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Type 1 Only day 4 of Libre and it's slightly coming off after a bath?

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Catsymoo

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Anyone else had this? I'm sceptical that this can last another 10 days.

The sticky pad is firmly attached to my arm but the sensor has started to come away from the sticky pad if that makes sense. Only a little, it's still attached and working. Just worried it's going to not survive 2 weeks!
 
I always use a patch over my sensor to prevent losing them.

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This happens to me if I fix the sensor to a “muscle corner” rather than a flat part of my arm.
The sensor does not bend around my arm so starts to peel away from its pad as my muscle moves.
As @Antje77 suggests, I apply some adhesive tape over the sensor. I had some Hypafix from an old physio treatment in the cupboard but micropore tape also works.
 
Hi everyone , I have been on Libre 2 for about 10 Months . When it works fantastic , but last 3 a nitemare . I am have real trouble with readings tonight 2.6 took carbs to bring sugar up. 20 mins later 2.9 took more carbs , felt so sick .Finger prick test 21.2.
This has now happen on last 3 Libre sensors , forget the ones that fall off.
This needs to be looked into by The Diabetic Team , I love it , but just feel is it safe
How can readings be so bad , I send them back but who gets feedback.
 
Rubbish sensor said:
Hi everyone , I have been on Libre 2 for about 10 Months . When it works fantastic , but last 3 a nitemare . I am have real trouble with readings tonight 2.6 took carbs to bring sugar up. 20 mins later 2.9 took more carbs , felt so sick .Finger prick test 21.2.
This has now happen on last 3 Libre sensors , forget the ones that fall off.
This needs to be looked into by The Diabetic Team , I love it , but just feel is it safe
How can readings be so bad , I send them back but who gets feedback.
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Just a heads up that I had this happen once with my dexcom, and now I'm more careful to check sensor lows with a glucometer. (Near the end of a sensor life, repeated lows in an evening, which I treated, only to find that I wasn't low and my readings were really up at 20 because of the hypo treatment.) In general, I find with dexcom that if I have a reaction at the sensor site it reads inaccurately. This happens sometimes, usually at the beginning of a sensor.

I had to stop using the libre 1 because I became allergic to the sensor and/or glue and my results became completely inaccurate. This was a problem with my body rather than the libre (Abbott sent me numerous new sensors and even a new reader). Luckily I've kept allergy issues down with the dexcom (cavilon cream) and it works fine for me, at the moment.

The technology has its limits unfortunately, and my recommendation would be to check unusually high/low readings against a meter.

Good luck.
 
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