Libre sensor 2 and holidays

lisacp

lisacp

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Sorry if this question has been asked multiple times.
I am going on holiday in a couple of weeks.
We are staying in an ecological park and will be spending a lot of time in water of some sort.
It's in Mexico so will also be very humid. I fully expect the libre to be wet with sea, pool water and humidity for much of the time.
I saw my diabetes nurse today and asked her what she recommended for water proofing the sensor.

She suggested skin tac. A sprat that you apply to skin before applying the sensor. I looked on Amazon and it has mixed reviews.
I have also looked at the sensor covers. They have mixed reviews too.
Does anyone have any experience of keeping sensors attached in extreme conditions?

TIA
 
Antje77

Antje77

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Type of diabetes
LADA
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I love my Hypafix patches, comes on a roll of 10 meter x 10 centimeter.

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Mrs HJG

Mrs HJG

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Type of diabetes
LADA
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Tablets (oral)
I have one of these and patches from various online shops, but you can also buy patches with the cover, but I haven't tried those.

Only trialled in the usual daily shower but impressed with the cover gadget thing, the sticky does not actually go on the Libre, if you have the cut out patches, so you can take off and replace, or get a bit of air to your skin without worrying about pulling the Libre off at the same time.

Have fun!
 
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