Hi, Ive been using dexcom 6 since I was diagnosed in April, and mostly it has been fine. Sometimes the first 6 hours the readings are a bit jumpy but it usually settles fine. On Weds I changed to a new sensor, and overnight it gave me crazy readings, that didn't settle the next day. (I usually change my sensor in the evening around 10pm) I tried calibrating it off finger sticks but it just wouldn't stop giving me jumpy readings and false low alerts. I changed it on Thursday evening, for a new sensor (same box of sensors) and the same thing happened, but with the added bonus of my finger stick readings all of today being weird and inconsistent, leaving me feeling like I don't know where my sugar is at.
I took the second sensor out, went off finger sticks only for a few hours, then opened a new box of sensors and put a new one in, on my other arm. I checked with a finger stab after it was up and running for a while, and the sensor was giving a lower value than my finger stick so I calibrated it. Just checked it again a while after dinner, and my dexcom said I was at 5.5 but my blood says I was at 3.4.
I don't know what's going wrong or what to do. I live in Norway and here there's no one to call after 3pm on a Friday, and if the whole weekend is like this it's gonna feel like a long time.
Is it the transmitter itself? That's the only thing I haven't changed yet but wouldn't it know if it was faulty? My app thinks its all OK, but the readings are too far out for me to just go off what the sensor is saying and the false alarms OR lack of alarms when needed is stressing me the hell out.
Any advice?
I took the second sensor out, went off finger sticks only for a few hours, then opened a new box of sensors and put a new one in, on my other arm. I checked with a finger stab after it was up and running for a while, and the sensor was giving a lower value than my finger stick so I calibrated it. Just checked it again a while after dinner, and my dexcom said I was at 5.5 but my blood says I was at 3.4.
I don't know what's going wrong or what to do. I live in Norway and here there's no one to call after 3pm on a Friday, and if the whole weekend is like this it's gonna feel like a long time.
Is it the transmitter itself? That's the only thing I haven't changed yet but wouldn't it know if it was faulty? My app thinks its all OK, but the readings are too far out for me to just go off what the sensor is saying and the false alarms OR lack of alarms when needed is stressing me the hell out.
Any advice?