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<blockquote data-quote="igmr" data-source="post: 678182" data-attributes="member: 110227"><p>I'm sort of getting a handle on this now, I'd be happy to be corrected by anyone who knows better. Ignoring the wild differences when my levels are rapidly changing, my first sensor ran low and slow - 1mmol low and 20 minutes late. My second sensor did the same but was 2mmol low and about an hour slow before it fell off.</p><p></p><p>This sensor is about 4mmol low and at least 2 hours slow - useless for anything really. It is however well stuck on so it can stay a while.</p><p></p><p>I'm starting to think the sensors are very sensitive to where you stick them in and I just got lucky with the first one.</p><p></p><p>I like the idea of leaving a sensor in for 24hrs to "acclimatise" and I am also wondering whether to experiment with a location other than my arm. Abdomen maybe? I have one spare sensor but this is getting way too expensive.</p><p></p><p>I'm starting to think we need a calibration feature in the reader - let the sensor settle for 24 hours then use finger prick values to give it a clue. As is, I'm adding 3mmol to any scan value I get with this sensor. Problem is it appears to be slower than Novorapid - a dose will have been and gone before the sensor records it - so no way of calibrating for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="igmr, post: 678182, member: 110227"] I'm sort of getting a handle on this now, I'd be happy to be corrected by anyone who knows better. Ignoring the wild differences when my levels are rapidly changing, my first sensor ran low and slow - 1mmol low and 20 minutes late. My second sensor did the same but was 2mmol low and about an hour slow before it fell off. This sensor is about 4mmol low and at least 2 hours slow - useless for anything really. It is however well stuck on so it can stay a while. I'm starting to think the sensors are very sensitive to where you stick them in and I just got lucky with the first one. I like the idea of leaving a sensor in for 24hrs to "acclimatise" and I am also wondering whether to experiment with a location other than my arm. Abdomen maybe? I have one spare sensor but this is getting way too expensive. I'm starting to think we need a calibration feature in the reader - let the sensor settle for 24 hours then use finger prick values to give it a clue. As is, I'm adding 3mmol to any scan value I get with this sensor. Problem is it appears to be slower than Novorapid - a dose will have been and gone before the sensor records it - so no way of calibrating for that. [/QUOTE]
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