i have had both the g6 and the g7 and have had so many issues and dexcom just being entirely unhelpful. I am on a omnipod 5 and was thinking of asking my endo if i can switch to the libre because I cannot keep dealing with dexcom anymore quite frankly!! would love to hear other people's experiences and thoughts!
Would anyone else feel the same that 15 days would not be enough or maybe they have another value they prefer?
Obviously not infinity days or even zero days, but would y’all have wished they lasted longer or is 15 days just right for you?
Bought an SE3 specifically for my CGM . My iPhone 11 was dropped screen cracked and nfc stopped working .
The SE3 is in 26.2.1 . Should I update to 26.5 and will it work smoothly with Libre 3 /3+ as it fors now
I have two Freestyle Libre3 readers. Reader#1 was reading 137 from a 3+ sensor that is now 6 hours from expiring. Reader#2 is reading 87 from a new 3+ sensor that was activated 24 hours ago. Which one should I believe?
Hello. I have had T2 diabetes for a while now and have been working on things like eating better and moving more. I don't prick my fingers because it triggers the temptation to self-harm. My doctor knows this and has been fine with this. My doctor recently introduced me to the Freestyle Libre program where I can get 2 sensors a month for $75 since my insurance won't cover them unless I'm on insulin. Now I'm able to see better what foods really skyrocket my blood sugar and that sort of thing.
On top of T2 diabetes, I have several mental illnesses, including Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly multiple personalities). Having DID means that I have parts who can simply take control of the body and eat what they want. It also means that I have parts that are under the age of 10 - several of them are 4 and under. This plays havoc with the average age of my palate and what we like to eat. I'm also neurodivergent and have problems with textures. On top of it all, I have chronic fatigue which puts a limit on how much exercise I can do without putting myself in bed for 3 days. I currently do some walking, but I can't do too much or then I can't get outta bed. It's frustrating. Someone said walking 10K a day helps them keep their sugar in line. I'm happy if I consistently get 1200 steps in a day thanks to chronic fatigue.
My A1c went up a little in February from 7.5 to 8.4. I knew it was going to go up based on some family health issues & me being overwhelmed from caregiving that occurred toward the end of 2025. I actually thought I got off easy. I expected it to possibly even hit 9 as for about 5-6 weeks I was living on sugar and caffeine. It was the only way to do everything I had to do at home and still stay awake at work. Since February, we have been really working on eating better. Most of our DID parts have been working together to do this. However, we're having trouble with which things make our blood sugar go up or down. It seems like the only time our sugar is "in range" (70-180) is first thing in the morning and if we haven't eaten anything in more than 4 hours.
I have always been a huge fruit person. Apples, canteloupe, grapes, berries, cherries, bananas and more. In the summer I practically live on fruit. And now we're realizing that we can't eat as much fruit because it skyrockets the sugar. It's been really hard on us. We use the terms "growing foods" and "just because foods" so there is no morality to food. Being that fruit is a "growing" food, my little ones don't understand why they can't eat it more. They really like grapes and apples and canteloupe. Many of them are very little - 4 and under. They just don't understand.
My doctor says "You can eat all the vegetables you want". With 9 DID parts under the age of 10, plus serious aversions to textures, that sentence holds no joy for us. We're trying. There are a few veggies we like, but even those aren't easy to eat a lot. Carrots cut into matchsticks or chips are okay, but baby carrots and regular carrot sticks are "too crunchy". Red bell peppers are okay - but not the other colors. Cucumbers are hit or miss. Mushrooms are hit or miss. Sugar snap peas raw are okay in small numbers, but not a favorite. Tomatoes I'm super picky on type and juice ratio. I've tried bribing the little ones to eat the veggies with M&Ms (i.e. eat 7 peapods and get 5 M&Ms type thing). It doesn't work. I've tried several different types of treats and none of them entices the kiddos to eat the veggies. So, I eat the veggies, but they aren't my favorite either so I have to force myself to choose veggies.
Having the CGM and knowing my sugar levels better now and being able to see what makes it go higher/lower was supposed to make choosing foods to eat easier. So far all it's done is taken all the joy out of eating. It's just a chore now. I feel like I must stuff something in so the body has fuel - yippie. More times than not, we just end up not eating much. I know that's not a great solution, but we feel pretty hopeless about it all at this point.
I'm hoping maybe some of you have helpful, gentle advice you can give.
Hi all,
I am looking for help and/or information regarding the compatibility of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors with different smartphones.
Anyone knows how the compatibility is tested and what to expect if a specific model is not listed as compatible on Abbott's website?
Can I just try to install the app on a friend's phone or do I need to waste a sensor to test it fully?
Anyone has used/is using one of the following models and has experience to share?
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, Google Pixel 9a, Google Pixel 10, Google Pixel 10a, Google Pixel 10 Pro?
If you have any other info or experience to share, or can link me up to a previous post here or elsewhere, I'm happy to hear 👍
i’ve had to replace 7 of 8 sensors. One made it the full 15 days without being wildly inaccurate. The rest between 5-7 days all do this. They bottom out then never recover. I’ve tried various locations, nothing helps. Is it me?
Are there any good apps that integrate through linkup that has good Apple watch integration and perhaps also widgets on the phone? :) would love to be able to see my last reading without needing a phone for example
I've been using this CGM now for a little over a month (this is my 3rd CGM) and twice now, it has given me an alert for a high glucose (over 200) but when I go into the app and look, it's not there and will show that I didn't have a reading over 170 (for example) my wife got an alert once (she's connected to the app) while I was asleep saying that it was high, but when I looked it didn't show it at all. I looked the other day after getting an alert that it went to 210, but it showed nothing above 180.
Is this a glitch? Was the high readings not real?
