# Tell Me About Sleeping with a FreeStyle Libre Sensor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 7, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776 "2021-06-07T17:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776/21 "2021-06-26T02:57:33Z")

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Thanks! And yes, I’ve been wearing one for 10 days now with no issues. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776/22 "2021-08-12T20:01:21Z")

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> [@Skywatcher](#):
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> My glucose levels are okay but my A1C isn’t; my triglycerides are a bit high as well. We’re hoping the continuous monitoring will help keep my carb intake down, thus bringing my A1C back down.

Had a checkup on Monday; my A1C has dropped nearly a full point.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776/23 "2021-08-13T00:46:01Z")

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> [@Skywatcher](#):
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> my A1C has dropped nearly a full point.

Congrats! 🥳

For the past couple of months I’ve generally been eating better (most of the time), and the continuous monitoring definitely helps with that. And it’s soooo much better than finger sticks for checking my fasting glucose every morning, as I figure out what my insulin dosage should be. I won’t get new labs until the end of this month.

I’m preparing to have weight loss surgery this fall, and my primary care doctor has said that she’d _really_ like my A1C to drop two full points before she signs off. It hasn’t been that low since 2018, and I’m not sure it’s doable in just three months. 😟 She promised that she wouldn’t withhold her approval based just on that, but the closer I can get the happier she’ll be. I guess we’ll find out in a few weeks!

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