Could you have caught a vessel?
Think I must have done. So long as it keeps working I’ll leave it there. It was just a bit of a shock to see the bruise!
When was the sensor fitted?
Yesterday morning. I put it on to ‘bed in’ as the one in use only had about 24 hours to go. That one fell off (!] so this one got triggered early. I didn’t see any bruising yesterday, but then I don’t look underneath my arms too often - just caught a glimpse of the bruise this morning. It does explain why the site felt uncomfortable all day yesterday.
My thoughts are, the bruising is from a dodgy puncture which bled more than usual. There maybe residual amounts of blood soiling the sticky pad under the sensor? (Dried now.) Some came out the centre hole.
Due to the possibility of (& not knowing) how much blood soiling of the adhesive under the Libre. You may need to treat the site with care? It could only be stuck round the edges..
Thanks. I’ll keep an eye on it.
studying the photos, blood could have drawn up just inside the edge of the pad?
If I'm looking at the pic the right way, towards your elbow side?
whenever I go for bloodwork, I get the pin cushion treatment as they look for a vein
I wonder if they are designed for people with more "padding" than you have?
My last I put more under the arm and it was a pain to get off as I've only got skin there and it stretched and stretched as I tried to get it off.
Maybe aim for more muscle or flab next time?
Ps. I had a blood draw go like that once, but only the once and the guy was no more different in what he did to any other
Ooh really nasty looking. Clearly a lot of bleeding under the skin. Might take a while to go I would keep an eye on it if I were you.Well - going for the sympathy vote here - it fell off. Noticed it hurting a bit this morning. Took my jumper off when I got in from work and it was hanging by a thread. Looks quite dramatic! About to call Abbott - they’ll be banning me soon, I get that many replacement sensors
That looks really soreWell - going for the sympathy vote here - it fell off. Noticed it hurting a bit this morning. Took my jumper off when I got in from work and it was hanging by a thread. Looks quite dramatic! About to call Abbott - they’ll be banning me soon, I get that many replacement sensors
Well - going for the sympathy vote here - it fell off. Noticed it hurting a bit this morning. Took my jumper off when I got in from work and it was hanging by a thread. Looks quite dramatic! About to call Abbott - they’ll be banning me soon, I get that many replacement sensors
I've had a little less dried blood under the sensor at the end of it's life.
But it never came off like that.
Keep an eye on it, i guess with the sensor gone it should calm any discomfort you had?
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