Dexcom wiggle waggle

therower

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
So I'm on my 6th sensor now.
One thing I've noticed is that after around 16 days + some of the sensors start to play up.
Usually lose the connection between transmitter and receiver. Get the ??? logo.
This happened whilst I was driving Saturday morning, but once I got out of the car and moved around everything connected back up.
When it happened again today after visiting the gym I thought I'd see if I could reconnect. Took hold of the sensor and gave it a firm move up, down and side to side or wiggle waggle:).
Sure enough 5 mins later I was back online so to speak.
Checked calibration and it was fine.
Apologies if this is common knowledge but if it's not, give it a try.:)
 

Chas C

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
I find that ? and ??? are fixed by having a medium size glass of water. There are issues with dehydration even at very limited levels and how the sensor fails to react if there is not enough fluid in your body.
 
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