Hello from a confused Libre user

kenw

kenw

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I've been T2 on insulin [plus increasing doses of Metformin] for >10 years. For the past 2 years I've been using Tresiba, finger pricking a couple of times a day. Mostly OK until early summer, started having more erratic numbers.

I'm with a big medical practice [multi-site] where we're lucky enough to have a diabetes nurse practitioner who works full time in the speciality. She put me on NovoRapid as a top-up, with Libre 2 for monitoring which she reads at least once a week and sometimes more often.

I use LibreLink on iPhone 12 [IoS 17.6.1] and I'm very happy with it. Except overnight.

At bedtime it sits less than 1m away – say 1.5m from the actual sensor, since it's on my inboard
arm. But several times a week it wakes me up with Signal Loss alarms. I haven't moved and the phone hasn't moved since I read it before "lights out" at about 23:30. But by 04:00 or thereabouts I'm wakened by the LibreLink's dawn chorus - signal lost.

This has happened with three or four different sensors over several weeks. What's going on?
All help and info grat rec
Ken W​
 
Hi and welcome.

Great to hear that you have such fantastic support at primary care level.
The signal loss sensor is too sensitive in my opinion and many of us find that it is simply better to turn it off. I have had mine turned off since I started using Libre 4 years ago and haven't regretted that decision. I still get low and high alarms even when the phone is allegedly out of signal range as when my reader is charging in the other room and the alarm goes off, when I get to it and check my levels I can see the icon for the signal loss displayed on the screen. I primarily use a reader rather than the phone app, but it happens the same with the phone app too.

It is a simple matter to go into the "alarms" option on the LibreLink menu, select "signal loss alarm" and slide the button to the off position.
 
Sorry to hear you have been getting nagged by the Signal Loss alerts @kenw

You aren’t alone! We’ve had a few messages on this recently (I’m not sure if it follows an app update?) eg

G

Post in thread 'Newbie’s with Freestyle Libre 2 sensor'

The sensor is in situ and the phone app loaded. It keeps beeping at him because it loses signal even when it’s in his pocket. Any advice gratefully received

Many forum members seem to prefer to simply turn that off as @rebrascora describes.
 
Mine was doing that as well, sometimes 3 times a night, on bedside table beside me. Hospital told me to switch it off
 
Could it be the overnight drop in temperature affecting the voltage the battery can put out?
I used to have a clockwork temperature recorder in the deep freeze store, as the battery driven ones just stopped working at around minus 5 degrees.
 
Signal Loss alarm is very annoying - have had it switched off for last 2yrs
 
kenw said:
But by 04:00 or thereabouts I'm wakened by the LibreLink's dawn chorus - signal lost.
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Turn off the signal loss alarm
 
Agree with others, my signal loss alarm has been off for a long time, just turn it off 🙂
 
kenw said:
Hello
I've been T2 on insulin [plus increasing doses of Metformin] for >10 years. For the past 2 years I've been using Tresiba, finger pricking a couple of times a day. Mostly OK until early summer, started having more erratic numbers.

I'm with a big medical practice [multi-site] where we're lucky enough to have a diabetes nurse practitioner who works full time in the speciality. She put me on NovoRapid as a top-up, with Libre 2 for monitoring which she reads at least once a week and sometimes more often.

I use LibreLink on iPhone 12 [IoS 17.6.1] and I'm very happy with it. Except overnight.

At bedtime it sits less than 1m away – say 1.5m from the actual sensor, since it's on my inboard
arm. But several times a week it wakes me up with Signal Loss alarms. I haven't moved and the phone hasn't moved since I read it before "lights out" at about 23:30. But by 04:00 or thereabouts I'm wakened by the LibreLink's dawn chorus - signal lost.

This has happened with three or four different sensors over several weeks. What's going on?
All help and info grat rec
Ken W​
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Hi I am on FreeStyle Libra I know what you mean and my bloods just drop overnight
 
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