Libre 3 Sucks Too

I am only on my second Libre 3 sensor after switching from the older Libre 2 series. I probably used no more than thirty of the Libre 2 sensors and had three failures. Abbott did replace them, but a 10% failure rate is not good.

About an hour ago, the app stopped reading the sensor. This happens quite often, and Abbott suggests that the user turns the phone’s Bluetooth off then on. After trying several times, I noticed that the sensor had fallen off. It was on the back of my right upper arm and stayed for seven days (fourteen-day life) before falling off. I took many showers after switching to Libre 3, and the first sensor lasted fourteen days without any issues. I wiped the area of my arm with alcohol wipes before applying the sensor, so I do not know why it is so dirty looking. You can see the plastic needle that goes into my arm. Abbott will likely ask me to send the sensor back to them. Gross.

I went online again to the patient support page and filled out a form. When I did this with Libre 2 sensors that fell off or stopped working, Abbott sent me a replacement. I hope I do get a replacement sensor since my pharmacy only gave me six sensors for three months of usage. That works out to 84 days but there are 91 days in a quarter. I still have some Libre 2 sensors, but I am used to not having to scan the scanner with my phone.