Switching from Dexcom G5 to Freestyle Libre

[Michel]

@John58

The 3rd party readers would only work for me if they are waterproof.

@kenrick experimented with one, with which he went swimming (not sold as waterproof though, but he GrifGripped it):

Freestyle Libre and Blucon as CGM

Earlier this year I pre-ordered a Blucon Nightrider from Ambrosia Systems (https://www.ambrosiasys.com/). This is the reusable device that sits on top of the freestyle libre. Well, a few months ago I started on a minimed 630g with Enlite sensors and forgot about the Blucon until it arrived a few weeks ago. I happened to come across a couple of unused Freestyle Libre sensors during my seasonal cleaning so I thought I would give the system a try. The blucon itself is about as thick as a pen and …

@MaryPat has a thread where there is discussion about some options:

You can use the Freestyle Libre Pro as a real CGM with no alarms

I found an intriguing tidbit that I thought was worth sharing after following Michel’s post about Stackexchange. It has very few diabetes posts, but someone there is using the Freestyle Libre Pro, which is normally a physician’s tool, as a diabetes management tool. The Freestyle Libre Pro is somewhat similar to the Freestyle Libre, in that it has a sensor that remains attached to the body for 2 weeks, and which you have to scan with a scanner to see the results. However, the sensor from the Fre…