• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

i can't see a CGM section,so....

Jonesy,
My advice - based on a limited trial of another manufacturer's CGM system, which you make wish to take note of ..... or not:
When you get the training, confirm all arrangements in terms of technical support and please please make sure that you understand techniques, how and where the the sensors are inserted.

I guess that you don't want to be experimenting at £60 a pop - if a sensor is not inserted correctly and for one reason or another doesn't get properly "wet" by the intersitial fluid, your supplier should be able to offer technical help immediately on the telephone and you should not have to make the decision to remove it, chuck it in the bin and start again.

Good luck and please keep us up to date with your findings - this is all very interesting.

Alan
 
Good advice. Having now had a regular supply for nearly 6 months, the failure rate is not averaging out so well. Out of each box of 10 sensors I usually get 2 or 3 that have to be discarded before 1st calibration, which is very frustrating even though I'm not paying for them. I'd be furious if I were.

Apparently part of the problem is that the section of the sensor that needs to become "wet" for proper function is not the tip of the filament, but just where it emerges from the housing. Crazy design, but they're (Medtronic) aware of the shortcomings, just not prepared to do anything about it currently. :evil:

Good luck jonesy, looking forward to reading about your (son's) experiences with the DexCom!
 
Are there any CGM users who can give me some advice on what dressing to use to keep the sensors in place?
I am using the Medtronics transmitter/sensor arrangement and up to now have had a small supply of dressings which I got free of charge from one of the DSNs at the hospital who let me have a trial run with a couple of sensors. Since then I have decided to spend my hard earned cash on further supplies but need advice on the best way of making sure that the sensor does not drop out, pull out or fall out once it has been inserted - the sticky pad on the sensor seems to be made from the same stuff as the cannula sticky but is nowhere near as large and has to carry quite an unsupported weight.

The dressings I got from the hospital are labelled "IV3000 1-Hand" and for most of the time are fine and dandy. However, I play squash once a week and after the game take a shower ... which is where my problem begins. The IV3000 dressing just peels off in the shower which makes finishing the shower, getting dried and dressed rather difficult.

Is there anything available like the cannula sticky stuff - that copes very very well with showers!

Thanks in advance,

Alan
 
Back
Top