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Does the stelo have a needle? I was surprised when I saw the Freestyle Libre's needle, although they claim it's "painless to apply"
by nkmnz 2y ago
Does the stelo have a needle? I was surprised when I saw the Freestyle Libre's needle, although they claim it's "painless to apply"
- belval 2y agoYes and it's fairly intimidating (but I am a bit squeemish), the "painless" they refer to is that the applicator will have a lot of surface area which pretty much drowns out the pain of the needle prick. It was painless, but painless does not mean no needle.
- vineyardmike 2y agoYes it has a "needle". It's a plastic filament, and it's inserted inside a metal needle that gets removed with the applicator. It was actually entirely "painless" to apply. I braced myself, hit the button, and went "did it happen?" and saw something stuck in my arm. 100% couldn't tell. THAT SAID, I spent the next 3 days going "ughhhhhhh my arm hurts" so I must've hit something. I squished the flesh around a bit, and massaged my arm and it stopped after a few days. I can't tell if I got unlucky, or if this is just what "new thing in my arm" feels like.