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I have recently started using the Freestyle Libre system and when it works- it's great.
However I am very active and have had a couple of sensors come off after a long run, I put a tubular bandage sleeve over the top but it seems the sweat still makes the edges of the sensor start to lift. Once that happens it's pretty much game over.
I decided to get some Tegaderm padded 5x7 cm patches, and when the edges started to lift on my most recent sensor I put one of the Tegaderms over the top to keep it stuck down. The patches have padding in the middle so it doesn't stick to the sensor.
This seemed to be perfect and was keeping it stuck down tight so I didn't have to worry about it and I thought I'd cracked it, however about 24 hours after putting the Tegaderm on I got an error message with no warning saying that the sensor had to be replaced.
I've requested a replacement from Abbott before and I'm not worried about getting a new one soon, but it's concerning that with no warning a sensor could just fail like that while still stuck down tight with no obvious problems. Could the Tegaderm have caused this error? Does the sensor need to be kept uncovered to stay working? It's annoying that the only advice I can find anywhere is from other people in forums (mainly from 4years ago) and not from Abbott themselves.
However I am very active and have had a couple of sensors come off after a long run, I put a tubular bandage sleeve over the top but it seems the sweat still makes the edges of the sensor start to lift. Once that happens it's pretty much game over.
I decided to get some Tegaderm padded 5x7 cm patches, and when the edges started to lift on my most recent sensor I put one of the Tegaderms over the top to keep it stuck down. The patches have padding in the middle so it doesn't stick to the sensor.
This seemed to be perfect and was keeping it stuck down tight so I didn't have to worry about it and I thought I'd cracked it, however about 24 hours after putting the Tegaderm on I got an error message with no warning saying that the sensor had to be replaced.
I've requested a replacement from Abbott before and I'm not worried about getting a new one soon, but it's concerning that with no warning a sensor could just fail like that while still stuck down tight with no obvious problems. Could the Tegaderm have caused this error? Does the sensor need to be kept uncovered to stay working? It's annoying that the only advice I can find anywhere is from other people in forums (mainly from 4years ago) and not from Abbott themselves.