Hi @ElenaP, the advice I copied is I understand for adults Tandem recommend the approved site is abdomen only, but for children (6-17) the approved sites are the abdomen or buttocks. You are right, my son is an adult and he wears the sensor on the abdomen.
Ok, I think I now understand. Perhaps you are concerned about using back of the arm because:
....'Other sites have not been studied and are not approved'.....
Yes, that is correct. But I think my son is likely to try the back of the arm, after he has tried applying the sensor and leaving for a ew hours before attaching the transmitter. One change at a time!
The way I get round my abdomen being 'crowded' is that I have Dexcom on my abdomen but stick the Tandem on my upper thigh. But I will try upper arm another time.
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Update on the Dexcom G6 initial reading variability. On a sample size of 1 sensor change where the new sensor was applied about 7 hours before the transmitter was moved to new sensor, the Dexcom G6 readings certainly appeared more stable over the first 24 hours. There were considerably less 'wild' swings in glucose readings, and the readings were closer to the BGM readings. My son is definitely going to try this again to see if he gets the same outcome.
My tslim pump manual P162 is about a completely different topic to this. As I only got my pump in February this year, I'm wondering if the advice got updated.
Was intrigued, so rang Tandem, Dexcom and my nurse at the hospital, and all of them said the back of the upper arm and abdomen are both approved sites for adults in the uk. USA advice is still abdomen only. Hope this helps.
