Today is my first day wearing Free style 3 . Thank you for the information. I got a low sugar warning and got scared and did a glucose test and it was at 85 and decided to do research on accuracy and found out a lot of valuable information from your channel

I appreciate that you made this video, it's very informative, I learned a few things I didn't know, like the website page, the reason for putting sensor in the back of the arm. So true about missing the other screens, I was focusing only on the main screen. Thank you!

Very informative. I’m so grateful that I found this video before I even started using my freestyle libre 2.

Thank you for your advice! I just discovered your channel. My wife is a diabetic so I translate her your advice (she is weak in English). I consider your channel very interesting and helpfull. Greetings from The Czech Republic

This video was so informative

Thanks for the info on my new Libre 3 setup. I just started using it about a month ago. This information would have been very helpful to me and I had alot of anxiety with attaching the sensor. I learned alot from your video.

This was another great info from you, even better than the first one. Thanks again.

Thank you i'v tried and it sent me crazy.

Thank you for the video 💗🌷

Great info. My first sensor just came off, putting on a tshirt at 11 days. But I am in the hot tub for up to 1 hour a day, so not too bad, as I assume the hot water softens the adhesive. I have well-controlled T2D (5.5/5.6 A1C/GMI) and I have been using the Libre 3 for my education to help planning aggressive exercise ) lost 60 pounds in 2023. So I already have all I need for now and till try another sensor in 1-2 months. I have seen questions every day about the drain hole on FB groups and there has never really been a good explanation, so thanks for that.

Had heard some time ago that the hole was for the skin's moisture from under patch to escape, what I thought you were going to say was missing was a alcohol wipe to use on the skin before putting on sensor. Good info in video, thanks.

Your video is so informative. I learned some valuable lessons. Thank you!!

Very well done! Thanks. I see so many pics and videos with incorrect sensor location. Flabby part of the back of the arm is very important for a good experience.

EXCELLENT VIDEO! Thanks!

Thanks,very useful information

Good information in this video. When the sensors stay on, the continuous readings are extremely helpful. Over the few months I have used the sensors, my A1C dropped from 7.4 to 5.8 - my doctor asked me how I did it. As an engineer, I am used to monitoring lots of instrumentation and tweaking the instruments to run at peak performance. I knew that the sensor lags the finger stick readings about 20 to 30 minutes typically. I aim to keep my average readings between 90 and 100 versus being happy when my before meal finger stick readings were close to 130 but we're often much higher. Lately, the Libre 3 sensors have come loose fall off or and give an alarm. Most of the time it is when I am sweating or working in the rain with just a shirt on. Several have become loose while bumping into a doorway or chair. I have been experimenting where the best position is. I notice that I tend to brush up against doorways with my right arm. I place the sensors on my left. Abbott's notes recommend shaving the area. I did last night. I am hairy and have good swaths Sicilian skin. I apply the sensors after showering and wiping the area with alcohol. Just ordered some over-patches to facilitate keeping the sensor on AND help provide a sloped surface for when I do brush up against something with my left arm.

I'm not a Libre user but would say the holes primary purpose is where the insertion needle goes through when putting on the sensor. Same would hold true for the Dexcom G7. But allowing it to breathe may be reasonable but on the other hand it would allow water in while showering or swimming as well.

Great vid, thanks

Very helpful info!

I just started using this app. Thank you for this video because I was frustrated for a few hours because what I was seeing on the app was totally different than fingersticks that I was doing. Thank you for clarifying t the reason for this discrepancy.❤❤

How did I not know I could just fill out a form online, instead of spending 15-20 minutes on the phone everytime a sensors fails prematurely?! Gold - thank you! It was a shame they stopped including the alcohol wipe. But I've never noticed a difference one way or the other. In almost 3 years, I've not had a single sensor fall off, or even get knocked off. Adhesive strength is not a concern for me. Failed sensors with event code 365 are my nemesis. I probably have that happen by day 7 or 8, 75-80% of the time.

