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<blockquote data-quote="Bill_St" data-source="post: 1955394" data-attributes="member: 310899"><p>Been using Libre for over 3 years. Lost a couple in the first few months then used Tegaderm to round off the edges that tend to catch on things like door posts. If you do use Tegaderm, put a small Libre sized disk of paper in the centre of the patch then apply that over the sensor - helps to allow the patch to be removed without the sensor if you need to change the Tegaderm. Very quickly learned to increase my personal space and now do not need anything to keep them on but do have a rigorous procedure that really makes them stick.</p><p></p><p>Clean the arm well with non-moisturising soap.</p><p>Use both wipes and let them dry completely - can be 5-10 minutes.</p><p>Press and hold the two parts together Very firmly - prevents the adhesive pad coming loose from the sensor.</p><p>Hold your arm with hand on head - that stretches the skin where the sensor will go.</p><p>Press the applicator down very firmly on a fairly flat area between muscles and hold it down firmly until the adhesive bonds (15-20 seconds) Often easier to apply under arm if you are doing it yourself, to get it further to the back of arm.</p><p>Now the problem is getting it off at the end of the 14 days - use baby oil or better still a specialist adhesive remover such as Trio Elite then ease it off slowly. Make sure you remove all traces of the adhesive - will help reduce adhesive reactions and allergies.</p><p></p><p>One extra tip - put a new sensor on the day before it is needed (not activated). It allows insertion trauma to decrease which can cause inaccurate readings in the first 24 hours, then just activate it when the old one runs out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill_St, post: 1955394, member: 310899"] Been using Libre for over 3 years. Lost a couple in the first few months then used Tegaderm to round off the edges that tend to catch on things like door posts. If you do use Tegaderm, put a small Libre sized disk of paper in the centre of the patch then apply that over the sensor - helps to allow the patch to be removed without the sensor if you need to change the Tegaderm. Very quickly learned to increase my personal space and now do not need anything to keep them on but do have a rigorous procedure that really makes them stick. Clean the arm well with non-moisturising soap. Use both wipes and let them dry completely - can be 5-10 minutes. Press and hold the two parts together Very firmly - prevents the adhesive pad coming loose from the sensor. Hold your arm with hand on head - that stretches the skin where the sensor will go. Press the applicator down very firmly on a fairly flat area between muscles and hold it down firmly until the adhesive bonds (15-20 seconds) Often easier to apply under arm if you are doing it yourself, to get it further to the back of arm. Now the problem is getting it off at the end of the 14 days - use baby oil or better still a specialist adhesive remover such as Trio Elite then ease it off slowly. Make sure you remove all traces of the adhesive - will help reduce adhesive reactions and allergies. One extra tip - put a new sensor on the day before it is needed (not activated). It allows insertion trauma to decrease which can cause inaccurate readings in the first 24 hours, then just activate it when the old one runs out. [/QUOTE]
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