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<blockquote data-quote="Organist 2" data-source="post: 2013450" data-attributes="member: 500739"><p>This is what my wife does. She marks the position of the sensor in its applicator, then removes the sensor using eyebrow tweezers,. She then uses tweezers to remove the adhesive disc (a bit fiddly!) and cleans up the sensor with lens cleaner on a cotton bud. She puts a patch of Opsite or Tegaderm on her arm, then puts two strips of stationer's double sided sticky tape side-by-side on the patch with a small gap between for the sensor needle to go through. She replaces the sensor in the applicator, <em>making sure it is right way up and orientated correctly</em>, then applies it, as usual, but over the gap in the double sided sticky tape - which now does the job of the adhesive that's been removed. She puts two more strips of Opsite over the sides of the sensor to reinforce it but leaves the central hole clear for ventilation. It lasts her the full 14 days and she removes it with only the needle mark showing. </p><p></p><p>It sounds more work than it is but <em><strong>do make sure you put the sensor back in exactly the same position as it was removed, or you will ruin it and may hurt your arm.</strong></em> Using Compeed, or applying an unmodified sensor through an Opsite or Tegaderm patch, didn't work for her because the adhesive irritant was still absorbed through the porous patch and caused dermatitis now she is sensitised to it. </p><p>NB: No guarantees.<em> If you try this workaround, you do so entirely at your own risk.</em> Let's hope Abbott can solve the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Organist 2, post: 2013450, member: 500739"] This is what my wife does. She marks the position of the sensor in its applicator, then removes the sensor using eyebrow tweezers,. She then uses tweezers to remove the adhesive disc (a bit fiddly!) and cleans up the sensor with lens cleaner on a cotton bud. She puts a patch of Opsite or Tegaderm on her arm, then puts two strips of stationer's double sided sticky tape side-by-side on the patch with a small gap between for the sensor needle to go through. She replaces the sensor in the applicator, [I]making sure it is right way up and orientated correctly[/I], then applies it, as usual, but over the gap in the double sided sticky tape - which now does the job of the adhesive that's been removed. She puts two more strips of Opsite over the sides of the sensor to reinforce it but leaves the central hole clear for ventilation. It lasts her the full 14 days and she removes it with only the needle mark showing. It sounds more work than it is but [I][B]do make sure you put the sensor back in exactly the same position as it was removed, or you will ruin it and may hurt your arm.[/B][/I] Using Compeed, or applying an unmodified sensor through an Opsite or Tegaderm patch, didn't work for her because the adhesive irritant was still absorbed through the porous patch and caused dermatitis now she is sensitised to it. NB: No guarantees.[I] If you try this workaround, you do so entirely at your own risk.[/I] Let's hope Abbott can solve the problem. [/QUOTE]
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