I don't know about the Libre 14 day or Libre 2 but the Libre 3 has a warning about vitamin c at the time that you insert it. Another point, at least with the Libre 3, it can be wildly inaccurate during the first 24 hours and certainly during the first 12 hours. I have to explain to my endocrinologist that all the hypoglycemic events on the first night after inserted are incorrect. I used to do multiple finger sticks but now I know that it's just the sensor itself acclimating. However I'm a very well controlled type 2, and mostly use my meter to see how food affects my blood sugar. Has kept me with an HBA1c between 5.3 and 5.5 for the last year and a half. I've been wearing it for a little over 2 years. And Skin Tac is a blessing. I was going to mention it if you didn't. Haven't had a sensor fall off since I started using it.

The extra adhesive with the hole in the middle is a must. In my opinion

I bent 2 pins on my first 2 Libre 3 sensors, putting them on the arm in the exact location mentioned. My tricep muscles apparently are too tough. I called Abbott, got replacement sensors sent, and asked for advice. They recommended the inside, flat area of the upper arm between bicep and tricep. The sensor went in and I've tested it with finger sticks over the past 3 days. It was 60 points off on day one. but now is within 20 points. It's an easier spot to apply anyway. Also, I sleep on my side and roll in bed. So putting it on the outside or back of arm, exposes it to compression and getting knocked off. BTW, I'm using Skin Prep by Smith & Nephew. If the sensor comes off before 14 days, I'll go to Skin Tack. Love the video though.

Thank you for the info.

Thank You so much for the link. I am new to Freestyle 3 14 day sensor and I may have did it wrong or it was a faulty sensor. the sensor could not link to my phone app. I was given 2 sensors, $80.00 with insurance. I immediately had to put my 2nd sensor. I just filled out the replacement sensor form. I hope it works. If it does, I will have you to thank!!

Thank you 🙋‍♀️

Good information and I think probably applies to most cmg devices. Does dexcom have forms to request sensor replacement instead of calling tech support? I like the info about vitamin c effects. Didn't even think about that with some of cold/flu meds u listed and typically when I'm feeling sick I totally have to rely on CMG as lose all sense of whether I'm high or low. Keep making more of these videos

Thank you for your video. I believe I understand what happened now when I receive the error signal error. I placed the grip over my sensor thinking that would keep it in place and buy new sensor would’ve been placed in this coming Saturday and today is Tuesday as such. I’ve returned to hot yoga and after the class I’ve experienced signal error so I went looking on KZfaq and I found your video on explain that the cover should have a hole in the middle so that the sensor can sort of air out and I believe that’s what happened to me with the skin group so they are long story short. I will need to reapply a new sensor this evening. Thank you so much for your video. I’ve learned so much I need to purchase the skin grips with the hole in the middle.

Re Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid), a huge problem is that it is not only in health supplements but many prescribed medications and processed foods include it for is preservative qualities. I discoverwed it in bread, juice, preprepared meals, diabetes-related medications and so much more. I did have a problem with false higher readings and missing hypo's and when I called Abbot about the problem, the customer service team aren't alerted to the issue (they replaced four sensors as defective). Now I check all ingredients labels and have greatly reduced my intake of added Vitamin C. Reading the label closer also helps with tracking to the point I achieved an HbA1c of 5.8 (40mmol) within 4 months of starting with Freestyle.

I did have infected skin in the beginning, now i use cavilon spray from 3M wich works great. Did not know about the vitamine c, thats disturbing, thanks for sharing 👍

Thanks!

