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A Sweet New Technology for Diabetics
In the years after I was diagnosed at 24 with Type 1 diabetes, I would sometimes cry when I stopped to study my hands. Back then, the skin of my fingertips was pockmarked by tiny craters, traces of the blood tests I performed seven or more times a day. Though they would heal in time, others would immediately take their place. Merely knowing they were there was dispiriting, a reminder that my disease would always leave its mark on my body in one way or another.
Successfully managing Type 1 diabetes requires almost relentless biomedical self-surveillance. You learn to count carbs, measure insulin doses, and track your glucose levels. It’s the last of those that’s the most frustrating…
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What Advise Would You Give to New Libre Sensor Users?
Whether you’ve been anticipating getting your hands on a Libre sensor or have had this thrust on you by your diabetes healthcare team, once you get it out the box (and I acknowledge that some people do stall at this stage), its inevitable that you and anyone else involved in your diabetes management will have a myriad of questions regarding its use and other things related. Knowing where to go to get answers can be difficult itself but this article will hopefully prove a valuable starting point.
2 Million Patients And Beyond: Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 2 Cleared In The U.S. For Adults And Children With Diabetes
The FreeStyle Libre 2 system is designed for compatibility with other diabetes technologies such as automated insulin dosing systems, insulin pumps, blood glucose meters or other electronic devices. This can allow people to tailor and potentially simplify how they manage their condition.
Freestyle Libre Review - My experiences after 3 years
I’ve had type 1 diabetes for almost a decade now and there have been many highs and lows, but nothing has ever changed my life with diabetes quite as much as the Freestyle Libre.
Bluetooth privacy and the FreeStyle Libre 2 glucose monitoring system
Unfortunately, patient privacy wasn’t a guiding product development principle over at Abbott when making the Libre 2. Depending on your choice of clothing, no one can tell that you’re wearing the sensor just by looking at you. However, the sensor itself broadcasts every three-minutes to anyone within Bluetooth range that you’re wearing a glucose monitoring device. Thereby revealing personal information about a chronic medical condition to anyone nearby.
Freestyle Libre Glucose Monitoring System
The Freestyle Libre has several potential advantages. For the Pro version, the initial cost to the clinic is minimal. Only disposable portions of the system are sent home with patients. There are no reusable parts that must be sanitized between patients. The handheld device for reading the sensor stays with the health care professional and is used for all patients. The downloading and reporting software, LibreView, is also free to the clinic.
The Freestyle Libre 2 System is Here!
The Libre 2 is approved for BOTH adults and children above the age of 4.
Turning a Product Failure Into a Global Revolution
Failure isn’t always a bad thing. This is especially true in industries like science, technology, and healthcare, where failure is often a key ingredient of success. So when Abbott, a global health technology company, discontinued its FreeStyle Navigator continuous glucose monitor (CGM) in the U.S.—after just a few years on the market—they didn’t see it as defeat. Instead, they saw it as an opportunity to use what they had learned to build an even better product. The result was the FreeStyle Libre system, a breakthrough technology that has revolutionized glucose monitoring by enabling patients to monitor glucose levels through a small, disposable sensor that’s worn on the back of their upper arm.
A Sweet New Technology for Diabetics
When using this new device, my blood sugar numbers improved—and I actually felt connected to my body.
Love My Libre
Love My Libre is owned and run by a type one, Samantha, and was not set up solely to sell products but support Libre sensor users in other ways too – that’s why our home page is styled to include links to our magazine and other items relating to diabetes and Libre sensors. The ambition is that we will become your go-to-resource.
MyFreeStyle
The MyFreeStyle program helps guide you through your first continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) experience.
FDA approves first blood sugar monitor without finger pricks
U.S. regulators have approved the first continuous blood sugar monitor for diabetics that doesn’t need backup finger prick tests. Current models require users to test a drop of blood twice daily to calibrate, or adjust, the monitor. The pain of finger sticks and the cost of testing supplies discourage many people from keeping close tabs on their blood sugar, which is needed to manage insulin use and adjust what they ea
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