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The lifespan of the sensor is pretty good so far. At the moment, the adhesive is holding my Medtrum in place better than the G5 on the other arm, which is cover in Kinesiology tape.
In terms of restarting, I flipped the switch in the app to give 14 days life. That doesn't seem to have caused any issues. What I did find was that on day 8, the transmitter and phone stopped communicating properly, with the battery showing in the app somewhere around 50%. I popped the transmitter off and charged it, which seems to have resolved the issue, however, it causes the transmitter to believe it has a new sensor.
One thing that's become very clear is that in the first week, the readings were on average 7% higher than blood values. So far, five days into the second week, they are reading roughly 5% lower than blood on average, so there is some inconsistency across the time period. For comparison, in the first week, the G5 was, on average, 0.1% lower than bloods. In the second week so far it has been 10.8% higher than bloods. This all has interesting implications for those using these things for closed loop applications.
In terms of placement, they've licensed it for abdominal use, so are well within their rights to complain about arm use...
In terms of restarting, I flipped the switch in the app to give 14 days life. That doesn't seem to have caused any issues. What I did find was that on day 8, the transmitter and phone stopped communicating properly, with the battery showing in the app somewhere around 50%. I popped the transmitter off and charged it, which seems to have resolved the issue, however, it causes the transmitter to believe it has a new sensor.
One thing that's become very clear is that in the first week, the readings were on average 7% higher than blood values. So far, five days into the second week, they are reading roughly 5% lower than blood on average, so there is some inconsistency across the time period. For comparison, in the first week, the G5 was, on average, 0.1% lower than bloods. In the second week so far it has been 10.8% higher than bloods. This all has interesting implications for those using these things for closed loop applications.
In terms of placement, they've licensed it for abdominal use, so are well within their rights to complain about arm use...