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<blockquote data-quote="Westley" data-source="post: 2641509" data-attributes="member: 254425"><p>I know what you mean. I've experienced this and it is scary not knowing what happened overnight. I've had some sensors give flat line low readings for 12 hours after applying, but then start working fine, and others that do this then never give sensible readings. I've had it with sensors started in the morning too, when I know I definitely wasn't actually low.</p><p>I'd give it a little longer while checking with finger pricks to see if it settles down, but if it's still way off after a few more hours, take it off and get a replacement.</p><p>I try and switch sensors in the morning now, so I have a while to see if they're working properly.</p><p></p><p>My understanding about permanent hypoglycaemic brain damage is that it takes really quite severely low levels, significantly below the thresholds we are taught to consider 'low'.</p><p></p><p>(I'm absolutely not advocating for ignoring lows. Preventing even modest lows is good for preserving hypo awareness, and even if it's not low enough to cause permanent damage, the temporary impairment can lead to accidents)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Westley, post: 2641509, member: 254425"] I know what you mean. I've experienced this and it is scary not knowing what happened overnight. I've had some sensors give flat line low readings for 12 hours after applying, but then start working fine, and others that do this then never give sensible readings. I've had it with sensors started in the morning too, when I know I definitely wasn't actually low. I'd give it a little longer while checking with finger pricks to see if it settles down, but if it's still way off after a few more hours, take it off and get a replacement. I try and switch sensors in the morning now, so I have a while to see if they're working properly. My understanding about permanent hypoglycaemic brain damage is that it takes really quite severely low levels, significantly below the thresholds we are taught to consider 'low'. (I'm absolutely not advocating for ignoring lows. Preventing even modest lows is good for preserving hypo awareness, and even if it's not low enough to cause permanent damage, the temporary impairment can lead to accidents) [/QUOTE]
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