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Compression lows overnight
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SimonP78
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Probably, though it's perhaps easier to change how you sleep - where do you have your CGM?
When I used to have one on the back of my arm, I'd sleep with my shoulder slightly supported on a pillow/my other hand under my arm - this seemed to work and I'd very rarely get a compression low - if I rolled over (I often sleep on my side) I'd tend to move my arm automatically too.
I've now got one on the side of my tummy, and again I've got used to not lying on it directly.
When I used to have one on the back of my arm, I'd sleep with my shoulder slightly supported on a pillow/my other hand under my arm - this seemed to work and I'd very rarely get a compression low - if I rolled over (I often sleep on my side) I'd tend to move my arm automatically too.
I've now got one on the side of my tummy, and again I've got used to not lying on it directly.
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Hi,
You could try a guardian sensor cover?
It’s like an armband that seats a 3D printed hard cover over the sensor? Think of a case for a phone?
Though I find placing the sensor inside the arm works for me..
Just be mindful of catching it on backpack straps or if you wear a high viz vest for PPE at work? (Or even a gillet?)
You could try a guardian sensor cover?
It’s like an armband that seats a 3D printed hard cover over the sensor? Think of a case for a phone?
Though I find placing the sensor inside the arm works for me..
Just be mindful of catching it on backpack straps or if you wear a high viz vest for PPE at work? (Or even a gillet?)
Tony337
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Hi
Libre user of about 10 years here.
I wear mine on the underside of my arm close to my arm pit.
I have never had a compression low to my knowledge and i have tight control of my levels.
The only left field thing i do is have a phone holder on a bendy stick clipped to my bed so when i wake the phone is about a foot above my head.
It looks odd but it stopped signal loss which confused me a time or two in years gone by.
I hope this helps
Tony
Libre user of about 10 years here.
I wear mine on the underside of my arm close to my arm pit.
I have never had a compression low to my knowledge and i have tight control of my levels.
The only left field thing i do is have a phone holder on a bendy stick clipped to my bed so when i wake the phone is about a foot above my head.
It looks odd but it stopped signal loss which confused me a time or two in years gone by.
I hope this helps
Tony
