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Freestyle libre sensor locations.
Some people have had success with placing the sensor over a compeed blister plaster or johnson johnson toughpads.
I ve heard of others placing the device on their thigh and i placed my most recent sensor on my upper back area.
You can place it elsewhere as someone said anywhere fatty will work.
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This is not inaccuracy but more of a discrepancy between readings due to your interstitial fluid where the libre sensor gets its readings from being anywhere up to 15 minutes behind your true bg.
Most commercially insured patients pay between 10 and 75 per month for freestyle libre 14 day sensors.
I have never smoked a cigarette in my life does anyone place the sensor anywhere other than their arm.
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Comparisons between the libre reading and actual bg can be substantially out during times of rapidly changing bg.
The only downside for me is that i almost get some nasty rash on my arm usually starting to itch even hours after placing a new one.
However the most effective place is the back of the arm.
2 points 2 years ago.
When the sensor is applied a thin flexible and sterile fibre is inserted just under the skin.
Such as after a meal.
I have been using the freestyle libre for some months now and i love it.
The freestyle libre 14 day sensor is painless 1 to apply and easy to wear.
The freestyle libre sensor is applied on to the back of the upper arm with a simple disposable device called an applicator.
1 i know that the libre is only approved for use on the back of the arm but i don t have a lot of fat tissue in that location.