Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The news that the FreeStyle Libre will be available through the NHS is a watershed moment in Type 1 diabetes care in the UK. Type 1 diabetes is an extremely demanding long-term condition to live with.
The amount of work required to stay healthy, which includes drawing blood, counting carbohydrate in food and working out insulin injection doses multiple times per day, in an attempt to avoid glucose levels that are neither too high nor too low, is huge. There is no day off. It is relentless.
Understandably, the need to monitor glucose levels 4-10 times or more per day can be a significant barrier to glucose control for so many. The FreeStyle Libre device overcomes this barrier by allowing, via a quick scan with a mobile phone or reader, access to not only the glucose level but also the trend in glucose levels.
https://blogs.diabetes.org.uk/?p=9163
The amount of work required to stay healthy, which includes drawing blood, counting carbohydrate in food and working out insulin injection doses multiple times per day, in an attempt to avoid glucose levels that are neither too high nor too low, is huge. There is no day off. It is relentless.
Understandably, the need to monitor glucose levels 4-10 times or more per day can be a significant barrier to glucose control for so many. The FreeStyle Libre device overcomes this barrier by allowing, via a quick scan with a mobile phone or reader, access to not only the glucose level but also the trend in glucose levels.
https://blogs.diabetes.org.uk/?p=9163