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<blockquote data-quote="RFSMarch" data-source="post: 1608075" data-attributes="member: 410451"><p>A batch of dodgy sensors notwithstanding, my general practice now is to put the new sensor on anything up to 24hours before the old one is due to expire. Depends on where I am/what I am doing when I finally get the 24 hour or less message when I scan the outgoing sensor.</p><p></p><p>It gives the body time to adjust to what you just fired into it and for the sensor to calm down a little. </p><p></p><p>However... the last few sensors had short expiry dates left on them, and I have noticed that they are producing a skin reaction. </p><p>My first sensor in this batch just fell off my arm with 7 hours to go, with the new one in place, after a trip to the gym, pool, steam room and sauna. So I bought Tegaderm and used that to secure it.</p><p></p><p>That sensor though started to cause a lot of itching especially with the tegaderm over the top, and failed at work one day with 6 days to go. By this time I had invested also in Skintac wipes and I used that on the next one with tegaderm over the top. That lasted longer, but this one also was very itchy under the tegaderm from time to time and the sensor itself started giving me LO readings for an entire day despite eating a jacket potato and beans and having a Starbucks with caramel waffles. Something was definitely not right! It was while I was away and I had a new sensor with me and so I took the failing one off my arm (actually it and the tegaderm just came off when I was getting changed) and revealed are rather fetching weal and very inflamed area.</p><p></p><p>I had no choice but to switch arms (which presented its own issues given lugging heavy backpacks around etc) and the inflammation has gone down but the ‘burned’ surface area still remains.</p><p></p><p>This latest sensor (also short expiry date) I decided NOT to use tegaderm, just the alcohol wipe and skintac and not put the skintac on such a large surface area as it itinitially looked like where the skintac and tegaderm had been in contact, there was the skin irritation. Within a week a rash started to develop around the edge of the sensor. So my pharmacist and I ruled out an allergy to tegaderm because the rash is there without it.</p><p></p><p>Someone advised that the alcohol wipe and skintac might be reacting. In the last I have used only the supplied wipe and the sensor and had no issues with the sensor staying on, in fact have had to soak the little blighter in baby oil to ease it off (longer dates though on the sensor)</p><p></p><p>So... on Monday, new sensor is going back on the old arm, and will use cavillon barrier spray, no wipe, no skintac and will use tegaderm when I go to the gym only... and will see if that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RFSMarch, post: 1608075, member: 410451"] A batch of dodgy sensors notwithstanding, my general practice now is to put the new sensor on anything up to 24hours before the old one is due to expire. Depends on where I am/what I am doing when I finally get the 24 hour or less message when I scan the outgoing sensor. It gives the body time to adjust to what you just fired into it and for the sensor to calm down a little. However... the last few sensors had short expiry dates left on them, and I have noticed that they are producing a skin reaction. My first sensor in this batch just fell off my arm with 7 hours to go, with the new one in place, after a trip to the gym, pool, steam room and sauna. So I bought Tegaderm and used that to secure it. That sensor though started to cause a lot of itching especially with the tegaderm over the top, and failed at work one day with 6 days to go. By this time I had invested also in Skintac wipes and I used that on the next one with tegaderm over the top. That lasted longer, but this one also was very itchy under the tegaderm from time to time and the sensor itself started giving me LO readings for an entire day despite eating a jacket potato and beans and having a Starbucks with caramel waffles. Something was definitely not right! It was while I was away and I had a new sensor with me and so I took the failing one off my arm (actually it and the tegaderm just came off when I was getting changed) and revealed are rather fetching weal and very inflamed area. I had no choice but to switch arms (which presented its own issues given lugging heavy backpacks around etc) and the inflammation has gone down but the ‘burned’ surface area still remains. This latest sensor (also short expiry date) I decided NOT to use tegaderm, just the alcohol wipe and skintac and not put the skintac on such a large surface area as it itinitially looked like where the skintac and tegaderm had been in contact, there was the skin irritation. Within a week a rash started to develop around the edge of the sensor. So my pharmacist and I ruled out an allergy to tegaderm because the rash is there without it. Someone advised that the alcohol wipe and skintac might be reacting. In the last I have used only the supplied wipe and the sensor and had no issues with the sensor staying on, in fact have had to soak the little blighter in baby oil to ease it off (longer dates though on the sensor) So... on Monday, new sensor is going back on the old arm, and will use cavillon barrier spray, no wipe, no skintac and will use tegaderm when I go to the gym only... and will see if that helps. [/QUOTE]
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