Problems with CGM

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Good morning all. Sorry this is a bit long but I'm feeling a bit sorry for my self. I decided at the end of last year to give myself 6 months with a CGM to help me get back on track to get blood sugar down. (I'd got a bit complacent.) All was fine with the first ones, then I had to remove one because it was causing pain. I was told it could have been touching a nerve. A replacement came and I was waiting until that site had calmed before inserting the new one when I became aware of a hard lump at the site of the previous one on the other arm. This has grown, got redder and more sore in spite of a hydrocortisone cream until I now have an infected cyst or an abscess and am on antibiotics. Of course my blood sugar is now higher than usual! Do you ever feel that sometimes you can't win no matter what you do?

 

[Angela64]

I have the propensity to be allergic to stick on stuff! I clean my arm with an antiseptic wipe, the sort for injections and so far been ok I have very careful how I site the monitor, some on a Libre group have had this problem and seems to be how you site it.
At the moment lot of people are having problems with the Libre 2+ in monitoring from phone app, some seem to be lucky and aren’t! I did, the monitor stopped linking at all, they sent me a replacement FOC and I ended up getting them to send me a Libre hand monitor. It seems the Iphone 26 update is not compatible with the app
I self fund my Libre as ‘only a T2D’ GP will not give me it You can get it tax free which is a blessing.
I wear one a month, thats the plan. Going overseas and don’t know if the monitors will survive the scanners so sadly I won’t be wearing one, when wearing one would be really useful

PS the wipes also help me NOT be allergic to the protective cover I’ve used too!

 

[Bill_St]

The scanners will certainly survive the travel monitors.
Libre have been medically tested even with MRI and CT scanners which are considerably higher dose than any airport scanner. No problem at all after a short recovery time for MRI.

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