I posted my initial thoughts about the Libre a few weeks ago here; so how has it been after two weeks using everyone’s second-favourite flash glucose monitoring system? In summary, when it’s good it’s very, very good. When it’s bad it’s just annoying. First of all, let’s cover off the good. The snaking worm of… Read More »
I’m just typing up my second article about my experiences with the Libre. As always, I got slightly distracted by linguistics. Before I heard it spoken aloud by my consultant, I thought the Libre was pronounced “Leeb-ruh” but apparently, it’s pronounced the “Leeb-ray”. Expert polyglots will correct me, but if it has an upward inflection,… Read More »
Last night I found myself sitting in a lecture theatre in the studenty-bit of the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh. Surrounded by about 175 other type ones (who knew Edinburgh had so many pancreatically-challenged denizens?) we were about to be introduced to Abbott’s flash glucose testing do-hicky – the Libre. Apparently demand for the new device had… Read More »