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<blockquote data-quote="ElaineTottey" data-source="post: 2574298" data-attributes="member: 428820"><p>Hi there </p><p></p><p>I don’t have an issue with the sensors falling out per se , but do find they the Libre 2’s fail every time circa 6-7 days in even though they have been inserted correctly. My 12 yr old son was also recently diagnosed with type 1 and I was initially pleased he was prescribed the Libre 3’s by the Paediatric Diabetes Team prior to being discharged from hospital as they are much smaller than the original Libre’s and less likely to get knocked or caught . However these do fall out on the regular and it’s incredibly frustrating. More so as you can’t order these directly from Abbots - only via the Diabetes Team arranging for the supply and it’s becoming increasingly clear that this involves politics around budgets and frequency of delivery. That said he also trialled a DexCom CGM which is supposed to last for 10 days. 1st one survived 9 days, 2nd 6 days before peeling off , and the 3rd and final one we took out after 6 hours as he was in absolute agony after it was inserted. CGM’s are a brilliant innovation and I’m speaking as someone who was diagnosed prior to the finger prick kits being a ‘ thing’ . However , like all tech it’s not fool proof unfortunately. Appreciate you’ve said your not doing anything different but I’ve found over the years something as basic as slightly different shower temperatures , sweating more than normal if I’ve done something different in the gym, suntan lotion or change it toiletries / hormones can affect how robust the adhesion is on the Libre 1’s and 2’s. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="♀️" title="Female sign :female_sign:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2640.png" data-shortname=":female_sign:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElaineTottey, post: 2574298, member: 428820"] Hi there I don’t have an issue with the sensors falling out per se , but do find they the Libre 2’s fail every time circa 6-7 days in even though they have been inserted correctly. My 12 yr old son was also recently diagnosed with type 1 and I was initially pleased he was prescribed the Libre 3’s by the Paediatric Diabetes Team prior to being discharged from hospital as they are much smaller than the original Libre’s and less likely to get knocked or caught . However these do fall out on the regular and it’s incredibly frustrating. More so as you can’t order these directly from Abbots - only via the Diabetes Team arranging for the supply and it’s becoming increasingly clear that this involves politics around budgets and frequency of delivery. That said he also trialled a DexCom CGM which is supposed to last for 10 days. 1st one survived 9 days, 2nd 6 days before peeling off , and the 3rd and final one we took out after 6 hours as he was in absolute agony after it was inserted. CGM’s are a brilliant innovation and I’m speaking as someone who was diagnosed prior to the finger prick kits being a ‘ thing’ . However , like all tech it’s not fool proof unfortunately. Appreciate you’ve said your not doing anything different but I’ve found over the years something as basic as slightly different shower temperatures , sweating more than normal if I’ve done something different in the gym, suntan lotion or change it toiletries / hormones can affect how robust the adhesion is on the Libre 1’s and 2’s. ♀️ [/QUOTE]
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