Placement of MM CGMS sensors

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Permalink Reply by June English on November 8, 2009 at 4:51am

I have always worn my MM sensors on the upper buttocks, though MM doesn't recommend doing so. I don't think I can take a photo, however, because I live alone and any photo I attempted with a self-portrait feature on my camera would be X-RATED! In any case, should you attempt the buttocks insertion (I mean UPPER buttocks) you must know that I insert manually, at about a 45-degree angle. Then I wear the pump on the same side of my body as the sensor is on. I am slender, so this works for me. WARNING: If you get a bleeder, and want to phone MiniMed for a replacement sensor, LIE! Do not say you placed it in your buttocks. (In my case, since my pump trainer cleared it with MM, I'm O.K not to lie!)
Hope this helps. I can't do an arm insertion, as I live alone, and my stomach needs to be reserved for infusion sets. The one thing no CGM company ever tells you, when they sell you their wares, is that body fat real estate is necessary for both infusion sets and sensors, and that site rotation is necessary!

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