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seeing this now feels great. two weeks ago i got a crt-d implanted and sure as hell...it is an abbot.
This makes me think of Norton in fight club discussing recalls.
FDA mandates how recalls happen, pharmaceutical or medical device.
Do they still exist?
They have to have information.
A times B times C equals X...If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Had a relative with a toddler that almost died due to his GCM overreporting his levels.
My mom had one and learned immediately not to trust it.
I'm shocked that both people I know personally had those devices turn out to be uselessly inaccurate....
Abbott claims they're good for 14 days of use but my experience is that they're worthless after 5 to 10 days. The first 5 days of use they're about as accurate as the Dexcom units (typically +/- 10%). Beyond that they start to read increasingly low (-50% to -80%) with readings often failing entirely by day 10 or 11. It wouldn't be a problem if you could replace them after 5 days, but if you do that insurance pitches a fit and refuses to cover more of them because "they're good for 14 days".
Is this behaviour for a particular sensor, like the Libre 2, or do all of Abbott's sensors do this?
It was my experience with the libre 2+ and the libre 3. I've never used the libre 1 so I couldn't say if it applies to that one. That said the 2 and the 1 don't really qualify as CGMs as you need to poll them for glucose readings and I believe they're limited on polling frequency (something like once every 5 min) so they're much closer to a traditional glucose monitor than they are a true CGM.
Dexcom is more reliable.
The Dexcom G2 is far more uncomfortable compared to the Libre 2, in my experience. The filament causes a red spot and aching in my arm, but the Libre 2's does not.
Unfortunately I am severely allergic to the adhesive Dexcom uses that they claim is hypoallergenic.
