Hi all, not been around for a day or two, wish I'd caught up earlier -
@becca59 I had a sensor fall off about ten days ago, replaced it and had exactly the same as you, blood everywhere. Anyway, I phoned Abbott about the one that fell off, and whilst I was talking to a very helpful customer service person, I mentioned what had happened with hitting a blood vessel etc. He immediately said I should have taken it off and started another one, because it meant there could be blood in/around/under the sensor which could affect the readings. I was able to give him a couple of comparison readings of the Libre and finger pricks and the Libre was on the low side, but I find they're almost never 100% in accord with my meter so I just kind of accommodate that. Anyway, he told me to take it off, and sent me two replacements. I'd never heard this before though I've heard of others occasionally hitting a blood vessel, so you might want to think about what to do with yours?
@Marie 2 and
@Hopeful34 I don't seem to have your kind of problem, and I sympathise hugely - it's bad enough on a day to day level as doing exactly the same thing never seems to give exactly the same result , but to have a stream of days where it's up the creek - not funny! The only thing I can think of is whether you may occasionally have a low-grade infection that doesn't give noticeable symptoms? Is there even such a thing? or am I trying to explain the inexplicable vagaries of T1?
and yes, those people who think inject eat done drive me round the bend too! I have to remind myself that I know very little about all the facets of living with most other long-term conditions, as I discovered when I worked with the Expert Patient Programme, so I try to appreciate that it's hard to appreciate the implications of T1 without living with it or with someone with it. Needless to say I don't always succeed...!