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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2389955" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>[USER=146541]@hh1[/USER] The first couple of days with a restart or a new sensor (Dexcom) I finger stick several times and calibrate and then I don’t fingerstick for days, maybe once half way through? (Unless something seems off) I would do the same when I was on a Libre, check it several times the first couple of days to know how it was reading and only check it once or twice for the rest of the 14 days.</p><p></p><p>But I am avid about watching my Dexcom which is why I leave a sensor off for a day or two as I was getting hooked on constant surveillance of my numbers. But when I’m not wearing a sensor, I finger stick all day.</p><p></p><p>I do have a Libre half of the time, I actually literally forget about it as I use it just for swimming. I chalk the cost of the Libre up to the cost of being able to swim and keeping me safe (my insurance pays for the Dexcom, but not both)</p><p></p><p>[USER=140811]@urbanracer[/USER] There are several things people use when they have allergies to the adhesive.</p><p>Patches- 3M cavilon, trio elisse, Opsite Flexifix, tegaderm, (tegaderm is more questionable I think).</p><p>Wipes and sprays- Bard protective barrier film wipes, Hollister skin gel protective wipe, Skin prep wipes, benedryl cream and flonase spray. Skin prep wipes seem to stand out as a more popular choice and I have heard the flonase spray works quite well.</p><p></p><p>It is trial and error for what works for you sometimes. And what's available.</p><p></p><p>The days I take off from a sensor does remind me how much it saves my fingers from finger sticking all the time and how nicer it is having one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2389955, member: 475037"] [USER=146541]@hh1[/USER] The first couple of days with a restart or a new sensor (Dexcom) I finger stick several times and calibrate and then I don’t fingerstick for days, maybe once half way through? (Unless something seems off) I would do the same when I was on a Libre, check it several times the first couple of days to know how it was reading and only check it once or twice for the rest of the 14 days. But I am avid about watching my Dexcom which is why I leave a sensor off for a day or two as I was getting hooked on constant surveillance of my numbers. But when I’m not wearing a sensor, I finger stick all day. I do have a Libre half of the time, I actually literally forget about it as I use it just for swimming. I chalk the cost of the Libre up to the cost of being able to swim and keeping me safe (my insurance pays for the Dexcom, but not both) [USER=140811]@urbanracer[/USER] There are several things people use when they have allergies to the adhesive. Patches- 3M cavilon, trio elisse, Opsite Flexifix, tegaderm, (tegaderm is more questionable I think). Wipes and sprays- Bard protective barrier film wipes, Hollister skin gel protective wipe, Skin prep wipes, benedryl cream and flonase spray. Skin prep wipes seem to stand out as a more popular choice and I have heard the flonase spray works quite well. It is trial and error for what works for you sometimes. And what's available. The days I take off from a sensor does remind me how much it saves my fingers from finger sticking all the time and how nicer it is having one. [/QUOTE]
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