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<blockquote data-quote="smwsmw" data-source="post: 1817977" data-attributes="member: 222058"><p>Re Freestyle Libre - like one of the other commenters, I don’t put mine on my arm during the summer - only reason Abbott say it has to go on arm is that that is where it was sited for clinical trials. If it is somewhere visible, he can cover it with a dressing such as Mepore film & pad which is small dressing pad plus transparent film so if seem, looks like a wound dressing - Libre sensor completely hidden.</p><p>Also on Amazon you can get waterproof bum-bags and phone carrying cases which you can use to keep sensor, glucose etc in and you don’t even have to take sensor out of bag to use it - found this great in Blue Lagoon in Iceland. </p><p>I completely understand his wanting to be “normal” - I still feel like that age 57, after 45 years of it, but unfortunately those of us with T1 can’t just be normal - as my friend says, we all have things that make us special and unique - hmmm! Maybe point out to him that although having to do all this stuff is embarrassing, it’s not as embarrassing as having a massive hypo.</p><p>I hope he has an amazing time and that you don’t drive yourself nuts with worry xxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smwsmw, post: 1817977, member: 222058"] Re Freestyle Libre - like one of the other commenters, I don’t put mine on my arm during the summer - only reason Abbott say it has to go on arm is that that is where it was sited for clinical trials. If it is somewhere visible, he can cover it with a dressing such as Mepore film & pad which is small dressing pad plus transparent film so if seem, looks like a wound dressing - Libre sensor completely hidden. Also on Amazon you can get waterproof bum-bags and phone carrying cases which you can use to keep sensor, glucose etc in and you don’t even have to take sensor out of bag to use it - found this great in Blue Lagoon in Iceland. I completely understand his wanting to be “normal” - I still feel like that age 57, after 45 years of it, but unfortunately those of us with T1 can’t just be normal - as my friend says, we all have things that make us special and unique - hmmm! Maybe point out to him that although having to do all this stuff is embarrassing, it’s not as embarrassing as having a massive hypo. I hope he has an amazing time and that you don’t drive yourself nuts with worry xxx [/QUOTE]
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