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I’m having a bad week:-(
Sensor was due for change Monday 08:00. I always test BG with a finger prick 10 mins before warm up is completed, just to check that the sensor is likely to be working within a working tolerance. My rule-of-thumb is that within 1.0-1.5 is useable.
The last two have been great - started at 0.1 difference so never bothered to do any further checks.
Monday’s new one was out by over 2.
I put up with it for 24 hours with regular checks and it stayed pretty much the same.
So a call to Abbott, and a new one is on its way, and a new sensor applied.
24H on an a repeat performance.
So the next one fitted and it’s worse on first reading. So that’s two sensors ready to go back and a third on my arm that’s useless.
I know that a phone call will get it changed etc, but that's not the point. I’m usually very positive about L2, but they seem to be getting worse. Each episode is a 48 hours of stress as I’m sure you can all recognise.
So I have threatened to switch before (who am I kidding that anyone cares?) and have done my research, and spoken with my consultant. There are lots of negatives to the Dexcom One as far as I can see:
Poor app - just a RT display, Clarity required so that access via internet to get any sort of reporting.
No additional data can be entered into the app, like carbs or insulin.
The physical attributes seem poor. Loads of waste. Two hour warm up. Separate sensor and transmitter is clunky and fragile looking, albeit ecologically good.
All this I could put up with I think IF is was reliably accurate.
I’d be interested in the thought, experiences etc of those who trodden this path before.
Sensor was due for change Monday 08:00. I always test BG with a finger prick 10 mins before warm up is completed, just to check that the sensor is likely to be working within a working tolerance. My rule-of-thumb is that within 1.0-1.5 is useable.
The last two have been great - started at 0.1 difference so never bothered to do any further checks.
Monday’s new one was out by over 2.
I put up with it for 24 hours with regular checks and it stayed pretty much the same.
So a call to Abbott, and a new one is on its way, and a new sensor applied.
24H on an a repeat performance.
So the next one fitted and it’s worse on first reading. So that’s two sensors ready to go back and a third on my arm that’s useless.
I know that a phone call will get it changed etc, but that's not the point. I’m usually very positive about L2, but they seem to be getting worse. Each episode is a 48 hours of stress as I’m sure you can all recognise.
So I have threatened to switch before (who am I kidding that anyone cares?) and have done my research, and spoken with my consultant. There are lots of negatives to the Dexcom One as far as I can see:
Poor app - just a RT display, Clarity required so that access via internet to get any sort of reporting.
No additional data can be entered into the app, like carbs or insulin.
The physical attributes seem poor. Loads of waste. Two hour warm up. Separate sensor and transmitter is clunky and fragile looking, albeit ecologically good.
All this I could put up with I think IF is was reliably accurate.
I’d be interested in the thought, experiences etc of those who trodden this path before.