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Libre2 and swimming

Bildad

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Location
North West England
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
I self fund a Libre 2 and am due to take some children away to a summer camp at the end of July. We will be taking them swimming and I will be one of the leaders going into the pool with them. Does the Libre 2 cope with chlorinated water? Would I need to cover it in any way?
Thanks in advance
 
I swim regularly with my Libre 2, they are supposed to be ok for 30 minutes in water. However I am often in longer so I have a waterproof adhesive cover over mine. I use these from Amazon:


You can ignore the pink and blue stripes, they are only on the backing paper! The cover is clear and there is a circle of non stickiness over the actual Libre so you can change it easily if necessary without risking pulling the sensor off
 

Ditto! Have mine covered permanently as I swim 3 times a week front crawl. Plus I never worry about knocking off. Change after a week if it’s starting to look scruffy.
 
I also swim two to three times a week for an hour which is longer than the libre can cope with. I always have a tegaderm waterproof dressing over mine. One dressing usually lasts the full two weeks.
 
I regularly swim with mine for about an hour in a chlorinated pool. I use a patch (not waterproof) mostly because my kids are quite rough and tumble so to stop them knocking it off
 
Thank you for your replies. I will purchase some of those @Rachox recommends.
It will be interesting to see what a week at summer camp does to my numbers. The food on offer will be the usual children's fare of burgers, fish fingers etc and lunches are usually bread based. I am mainly carnivore and always keto. So eating will be a challenge!
 
I have just returned to swimming this week and bought these from Amazon:


Fantastic, easy to put on and the first one stayed on for a full two weeks with some difficulty to actually get it off! No issue with scanning the sensor.

Using my second one now and it’s held up through 3 one hour swimming sessions in the last 10 days!

They do get a bit dirty after a week, but it’s not made me want to change it!
 
Eggs, eggs and more eggs! Ask at breakfast for some to be hard boiled for you for later. Meat can be difficult as they are usually run on very low budgets but eggs are cheaper.
. Do you have olives? I find they travel well, keep well and taste good, and fill you up
 
Thanks for the suggestions @MrsA2 Eggs will be OK there are usually plenty of them about cheese and tuna will also be available. Olives would be a good ideavif only I liked them but unfortunately I passionately dislike them. I will manage. I have been to this camp for quite a few years now but the cook has changed this year so I will see what is on offer. I can always nip into the kitchen and see what I can find. The staplediet of the other leaders is cake tea and biscuits!!!.
 
Lakeslover said:
I also swim two to three times a week for an hour which is longer than the libre can cope with. I always have a tegaderm waterproof dressing over mine. One dressing usually lasts the full two weeks.
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I use tegaderm as well for sea swimming. One patch lasts the full fortnight
 
Thank you @Rachox for the link. The patch worked brilliantly. We swam twice during the week and the patch stayed attached all week. The camp food was VERY carby. One day Bolognese was served which had peas and sweetcorn in it. It was served with pasta, mash and bread. Some of the folks there had all three and then went back for a second helping. Two of those who had seconds were diabetic - and diet "controlled" allegedly!
I think that they are following the government advice for type 2's not to test. I had tuna mayo that meal.
 
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