I always use skin tac to install my sensor. Great information

I've moved to taking 1/2 a Vit C supplement. Most vitamins are eliminated before the body can use them, so cutting vitamins in half reduces the waste as well as avoids this issue. Also, one should consider what other vitamins and supplements offer. Many add C or have it as part of their package like most multi-vitamin offerings. My men's multi-vitamin has 99mg or about 110% I take a half tablet of that in the evening. I take 250mg C, 5000iu of D, some Zinc and 1/2 of a B supplement in the AM and a 1/2 men's multi-vitamin in the evening. The things I've found interfere with my Libre3 are compression, dehydration and if I've consumed too much salt. (Split a bacon baked potato with my wife and while my Libre3 was going low, my finger sticks were 70-100 mg/dL higher. I had worked out in the AM as well, so 4 pints of water over the next couple of hours got things closer over the next 24 hours. I was about to contact Abbott about another failed sensor, but gave it 24 hours to see if it was me. I think the sensor was 3-4 days into the 14 day cycle. Thanks for your content.

Had idea!😮

Everyone I have the best option if you have a sensor, try using a large bandage over your sensor, it helps me with everything like walking into door frames or having that conversation with your coworkers. It can stop the tearing if your sensor hit a door frame or when people ask about why you have a bandage over your arm you can tell them anything when talking about type one diabetes but the best way to do it is be comfortable with who you are and I use Brand-Aid I am in Canada but I hope I could help it really makes a different when saving a sensor and you get a 10 pack so you really get 2 - 3 sensor's worth of protection .

I was out hiking (5 weeks) and two sensors fell off in quick succession. After discussing with my health care provider we determined that the sensors were more likely to stay on if I put the new one on at night before going to sleeping bag, rather than in the morning just before I would be hiking and sweating. Obvious in hindsight I guess, but to generalize, if you put them on at night you may give the adhesive more time to set before stressing it. (I now put them on at night only, and use extra adhesive product.)

hI ave used Libre 3 for 2 years now and never had a sensor fall off..even after a bath or a shower..If i get a low blood sugar alarm on my Libre 3 app I ALWAYS double check my bloods with my Gluco RX and carry out a finger prick test (which is more accurate) and adjust my insulin accordingly.I never soley rely on Libre 3.

Interesting and a great channel fot libre users, although in more tha 2 years i have ever had a sensor come "unglued" my biggest problem is y iphone app stopped working and abbots response was to send a free reader which i dont like

Removed the libre 2 sensor today,was put on friday,first time using one of these devices,not accurate,giving false hypo warnings,back to normal finger testing,might try again in the future if made more accurate

thanks for this video i been taking IgActive col.d care and that has 1000 mgs of vitamin c per sering and this explains my elevated readings. I was asking my pharmacizst if the stuff had surgar and he assurmed me it didnt but it was the actual vitamin C dose that was too high thanks for creating this video

I can't see how you can use these monitors with out continually doing a blood check the ones I have had read above actual level and just go high when I have a meal so I have to check to see what is really happening. It just gives me an idea between readings with the graph but they do not do what they should they are just not good enough yet. I do not get much of a delay between it detecting change in sugar levels compared to blood test.

I disagree that the libre 2 is simply lagging and therefore doesn't match the glucometer. What I have done is deliberately check my blood glucose up to 15-20x per day just as a comparison. The libre is off more often than not. So far libre 2 has terrible accuracy andbit is almost higher than the glucometer reading by anywhere from 5-45 points. We are talking about a reading of 175 post prandial that is really 130. Very bad.

Thanks for this video. While we have placed the sensor on back of our arm, can we do gym workouts normally as if there is no sensor attached to our arm? Especially biceps and triceps workouts. I have a slim body and I need to gain muscle mass so planning to start gym workouts.

My freestyle libre 3 keeps giving me false low blood sugar readings. Anybody know why or what causing this to happen?

