I use a Libre 3. My phone died for a short time last night before I got it charged and back on. I was wondering if anyone had experience noticeable issues with the sensor and phone after their phone died. For reference I have an Iphone.

Never thought I’d be sitting here saying there’s a worse adhesive than the Dexcom G6 and G7 but here we are today. I switched from Dexcom to Libre for a few reasons and one of them was that the adhesive on the dexcom was pretty bad; showering, swimming, or just the general motions and moving around seemed to really wear out the adhesive even after using Skintac and other products.

I get my first Libre3 delivered 2 days ago and I was already very suspect the second I put it on because of how small the actually adhesive surrounding the patch itself was.I noticed peeling literally only hours after putting it on and this was BEFORE i had even took a shower (I purposely held my arm away from the water) I did everything down to a T on their website and even watched a youtube instruction on do’s and do nots but here we are 2 days later and the thing has already fell off after a minor bump into a wall. Something I could do with the Dexcoms dozens of times and never happen to me lol. I’m really lost, I understand everyone skin is not the same but man why can neither of these companies produce a working adhesive.

TLDR: 2 day old Libre3 fell off cause a minor wall scrape after switching to Libre3 cause Dexcom adhesive wasn’t working

Anyone using a Freestyle 2 with the new iOS 18.1? Just curious as I want to update but would like to avoid any possible problems others may have encountered. Thank you.

Last week, I contacted my pharmacy asking them to refill my Libre 3 sensor. I haven’t heard anything from them so I called this morning. The pharmacist told me that they couldn’t get any Libre 3 sensors until 2025 at the earliest and encouraged me to call my doctor and ask them to switch me to the Libre 3 Plus. Has anyone else been told this? If you have switched to the Libre 3 Plus, have you noticed any differences between the Libre 3 and the Libre 3 Plus?

All, why is it that my OmniPod 5 Pods keep failing to connect up to my Libre 2 Plus CGM?? I have never had this issue in the past with the Dexcom G6. Since switching to the Libre 2 plus, my Pod pdm says either “searching for sensor” or unable to find sensor. I have followed all the instructions, I.E only using the OP5 PDM to register new sensor so no scanning with phone and it’s rubbish

Hello everyone I have been getting a little readings with my Libra 3 but when I checked with a finger meter I'm high or within range I have rolled out compression low but the dang alarm keeps going off is there a way to silence it for a little while any help is appreciated

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This is my second day wearing the libre 3 and I was wondering if it is possible to view the data in a chart format in order to see actual historical readings at specific times and not just the trend in a graph?

Thanks!!

My third sensor since starting with Libre 2 and knocked it off on a cupboard door incident with 5 days remaining. Submitted a claim online, we'll see what happens. Put on one to replace it and had blood coming through the centre. Not a good day. Hopefully it works ok. On the bleeding, read a post by ErroAtual who said scrubbing the arm too much and getting it reddened can cause the bleeding because of increased blood flow at the site. This fits, I did scrub too hard and was red when I put it on. Won't do that again.

So, I started using the Libre 2 back in May. Since then, my A1C has dropped three points since my August doctors visit and is probably going to drop even more by my December visit. I can control my glucose so much better with it and I love that it allows me to monitor it a lot more secretively than pricking my finger did (it always made me feel self-conscious).

HOWEVER, I think I’ve had maybe three or four sensors make it all the way to 14 days before they stop working. I’ve had so many replacement orders from Abbot that I actually ran out. I’ve had a couple come off due to me hitting my arm against the wall inadvertently, but the rest have just stopped for seemingly no reason. I got sensor covers to protect them from any damage and even then it only made it through one week before it died on me.

Do any of the CGM veterans here have any ideas on how to keep the sensors from failing on me? Also, is the Libre 3 more reliable than the 2, or is it similar?

Edit: I use the Freestyle Reader, not my phone, for those who may be wondering.

This is my first day wearing and every two hours it’s alerting me that I’m crashing. Is this normal? Is it accurate? What do you do to not crash so often?

Let me start this off by saying I’m a type 2 diabetic I got Libre 3 because it’s what my insurance approved however since I’ve gotten it I have had issues after issues

First day using it sensor looses connection about 2 hours after warm up phase I waited all day to see if it would re connect it never did so I started a new one

Second one failed on me because I bumped something it fell out

3rd and 4th failed because it stayed in the applicator after trying to alpply it even after trying to go into my arm

5th one failed the same as the first one but lasted 7 days befor it lost connection then just would reconnect

Now on my 6th one and it just told me that readings are unavailable check back in 9 hours

I really DO NOT know what I am doing wrong if I am doing anything wrong I’m applying the sensor right where it’s supposed to be based off diagrams and what my endocrinologist told me I’m also running an iPhone 16 PM on IOS 18

This is very frustrating because I was promised and told it was easier and less invasive then doing finger pokes 4-6 times a day and part of me just wants to give up on the idea of having a cgm because this is such a bad experience

( ps I called abbot and have had all faulty sensors reported and they will be replacing them however there wanting me to send the old ones back to them)

If yall have any advice or think I’m being dumb please let me know thanks in advance

Hi everyone! So my first two weeks with my sensor is up - so how do I get this thing off? lol

Do I just rip it out?

Should I try to take it out while showering?

