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Guardian 4 sensor

Jimmy_Smith

Jimmy_Smith

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Nottingham
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
This is getting ridiculous now. I did a sensor change this morning. Warm-up was supposed to end at ten to 10 this morning. It's been stuck on updating sensor ever since then, now ten past 2 in the afternoon. I'm so fed up with it.
 
As of late I know I've noticed the guardian 4 sensors are very flakey at times (far far far worse then the G3's ever were)
Very annoying as you have to wait 2 hours for warm up and then at 3 hours before you can really decide its dead and replace :(

I know about a month ago it took me til well into the next day to get one working - since you cant fit too many 5 hour blocks in a day (3 failed - they sent me a whole new box and the rest of that dodgy box never got used)
 
Medtronic do say if its updating for more than 3 hours you can just consider it dead and its unlikely to recover.
Least starting a new one now means if it fails again it'll be well before bedtime so it wont be beeping at you in the middle of the night with its annoying every 30 min 'oh I'm not working yet' alarm .....
 
Try putting sensor on say 6 hours or more B4 activating it, I sometimes put new one on arm the night B4 I need to replace the one I'm currently using
 
gaza3003 said:
Try putting sensor on say 6 hours or more B4 activating it, I sometimes put new one on arm the night B4 I need to replace the one I'm currently using
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How do you do that? Do you have 2 transmitters?
 
This issue now becoming more and more annoying . There is an issue with the guardian 4 sensor, it's impossible that everyone is having the Updating not working issue by coincidence! My daughter is fed up with this! Yesterday I changed 2 sensors because of Updating & guess what, third one decided to work forn5 minutes and went to Updating . Enough stress !!!
 
Has not changed if any at all sensor 4 is a problem. i think since dec 24 have rec'd about 8 new sensors. tomorrow i will ph and another 2-4 sensors. p'd off.
 
I’ve had repeated problems but recently got 6 days on one sensor and 7 on another! Shocked! I’m trying to get my 780 adapted to pair with Simplera now. Will switch to Simplea soon I hope. Supplies are short.
 
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