What Libre problems have you experienced?

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If the filament was bent, it may be that the needle didn’t follow through completely when you applied it. Maybe you should hammer it in🙄

I’ve had that sticky bit remain on the skin when removing a sensor. It’s a right pest. Good old fashioned surgical spirit gets the stuff off.
 
mikeyB said:
If the filament was bent, it may be that the needle didn’t follow through completely when you applied it. Maybe you should hammer it in🙄

I’ve had that sticky bit remain on the skin when removing a sensor. It’s a right pest. Good old fashioned surgical spirit gets the stuff off.
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Mine came off eventually, with several microns-thick of alan-skin, and Yorkshire war yodelling 😱 I'll remember that about the surgical spirit, will leave a drop in the bottle after my next session... 😱 😉
 
Ooh that’s painful.
 
Northerner said:
Lucky you! 🙂
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As I have said a few times I have been up Scar-Fell on a very very wet day with perfect BG with the use of a Libre. I work on building sites & in lofts & under floor boards & knock things every day. They stick on me good 🙂
 
HOBIE said:
As I have said a few times I have been up Scar-Fell on a very very wet day with perfect BG with the use of a Libre. I work on building sites & in lofts & under floor boards & knock things every day. They stick on me good 🙂
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They stick on me fine Hobie, but this one didn't work 🙄
 
Note to self , get some surgical spirit in, Thanks @mikeyB for reminding me about this, I’ve been wracking my brains for something to remove the sticky residue that seems to take days to scrub off.
 
Lift Plus spray also works, we get it on prescription. We got it in the first place to remove cannulas but it works on Libre sticky stuff too 🙂
 
I had my first duff one the other day... had been fine in the way in to work, and then the ‘try again in 10 mins’ error and then finally it told me there was no active sensor. Called Abbots and got a new one.

My reader buttons drive me crackers but only ever had one reader error message.

I use skintac before application and cover with a £2 coin shaped piece of cling film and tegaderm as I have found that the gym, pool, sauna and steam room mean the adhesive lifts off after about two trips!

I give the incoming sensor 24 hours to settle usually.

I don’t finger prick as I am a writer for a living, and also I hate finger pricking! At the moment I am only on metformin and with the help of the libre I brought down my A1C by almost half.

So for me it really as a game changer, especially with a job that takes me all over the world with irregular working hours and know way of controlling what I can eat, or when.
 
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Have been using Freestyle Libre for 6 months. I budgeted £1200-£1300 p.a. for sensors based on replacing them every 2 weeks as instructed. However I have spent that already due to the large number of sensor error messages & sensors falling off, despite following instructions to the letter. In Abbott's terms & conditions it says they will replace a maximum of 3 sensors, so I have had my lot. I have taken to putting 2 "extra tough" plasters over the sensor. This seems to help. I don't have an issue with accuracy of readings - they are normally in accordance with what I have been eating & drinking (or not!) and the "rapidly falling & rising" info is really useful. The best part about using this system is that I find myself testing far more often than I ever did with a finger-pricking system.
 
Victoria Andrew said:
Have been using Freestyle Libre for 6 months. I budgeted £1200-£1300 p.a. for sensors based on replacing them every 2 weeks as instructed. However I have spent that already due to the large number of sensor error messages & sensors falling off, despite following instructions to the letter. In Abbott's terms & conditions it says they will replace a maximum of 3 sensors, so I have had my lot. I have taken to putting 2 "extra tough" plasters over the sensor. This seems to help. I don't have an issue with accuracy of readings - they are normally in accordance with what I have been eating & drinking (or not!) and the "rapidly falling & rising" info is really useful. The best part about using this system is that I find myself testing far more often than I ever did with a finger-pricking system.
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I didn't realise that they will only replace 3 sensors - I've had one and am waiting for my second replacement. I've also had a replacement reader.

I just went to check on the status of my latest replacement and saw this message:

In the past couple of weeks, we have seen an exceptional demand for FreeStyle Libre sensors. This high demand has led to reduced reserve stock in some countries, including the UK & Ireland. As a result, there is a delay in shipment which means it may take up to two weeks to receive your order. Your order is important to us, we apologise for any inconvenience this situation may have caused.
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Northerner said:
I didn't realise that they will only replace 3 sensors - I've had one and am waiting for my second replacement. I've also had a replacement reader.

I just went to check on the status of my latest replacement and saw this message:
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Maybe this will solve their stock rotation problems.

I didn’t realise they would only replace 3 sensors either.
 
Ljc said:
Maybe this will solve their stock rotation problems.

I didn’t realise they would only replace 3 sensors either.
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Northerner said:
I didn't realise that they will only replace 3 sensors - I've had one and am waiting for my second replacement. I've also had a replacement reader.

I just went to check on the status of my latest replacement and saw this message:
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I suspect this applies if they fall off, or if they feel the customer hasn't applied them carefully enough, but surely not if the sensors are faulty? This would be contrary to the Sale of Goods act. ( or whichever act it is that applies to mail order goods, it's a long time since I did my Law degree!)
 
Thanks for the heads up about order time, @Northerner, was about to order some in the next few days, so hurried to the website to do it immediately. ( panic buying? Moi?) Got a message saying the website was unavailable when I tried to proceed after putting the sensors into my basket, but I noticed it was showing an item in my basket, so clicked on that and it then went through OK. I now wait to see whether they arrive before I go away in a couple of weeks. I've got one sensor left for then, so should be OK, but if it turns out to be faulty, I'd rather have a backup.
 
Robin said:
Thanks for the heads up about order time, @Northerner, was about to order some in the next few days, so hurried to the website to do it immediately. ( panic buying? Moi?) Got a message saying the website was unavailable when I tried to proceed after putting the sensors into my basket, but I noticed it was showing an item in my basket, so clicked on that and it then went through OK. I now wait to see whether they arrive before I go away in a couple of weeks. I've got one sensor left for then, so should be OK, but if it turns out to be faulty, I'd rather have a backup.
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Hope you get them in time @Robin 🙂
 
I've had more than 3 replacements (4 or 5) and they have never queried it.
 
My only problem is with Abbott's 'Arse from Elbow Dept' - I'm still waiting for a refund after 5 weeks. They couldn't even tell me if they'd received the returned sensors. Good thing I kept my Post Office receipt!:confused:

The sensors have always worked fine.🙂
 
I just started the first of 6 sensors that I ordered recently. All have a use by date of Jan 31 2018, so just about right, for a change. If I’d ordered 10, as I used to do, my guess is the same use by date would be on all of them.
 
Northerner said:
I didn't realise that they will only replace 3 sensors - I've had one and am waiting for my second replacement. I've also had a replacement reader.

I just went to check on the status of my latest replacement and saw this message:
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I'm pretty sure all sensors that fail or do not start will be replaced. I think the limit of 3 is more for people claiming that they 'fell off' after walking into door frames.

I have seen some people getting caught by the '3' limit though and not happy about it. Not something I've faced thankfully as all the sensors I've used have worked well for the 14 days.
 
Unfortunately until there is any form of competition in the flash glucose sensor market Abbott can do what they want and charge what they want. 🙄 I'm not sure what any of their rivals are getting up to in terms of a competing device or what sort of patents Abbott have on the Libre.
 
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