Good stuff! I’m a non diabetic, but because of some metabolic test results, I’ve been making changes to my diet and monitoring my blood glucose. Over the past 6 weeks I’ve been using the Libre 2 and the results are definitely mixed. While it did confirm my “dawn phenomenon” and show a HUGE spike when I had lunch over my moms house, EVERY one (3 total) of the sensors eventually failed in some way. The first sensor was “cranky”, in that it would give me erroneous data in the morning and/or instruct me to try again in 10 minutes. Also, after the first 7 days, there seemed to be a plus 20-30 mg/dl offset. The second sensor started off with a 60 mg/dl offset and never got much better, so I called Abbott and got it replaced. The replacement sensor (#3) worked fairly well for 7 days, then became “cranky” for a couple of days and then failed on day 10. I didn’t bother calling Abbott. Also, I find that the Libre 2’s blood drop analyzer was very erratic; some days it would agree with the Libre 2 senor and my Accu-Chek tester, and other days it would be off by 10-15 mg/dl. I’m glad I’m not a diabetic and dependent on the Libre 2!

Could you please tell me how to navigate the web sight on how to get a replacement sensor ,My diabetic lady and I tried every way even to say it fell off which Free Style said to do not the numbers are way off Thank you ,Bruce Hanson, PS this is the secant time that I have asked you.

Waw amazing

My problem with the Libre 2 is inaccurate sensors. At least one in three sensors is inaccurate so I can't trust the devices; I still have to do finger sticks. Also, I don't like the idea that Abbott customer service is in the Philippines. Abbott CEO Robert Ford makes more than $20M per year. That's not enough?

Lots of “B” Roll and scare tactics 🤣😂🤣😂but very informative as well I would have also liked a link to the product skin tac as well I did give thumbs 👍 up and subscribed for the Drama alone 🎭🥰

Does Vitamin C cause the same issue if it comes from food? I would love for you to do another Libre 2 and 3 comparison.

Hello, thanks for running this channel and creating amazing content that helps us managing our blood glucose and overall health. I have been using the libre2 for the last 3 months and wanted to share my experience and get your thoughts please: Average glucose readings from the libre 2 app are below in mmol/L: 7 days: 5.9 14 days: 5.9 30 days: 5.7 90 days: 5.9 The Libre 2 app is showing an estimated A1C = 5.3 % (34mmol/mol) I just got my Lab report and there the HbA1C is 6.2 % I'm diagnosed as pre-diabetic based on my A1C reading. Was wondering there is such a big difference between the HbA1C readings from the Libre 2 and the lab results? Any thoughts?

I use the link up app by having my doctors office following it

If my sensor fall off can anyone tell me what is the web address to contact re replacement, many thanks in anticipation

Another great tip, shave the area you’re applying the sensor to.

I’ve lost a bit of weight and my arms are flabby. When I put up my arm to apply the sensor it looked like it was applying in the back of my arm. But once applied I put my arm down and it is slightly to the inside of my arm. Is there anything to do when dealing with this?

I find that by around day 10 mine start to throw low glucose warnings for no apparently reason.

today i fixed libre free style sensor to my arm and took readings and after six hours the sensor stopped taking the readings?

My experience with this tool is the inaccuracy. Only once in a while will the libre ever be the same as the blood reading. I stick to the blood reading and nothing else.

My readings are always really off the first few days

What if blood comes out from that tiny hole on sensor at the time of first pasting

I put the sensor in the front instead of the back of my arm...then i do t have problems with it falling off.

I run up to 60 miles a week and do 1 hour sauna sessions in temperatures of 180 and the libre 3 is still stuck like glue after 14 days. Maybe because I live in the California desert.

i want to buy to peru, but the software dont work, and maybe can buy to miami, and with courrier send to peru

Why has that Lady Water Running down the Sink?

Why is the Alcohol Wipe no longer included?

The last two Freestyle Libre 3's have been extremely difficult to unscrew the protective cap.I presently have aFreestyle Libre 3 that i'm unable to unscrew the cap. My husband, who has" lock tight" hands was unable to open the sensor cap as well. I contacted Libre 3 customer service but was unable to resolve the issue. Is this happening to anyone else?

