Changed the sensor on Saturday, seemed perfectly normal until my arm started feeling a tickling sensation. Quick look, and there's a trail of blood trickling down my arm. It's coming out of the central sensor hole. So I walked around for a bit holding my arm up (took me right back to my school days - miss, miss can I go to the loo please!).
I assumed I hit a near surface blood capillary, and tested via finger prick every couple of hours for the rest of the day. Everything appeared fine.
At least until my husband woke me up this morning to tell me the reading had been under 3 for at least 8 hours. A few seconds of extreme panic until it clicked - if this was true, I'd be unconscious. Yep, finger prick said 5.2.
Has this happened to anyone else? and is it probable that the bleeding at insertion damaged/shortened the sensor life?
I assumed I hit a near surface blood capillary, and tested via finger prick every couple of hours for the rest of the day. Everything appeared fine.
At least until my husband woke me up this morning to tell me the reading had been under 3 for at least 8 hours. A few seconds of extreme panic until it clicked - if this was true, I'd be unconscious. Yep, finger prick said 5.2.
Has this happened to anyone else? and is it probable that the bleeding at insertion damaged/shortened the sensor life?