Oh - I’m not sure. I was simplifying the description in that last post. I think you still have to pass your phone over the sensor to get it to check your blood glucose level.
Interesting about the chest pain - I have never heard of that. Good to know!
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Yes, it transmits continuously (every minute or so). I’ve been playing around with it for a couple of weeks. It’s pretty small and you don’t notice it. A tip for android users: If you don’t want to use the Abbott app and not have an Abbott login, juggluco is a good alternate app that can be entirely local with no internet connection. Juggluco is also better although there’s a bit of a learning curve.
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For the libre 2, you have to pass your phone over the sensor to get reads. At least once every 8 hours to not loose any data.
For the libre 3, it transmits automatically to your phone like the dexcom devices. The libre 3 is smaller and a little quicker to apply.
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Yes. I’ve had a couple of bouts of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). I even went to the hospital too thinking it was a heart attack. They checked me out and found it was low blood sugar. I felt nauseous and I had chest pain.
Now, I make sure to carry a piece of candy with me. If I start feeling that way, I take the candy, and it goes away within 15 minutes. If it lasts longer than that, I’ll go to the hospital. (This hasn’t happened yet).
The long-term solution was that I cut my Metformin down from 1.5 g a day to 500 mg and that seemed to solve it. But I still carry the candy just in case.
It’s happened to me 2-3 times since I started taking Metformin.
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Neo
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@Beth what level was your CGM showing around the event?
@DeStrider do you know what they tested your blood glucose as in one to say that that was the cause for you? Do you have the test number?
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Unfortunately, I don’t remember the test number as it was quite a while ago and it was the hospital emergency room, so the documentation was lacking after they determined it was not a heart attack.
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Beth
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WOW, interesting you had the exact thing happen to you! And multiple times! Had I known to look at my CGM that day, I could have saved a visit! My pain lasted for at least 5 hours before I went to the hospital… and yeah, maybe stupid I didn’t go earlier, too. If it went to the hospital every time I felt something weird, I would never have time for anything else! Just this week my left arm ached and my fingers started to feel a little numb, but then it went away.
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Beth
#29
I don’t remember and just looked and the app didn’t save it from that long ago. If I had to guess, and this is only a guess, maybe 55 ish ish ish ?
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LaraPo
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I’m at Costco now. They sell it for that price only with a script, otherwise it’s $192 without prescription.
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Is this Costco US ? I don’t think they sell it without a prescription in the US at all. Not yet anyways, although Dexcom has an OTC CGM in the pipeline.
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Beth
#32
Surprised at the no script option? But, I have one that has been called in by my doc and I’ll report back if it doesn’t wind up being $30.
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Beth
#33
I just called and Costco filled my freestyle libre 3 at a member and non insurance price of $87 for 2 of them.
I was thinking it should be less, but now I think you all are talking about the libre #2, and not the #3, right?
This still seems like a good deal, but making sure before I pick it up
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May be region specific. $60 for two for libre 3 was CA.
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If you have insurance, call Abbott and ask them for their co pay card. They guarantee $75 for two if you have insurance. They also have a coupon for one free sensor on their website.
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Beth
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So it was for libre 3!!!
I’m also in CA!!! Hmm, I wonder what is happening on my end, any clues?
Abbott does this even if you are using it off label ? Not a diabetic
Yes, Abbott does this for everyone (Private Insurance Coverage | FreeStyle Libre US). What did costco quote you as the insurance rate ? Their insurance rate should also be somewhere around $70-$75. Not sure if costco changed pricing in the last month. My receipt from May (attached) is $60.
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Beth
#38
Thank you and seeing your receipt helps me!
I just called them again … was like pulling teeth 
they confirmed I got the CMPP price…
But, I don’t have the secondary “evoucher” you had.
Do you know what the evoucher is? I’m guessing that is the missing link.
I did go to Abbott and got the one free one coupon, so thank you for that!! Is that the evoucher, or is that the Abbott co pay card you mentioned ?
She said they have no control over who gets the evoucher and it just shows up on their system or doesn’t… I didn’t get it… so trying to narrow down how I might get that?
I’ve always heard costco cash price is always better than using insurance, but it sounds like from what you said that might not always be the case.
Thx again in advance …(i was going to PM you, but thought some others might get use out of my struggle 
I don’t know what they used. I didn’t ask for anything. So maybe it was seasonal/regional. The Abbott free sensor thing is unrelated. Ask costco for your insurance rate. It shouldn’t be more than $75, and if it is, you can use the Abott voucher (not the free sensor one, a different one for which you will have to call Abbott).
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Beth
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Abbott just gave me the voucher for $75 per month for the rest of the year. Thank you!
if anyone wants to call them, it was quite simple 855 632 8658
I obtained the Libre 3 sensors from Amazon Pharmacy (with a prescription, but without insurance) at $142.50 for 2 sensors, i.e. $71.25 for 1 sensor good for 14 days. I found the sensor straightforward to apply and wear, but (i) it dropped its communication link to my iPhone (via Bluetooth) more often than I’d like, and (ii) it seemed to be better at detecting / reporting high levels of glucose than low levels of glucose, where I repeatedly saw spurious readings.
Note that use of the Libre 3 depends on an Abbott-supplied app for iPhone or Android – and IMHO this is its weak point. I recommend a visit to the App Store, search for “Libre 3” and read some of the 2,200 reviews – which average 2 stars, with many hundreds of 1-star reviews (including mine). Abbott is so concerned about sending alerts and warnings of low or high glucose, that the app forces you to enable 24x7 “critical alerts”, with loud sounds as well as home screen pop-ups and warnings. While you can set a high and low glucose threshold, the app has an “extremely low” glucose level of 55 mg/dL that cannot be changed or turned off. This meant – in the first days wearing the sensor, for me and evidently many others – constant interruptions during the day and even the night (unless the iPhone is off or 40-50 feet away), that could not be disabled, either because the sensor dropped the comm link, or it reported spurious low glucose readings. After a few days, it seemed that the sensor stopped the spurious low readings, and then the 24-hour and multi-day data on glucose levels from the app became pretty useful. That’s my “mixed experience”.
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