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Swimming laps with the Dexcom G6... please help I use the G6 and the Omni pod 5, I haven't tested it with the Omni pod, but the G6, which your supposed to wear for 10 days, I flat out cannot get to stand up to freestyle swimming laps. I do not want to go to the gym and dottle around for half...

Nicola, is this what you mean by an elastic arm wrap? https://www.amazon.com/Blocka-wear-PICC-Line-Covers/dp/B085N2F9B6?th=1 I tried 1 that I had laying around yesterday, and the adhesive was compromised after half a mile. it was letting a fair amount of water in. I dried it after each lap...

Thankyou I will absolutely look at that. I can not piece together why I have so much trouble with this. I have tried 4 or 5 different patches with and without skitac, and it is truly more vulnerable to swimming laps than the factory adhesive alone. I'm about to give up if I can't make it work.

I posted on this some months ago, but still need help. I am trying to get my G6 to stay on while I swim laps, and I am just not able to get it to stand up to more than about 2 miles in the pool. I am wanting to swim 10+ miles on a sensor I have tried Skintac a bunch of times. Someone advised...

i am having a heck of a time getting this to work. should i apply several layers of skin tac before i put the sensor on? putting down a single layer is flat out not doing it. I ordered several "water proof" overlay patches that should be here in the next few days to try.

Thanks people. im putting a sensor on tonight and will try letting it dry a little more before i apply this time. I'm look into that other product after i try this sensor with better skin tac application

Can anyone suggest any additional support I should try to make this work for me? This is the 3rd sensor that I've swam with using the skin tac, and it is simply not doing the trick for swimming an honest workout.

After about 3 freestyle miles of laps it started to peal a little. I ended up with an ear infection from not drying my ears out after my swims, so I haven't added any laps after that swim took me to about 3.5 miles on this sensor. Not sure if I'll be back in the pool with this sensor, or if it...

haven't gone to pool yet but I got this sensor mounted spot on 100% perfect so I feel optimistic about the skin tac solution (-: Will post after a few trial swims as to how it goes Thankyou so much for the help!

i ordered a bottle thatll get here sunday and im due for a new sensor monday so i look forward to trying this :)

becca can you post a link or something to the cover you use? for Skin tac do you smear skin tac on your skin before putting the sensor on? like apply skin tac, stick sensor on the smeared area, and your done for the whole sensor session? Should I put it on the sensor adhesive as well before...

Dexcom is the subject of this post not a pump, but same area of trouble. I am an unstable type 1 who relies heavily on my G6 Dexcom, and I want to find some way to swim laps with it. Even with the better overlay patches on Amazon, it doesn't stand a fighting chance when swimming laps. A brand...