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by vineyardmike 643 days ago
I am also wearing a Stelo.

Have fun with yours, but I'm a bit more reserved in my "reviews" of them. I think it's a cool product, but I've seen quite a bit of pseudo-science on the internet when people discuss them. You really have to grasp sometimes to connect glucose levels to "feelings". If you're a healthy adult without diabetes, there isn't a lot of research saying "X is bad/good", and the signal that people act on is not always reflective of evidence.
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nkmnz 643 days 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"
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vineyardmike 639 days ago
Yes 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.

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belval 643 days ago
Yes 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.

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belval 643 days ago
Yes, I don't really expect anything beyond "Woah eating sugar raises my sugar".
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