Libre 2 Alarms

[trophywench]

Well this sensor that's due to be changed about lunchtime tomorrow hasn't been anywhere near - until today. I'm actually wondering whether it's possible that my right arm and left arm, differ in accuracy. (Yes - I'm fully aware that sounds ridiculous thank you)

 

[Bexlee]

Well this sensor that's due to be changed about lunchtime tomorrow hasn't been anywhere near - until today. I'm actually wondering whether it's possible that my right arm and left arm, differ in accuracy. (Yes - I'm fully aware that sounds ridiculous thank you)

Ridiculous ?! Not at all I get better accuracy on left arm than right ! I always say to myself alternate arms every sensor but no it always seems to attach itself to the left arm. I forced myself this time and put it on the right .... 5 days to go

 

[mikeyB]

I alternate right and left and notice no difference in accuracy. The Libre 2 is certainly more accurate with low BGs. I found myself at 3.2 (on the phone ) a couple of weeks back, which I thought was a bit surprising, so I did a blood test with an Optium strip in the reader, which was yelping in the bedroom. Score was 3.2.

As I munched my jelly babies, I was quite impressed by that performance, specially as I found where the reader had gotten to.🙂

 

[nonethewiser]

Ridiculous ?! Not at all I get better accuracy on left arm than right ! I always say to myself alternate arms every sensor but no it always seems to attach itself to the left arm. I forced myself this time and put it on the right .... 5 days to go

Join club, thought I was only one. Other way round for me, left is so unreliable don't use it, right is bang on. Because of restriction started using alternative sites, happy to say pleased did as accuracy is good compared to bg levels, so not just stuck with using one arm anymore.

 

[JJay]

Well this sensor that's due to be changed about lunchtime tomorrow hasn't been anywhere near - until today. I'm actually wondering whether it's possible that my right arm and left arm, differ in accuracy. (Yes - I'm fully aware that sounds ridiculous thank you)

That's my experience too. Much better accuracy on left arm, which is unfortunate because I prefer sleeping on my left side, so every other fortnight I don't sleep so well!

 

[trophywench]

So do I sleep on my left one. Ok I certainly will roll over onto the right one at times, but I automatically try to get to sleep on the left one and usually wake up on my left side. My right hand is dominant though.

 

[Zepherine]

Thought I would add my experience to this thread. I too have constant signal loss alarms on my current sensor and have had to turn off. I spoke to my DSN and she said that Abbott advise keeping the app open at all times. I use an android phone to read sensor. It is open most of the time anyway so that didn’t work.
However I phoned Customer Care at Freestyle Libre and after running through questions they quickly decided to send a replacement so have to admit I got an efficient service. You have to send the old sensor back so ‘maybe’ in time they will address these alarm problems.

 

[helli]

For those who favour using one arm over the other, how do you manage the "bedding in period"?
I have found the Libre 2 to require longer to stabilise the readings - if I activate it the day I insert it the first three days of readings may as well be made up. I alternate arms so that I have one arm in use and, for the last 3 days, the other ready to activate. If I only used one arm, it is not big enough to have two sensors in so I would lose the bedding in time ... or have a gap of 3 days unsensored.

For me, the loss of bedding in time is the biggest inconvenience of a dodgy or badly placed sensor.

I don't use the official Libre app but wondered if the problems with loss of signal have anything to do with phone settings. The app I use (xDrip) recommends disabling battery optimisation as it causes loss of signal.
More problems are reported on Samsung phones. I do not know if that is due to problems with Samsung Bluetooth or that Samsung phones are the most popular Androids.
(xDrip is not supported on Apple so I don't know about iOS Bluetooth connectivity or whether they have Battery optimisation.)

 

[JJay]

Actually I've never found a bedding-in period made any noticeable difference, so I don't bother.

I use xDrip4io5 on an iPhone XR but bluetooth isn't great - phone definitely needs to be in the same room, and in the case of our open plan kitchen/diner, on the same side thereof! I would give up with it but it's the only way to get readings on my watch.