This is my FIRST time I have ever had a sensor last the full 14 days. With that being said...I will be traveling soon with it. Any suggestions for going through the airport? Should I wait to apply the new one until after security? Do they set off the walk-thru metal detector at all? Does it still function after going through it? Also, I'll be in water so I may need to buy something extra on Amazon (but I don't know if they impact the readings etc) to cover it. Thanks for any input as I attempt a 2nd time for 14 days! Sidenote, Obviously this is not the Libre3 Plus...15 days will be a new challenge 😉

The difference between the 2 that I measured this morning. I known it can be different up to 20 points, but this is extreme, isn't it ?

Hello, since 10 days we are facing issue with receiving data on the LibreLinkUp app from Libre 3. This actually started after starting the latest sensor last week. The main phone is receiving data from the sensor and it's showing it continuously, but the LibreLinkup is only showing values every 15-20 minutes. The main phone is Samsung A34 5G, and yes, it's not part of the supported list, but was working fine for 1 year. Libre 3 version is 3.6.0. We kept the phone on Android 13, because for a long time Android 14 was not supported and even after it became supported we kept Android 13 as the phone was working fine with the sensors. After the issue started, we've updated the phone to the latest version of Android 14, but the issue is still present. The LibrelinkUp phones are Samsung and Xiaomi with different librelinkup accounts and both are showing data at the same time, so the issues should be coming from the main phone and the Libre 3 app. This is happening both on wi-fi and mobile data. Everything is allowed for the Libre 3 app on the main phone - no battery restriction, no data restriction, no background activity restriction etc. The other stupid part is that even, if you see the reading on the librelinkup at 7:40, then the data disappears in 1 minute and the last reading that you can see on the graph is from 30-40 minutes before that and not the data you actually saw 1 minute ago. Is anyone else facing the same issue. I don't know, if it's a phone issue or libre issues. If anyone have an idea for possible fix, please lte me know. At the moment I've tried, restarting phone several times, clearing app cache, clearing phone cache from the recovery menu, but nothing seems to help. Below some picture from the LibrelinkUp showing the issues. https://ibb.co/XJM5Dz9 https://ibb.co/5Rky72c https://ibb.co/ChHBTv1

I have a fail rate of greater than 50% due to it getting pulled off, falling off, losing the ability to function etc.

So I have lost over 5 sensors to it over the last 3 months long story short when I put them on when family puts them on I get sensor error I did request 1 sensor back but this is getting out of hand I got my monthly supply from my insurance today and I'm already down to my last sensor because the first one errored out and didn't work am I doing something wrong or is it normal? I'm taking a shower cleaning the area drying and then after I add a adhesive protector for the skin with a wet wipe wait for that to dry and then do the sensor

Is it normal for your sensor to hurt pretty bad the whole first day of use

I’m trying this CGM out and purchased 3 month (6 sensors). I’ve had so many issues with them and had at least 3 replaced. I lost count. Some stopped working after a few days, some after a few hours, the first ones hurt. I finally found a place on my arm that doesn’t hurt. I also am a side sleeper and get pressure lows. That is annoying. I’m pre-diabetic so just trying to figure out how foods affect me. Last one fell off on day 10 but I didn’t even get a replacement. I figured they would not send me one. I just installed my last sensor and then removed the previous one. My skin looks terrible underneath. Usually the filament hole takes about a week to heal but this one below has almost a blister? Some sort of indentation. The dark stuff is the glue and skin grip patch I wear over it. I put some neosporin on it. Does this happen to other people? I’m not sure I’ll buy anymore sensors even though they’re helpful to make sure I keep my glucose low.

I have it get an MRI and nobody in the hospital seems to know if the libre 3 is safe to wear in the MRI. they said normally people have diabetic insulin pumps and those are removed but aren’t sure about the actual sensor. I just had mine placed 4 days ago and it’s for once working perfectly so I’d hate to take it off when it has 10 days left.

I’m new to CGMs and I’m currently trialling the Libre 2 before trialling the Dexcom One+. I’ll be self-funding so I want to make sure I have tried these two options before committing to one.

All afternoon I’ve had issues with the app, whenever I tried to open it, it would flash up a white screen for a moment and then the app would just close. I made sure it didn’t need updated and then switched my phone off and on again. Nothing worked, I still couldn’t get into the app, so I deleted it and re-downloaded it. I had no idea this would delete the data! I stupidly assumed it would be linked to my account, rather than only held in the app, so I’ve lost all my charts etc. for the last 10 days.

Has anyone had the LibreLink app glitch like this before, and how can you resolve it without deleting the app?

edit I’m running the app on an iPhone 13 on the most recent iOS.

Solved, thank you so much for your answers!

Hello, I'm currently using a Freestyle Libre, and I'm on an Android device. I'm planning on switching to an iPhone 13, although I don't know if the NFC scanning works the same, as I read somewhere that Apple only lets you use NFC for Apple Pay. Can anyone with an iPhone 13 confirm to me if you can use the Freestyle Libre? Thanks

Has anyone worn the Lingo and Libre 3 in parallel to compare? I’ve recently ordered the Lingo out of but am a long time Libre 3 user. I’m curious about how they compare so will be running them in parallel unless the software for each get in the way.

1. New sensors fall off a lot.
2. App spamming me (With my bsl) with notifications to open the app and one to tell me to change my settings.(so notifications work????) Does this when in range too
3. Their phones are disconnected? Out of business?
4. I've had zero refunds after wasting hundreds of dollars on things that just never worked

So whats the point?

Are there any discounts for the Libre 3 sensors? They are so expensive at my pharmacy