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Libre 3
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Paulbreen
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Will do Kay, I had no idea it was released here yet, I downloaded the app and it looks very like the current one, it looks like there won’t be a reader from the setup instructions I read but I’m only guessing that, it says you just need to keep your phone in Bluetooth range for everything to be updated every minute.
trophywench
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So how far is Bluetooth range then - In your locker when you're pumping iron in the gym, further away while you're running the Olympic marathon, ditto triathlon, or TdF, doing 20 lengths of a swimming baths, playing rugby or soccer for England, or a normal football team. Sounds far far too restrictive to me, to be of use to almost everyone who happens to take 'proper' exercise. Which would be utterly stupid, so why on earth would they do that?
Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice.
Paulbreen
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Haha Jenny none of those scenarios really apply to me. I go to physio 5 days a week for 3 hours and 1.5 hours is gym work so I can use my phone there, rest of the time is treatments so it can sit in the same room, I do hear that the sensor still collects data and will update the phone as soon as it’s in range, all I can say anything is better than sticking needles in my fingers, after 30 odd years of that I can feel things with my finger tips again since I started using sensors
I pump iron, I run, I cycle (although not triathlons and marathons).
My gym leggings have a pocket which is perfect for my phone so it is always with me.
For nearly 2 years, I have been using my phone as the Bluetooth reader for my Libre (with Libre 1, I used a Miaomiao and with Libre 2, I do it direct). I do not find it restrictive or utterly stupid at all.
The only time I cannot have my phone with me is when I am bouldering but it is fine when I am lead climbing.
I do not play football but there are options such as some smart watches or leaving the phone at the side of the pitch.
i love not having to scan and being able to glance at my phone in meetings to check my levels. Having a few minutes (or 40 minutes of half a rugby match) away is no worse than finger pricking.
Kaylz
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May as well say what's the point in any CGM then as they all require you to be within a certain distance of the reader/receiver or mobile phone
Most folk at gyms wear something with pockets, as @helli says watches which most runners wear anyway
Assuming the range is the same as with the Libre 2 then it's 20ft range
Kaylz
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Germany you are isn't it? If so been available there for a couple of months at least I think, apparently much slimmer than the Libre 1 and 2 as well xx
trophywench
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Phones aren't waterproof and proper eg cycling clothing fits so closely you would have trouble looking at it, even if they did since you wouldn't have a spare hand So - although some CGMs can be read with a watch, don't think the Libre can.
Kaylz
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It can actually
trophywench
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Paul did not suggest that L3 could - and anyway I was merely thinking out loud, is all.
Paulbreen
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Haha you know more than me Kay, I knew it was coming but no idea when until I got the mail to download the App from Abbott this morning, check in your App Store or Google Play an see if it’s there, it’s just called libre 3
Kaylz
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I'm in a diabetes whatsapp group and there are members from all over hence why I knew haha, nope not in the play store yet, I'm jealous! haha xx
Paulbreen
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Check the top of the screenshot
Most cyclists have a bike computer on their handlebars which can receive data from the phone in their pocket/bag.
Whilst I don’t know about the native Libre app, Watlaa watches have been reading from Miaomiao attached to Libre for a few years.
I don’t understand what your concerns. There may be times when it is not convenient to read direct from a Libre but that is no different to the times when it is not convenient to prick your finger. No cyclist can ride a race or a swimmer swim a length whilst pricking their finger.
trophywench
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Once again. merely thinking out loud, if it might be difficult for other PWD taking very regular exercise, for whom close monitoring of BG has really got to be more than just useful - so you've all told me things I genuinely didn't have a clue about - so I'm grateful for that ! There were some comments during the TdF this year about BG monitors being made illegal during the race - but there again I believe they were talking far wider use of them than simply for PWD - again I've never heard anything about any PWD actually being in one of the world class professional cycling teams.
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Yup! We‘ve snuck into those hallowed circles too!
Novo Nordisk have a whole T1 pro cycling team 🙂
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All of our inspiring athletes compete with type 1 diabetes. As the world’s first all-diabetes pro cycling team, we show what is possible with diabetes.
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