I'm really frustrated with this thing! I think out of say 10 only two have worked for me. The other eight have either not worked at all, not connected with my phone, or fallen off. It probably wouldn't be so bad if my insurance would replace them all the time. I call freestyle libre and they replace them with no problem. But the problem I have is all the time that I'm wasting not being able to wear it. I'm ready to switch brands.

An alcohol wipe.. is essential.

WARNING ABOUT SKIN TAC. Because so many videos like this one recommended it, I bought some Skin Tac and used it the first time I wore a sensor. I found out the hard way that Skin Tac can cause a very severe allergic reaction on your skin. Many people are allergic to "rosin" which is one of the ingredients in Skin Tac. It is derived from pine trees and other similar plants. In my case, the reaction lasted several months, and caused blisters and bumps under the sensor that affected its readings. After that experience, I would suggest testing it before relying on it. So far, in my experience, the adhesive in the Libre 3 seems to work well without any additional precautions.

I've yet to see version 3 of 3 of Freestvle, is it on the market.

Just started with this sensor and I got so pissed off to see how only a meal of 2 eggs and some mushroom blew up my sugar to 8.7😞.

Everytime I shower it falls off

Every Libre 3 sensor I've used so far (about a dozen), read consistently 20-30mg lower than a fingerstick, no matter if my glucose reading is trending up or down. I stopped using them for a while, but found myself missing being able to watch the trends so easily. Even though the Libre 3 is not very accurate for me, those trends are so helpful that they outweigh the lack of accuracy. I still have to fingerstick more than I'd like, but it's a small price to pay. The biggest downside for it giving a false low reading is the low glucose alarm, I wish they would fix it where you can temporarily disable it, especially at 3:00am or during a phone call.

Can someone help me. I’m pre diabetic but I don’t understand the readings I’m getting on the libre. I’m getting readings from 4.2-6.9 is this high what does it mean please?

I filled out the online form when my sensor failed, and they still called while I was busy, and asked me all the questions I had answered online, then about 20 more. Then sent a new sensor. It was so aggrivating.

I thought these cgms gives you readings every 1 min and then stores all info for only up to 8 hours but mine seems to only give me the readings when i scan it and that it nothing more if i only scan i once every 7 to 8 hours if will only show the info for one time I scanned??? If i scanned it twice then it will only show the two reading that i took??This is not what i thought this does i thought i was getting a constant reading up to 8 hours of storage....!!! And scan was just to transfer information so Either i got faulty device or if this is how this works i will go to another brand!! Because im already not liking freestyle 2 if this is the case

Well back of the arm doesn't really help you. There is one muscle...maybe you heard of it? Called triceps....The upper chest works better when you go to a gym because there is less dangerous muscle contraction than the tricep. Triceps move a lot up and down when you train them.

Device with so many fails simply should not be on the market.

My Libre is giving me false low alarm readings in the night. Interrupting my sleep terribly. I’m not diabetic in the least. Just trying to improve my metabolic health. Can’t turn off the false alarms or the whole system does not work. 😡

😏 "promosm"

I heard laying on your libre at night or putting pressure on your arm goes bad readings. I sleep on my left side with my arm tucked under me. Can I put it on my right arm every 14 days?

Abbott does not provide customer service. They have we can't help you service.

Nobody really needs 1 gram of Vit. C per day. I take some supplements, and I limit Vit. C to 80 mg per day. The body simply throws away anything above 80 mg of Vit. C...

Per usual a ma perspective without any consideration of women. I can’t keep the sensor on the back of my arm because it’s more likely to be yanked off when putting on a bra. The truth is the difference in accuracy between the back and side of the arm is miniscule and each person needs to find the area that works best for them.

The mistake they did is they bought cgm

For me libre was inconsistent and useless.

Bwoah… so nonsense.

Nope…..25 years no one asked or cared.

Mine is perfect

Libre app sucks.