Reposted with a photo, as someone asked. Thr elevated portions were about an hour after I ate.
I am very new to all of this. I show no signs of diabetes and so far do not meet the criteria. I was mostly given one to track other possible health complications, and all day, my readings were normal and not a concern whatsoever. But at 1 am, I was woken up by a "urgent low" alarm. So I checked and it was 54. As soon as I started moving that arm, it went back up to normal. so it was barely over a minute that it was at that level, and has been normal ever since. Is this a concern at all or could be a false reading? I believe my arm was laying against myself side, and kind of against both my torso and the bed if that matters at all. As i usually sleep on my back.
I hope to just be overthinking it, but I wasn't given very clear answers when given the monitor, and just want to be sure that it isn't anything to worry about.
I'm so sick of these Libre3+..they malfunction more than they work. I'm applying correctly, in correct spot on arm. I understand the compression lows if I sleep on it ..but this is daytime when I'm actively doing housework, etc. .... I'm up all night with lows, I'm so sick and tired from trying to get up and finger stick 30 times during the night . There has to be better way...I'm tired of asking for replacement and having to mail back defective ones, so I just don't anymore. When I was put on libre, they worked great, but these are NOT working anymore! Since I began using these, i've purchased a new compatible phone, updated every app update , even stopped using phone and used their reader but these are so inaccurate..I understand the difference between blood and interstitial readings but sometimes it's so far off that it is truly dangerous. If it's 3 am and I treat a false low when I'm really high. I've been sick lately and really need accuracy...if I'm going to have to finger stick all day, then why do I even need these?
Device: Google Pixel 8a
OS: Android 16
App version: 5.0.0.1077
The LibreLinkUp app recently updated to version 5.0.0 with a "fresh" look with new UI.
Since then I have not received any alarm notifications from the app, despite them working perfectly on previous versions. I've re-installed the app, cleared the data and cache, reset notification settings, made sure all the notifications were set on. Nothing.
There are a flurry of 1* reviews on the Play Store of other users encountering issues.
Has anyone also experienced this and found a fix? Without alarm notifications the app is basically useless.
It downloads an excel spreadsheet, is there another way to read this, I don't have excel.
Just scanned a new L2+ sensor an hourish ago. Waited my 60 minutes and when it pinged me to get a read there wasn't a number so I hit the manual scan and it told me I needed to start a new sensor bc that one had expired.
But it was the new sensor I'd just put on an hour ago 😭
Any tips or tricks? Of course my insurance will only cover two per month and this one was my second so I'm SOL.
I know everyone says that it takes a few days to warm up or whatever… in my experience my sensors are SUPER accurate the first 12-24 hours and then turn into this nonsense. For the record, I was in the 80’s all night last night. No where near urgently low. 😑 how is this FDA approved for me to dose my insulin off of??
I'm 2 days into my fourth sensor and this one's readings are all over the place...sometimes nearly right on vs finger sticks but more often 30-40 points lower than reality. And because it's so often reading 40 points low, I'm getting critical low alerts overnight that wake me up, which is super frustrating.
I know you can report sensor failures and get a replacement (although I see this can also be dodgy if they feel like you've had "too many" failures), but since this sensor hasn't technically failed I was wondering what would happen if I just took it off and claimed it FELL off and was lost. It's driving me bugshit that this one is so inaccurate, and I have a bunch more on hand I could replace it with but I don't want to flush the $$ for this one down the drain if I can't get a replacement.
My android phone is due for an update but the farthest it can be pushed back is May 20th (my 3+ sensor should last until May 30th) and unfortunately I cannot find anywhere to turn off automatic updates, I'm not worried about the compatibility because it's still the same version and stuff but I'm a bit worried about it causing temporary issues to my sensor while updating. I've googled it and it says it can cause temporary issues but again I cannot stop it from updating so would it be okay to do? Should I just update it now and get it out of the way or try to wait as long as it will give me
I know everyone says to walk 10-15 mins after eating to help the glucose spikes but what if walking in swampy humid temps isn’t conducive to life? What is everyone else doing? Are walking pads the way to go? Or just doing a few squats? Resistance bands? I need some ideas, help!
Does anyone have skin reactions to the Libre cannula? I also react to the glue and whatnot on the sensor but have mitigated that with antihistamine spray and tegaderm under the sensor. But by about day 6 I get super itchy/irritated under the sensor and when I eventually take it off, it’s always very red and irritated specifically where the cannula was inserted. I could typically tolerate it enough to get through the full wear cycle with the 2, but with the longer wear time with the 3, the itching is now too much to last the full 14 days and I end up needing to remove it around day 10 so I’m losing many days. I really like the smaller size of the 3 and the itching still was incredibly irritating with the 2 something back doesn’t make sense. Anyone deal with this/have any advice?! 😩 I don’t seem to react the same to the Dexcom but don’t have coverage for it unfortunately. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
This is my very second attempt at trying a Libre 3 plus (and CGMs in general) yesterday at my appointment my endo gave me two samples to try. I put the first one on yesterday on the recommended spot under the arm and it hurt more than I thought, there was a tiny amount of blood, and it kinda throbbed for a while, then the readings were very off (saying that I was 49 when my bg was 87) and then I got a warning that it paused readings for quality checks for 11 hours, only made it to 7 and then it completely shut down and I had to take it off, very devastating because I worked up a lot of courage to do it. Now I have a bruise there. Today I tried again with the second sensor, slightly different placement (more to the side of my arm rather than under different arm, where I like to put my pump sites sometimes) and it hurt a bit less and I think isn't stinging as much, waiting for it to warm up, noticed there's a tiny amount of blood again... Google said this is fairly common when putting on the first time. I just really want this one to work 😢 fingers crossed?