from a hypo, use a finger prick to check your levels have come up rather than scan 15 mins later and take more hypo treatment because it hasn't come up.
 
EgorTheRed said:
I've put my target setting at 4.5 to 8.9 mmols and after 12 days I'm showing that I'm in target 62% of the time. Is this good or bad?
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Say good my friend, mine range 4.5 - 9 & last look on libre view was 75% in range, can sometimes be less depending on what life throws my way.

One thing you learn with diabetes is perfection is impossible, so don't aim for it.
 
Welcome to the forum @EgorTheRed

This links to the international consensus on Time in Range that others are referring to

forum.diabetes.org.uk

Time In Range - useful for Libre / CGM wearers

I've been meaning to post this for ages, but kept forgetting! At the ADA this year the international consensus paper on TIR (time in range) was published by a panel of experts with a huge amount of knowledge and expertise in supporting people to use continuous data to help manage their...
forum.diabetes.org.uk forum.diabetes.org.uk

Hope it helps.

Do things change much if you widen your range to 4-10?
 
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