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Permalink Reply by lisa c on July 11, 2012 at 3:21am

Nothing is more frustrating when the sensor is unfconfortble and gives false readings. It seems to create a love/ hate relationship for all of us. IT DOES TAKE TIME! If you can find 1 or 2 spots tht work , that would be enough. I have started wearing it for a week or 2 , then taking a few weeks off, then putting one on if needed. As for your site...the back flabby part of arm may be better choice. love handle area even if you do not have much flab there. Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Parrformance on July 11, 2012 at 3:29am

Meee, one of the reasons I have started using the thigh area, is because I can visually see the insertion point and can adjust the angle of the inserter so as to keep the sensor needle shallow, just under the skin.
This area gives me good visibility and keeps both hands free, I can pinch up a good bit of skin, angle the inserter to match the angle/fall of the flesh and press the inserter quickly.
The only discomfort was the initial pinch, I will say the first sensor in my abdomen just plain hurt, when I placed it, when I tried to sleep the first two nights, every time I bent over, everytime I twisted my upper torso. I dealt with it until the itching started after 4 days, and would not quit.
My second sensor went in my right leg/thigh, I had it angled too deeply and every once in a while I would feel the pinch of the sensor press against the muscle, this hurts. The pain from this would worsen as I rode my bike, because I would lose water weight as I rode causing the sensor to touch the muscle more.
It seems as keeping the sensor needle shallow has been the trick, I am still using the sensor I placed 11 days ago, and the reading was off this morning, my dex, said 95 and my one touch said 94 this a.m.:)
Please don't give up Meee, I know I wanted to drive over my dex with my Jeep repeatedly with the first two sensors, but once I have figured it out, I would not want to be without it for very long.
I did take a break between sensor 1 and 2, while waiting on the barrier material, and then again between sensor 2 and 3 waiting on the skin-tac. This helped me mentally and made it easier, and helped me to realize I could take a break whenever I felt I needed to.
Michael

Permalink Reply by ATRannals on July 12, 2012 at 7:51pm

Meee - everything I've read and heard is that the sensor should be in line with the limb if it's not on the abdomen. The best spot I've found for me so far is if you rotated that position to vertical at the left edge of the tape. A little above the triceps and right to the back side of the deltoid if you know your muscles.

I wish you better luck in finding a good spot, because like others have stated, I hardly even notice it and it certainly doesn't cause any pain.

Alan

Permalink Reply by jrtpup on July 10, 2012 at 5:17pm

I agree, I've never had one hurt. Sometimes I have to feel around on my body to remember where it is LOL

Permalink Reply by meee on July 10, 2012 at 11:04pm

wow... that is good... I wish that was the case for me... I have felt pain instantly with both sensors.

Permalink Reply by meee on July 10, 2012 at 11:07pm

I feel this pinching feeling all the time when I move around and I can feel it all the time... I would never forget it's there or need to look for it.

Permalink Reply by meee on July 13, 2012 at 12:45am

thanks everyone,

I'm not sure what to do- I've still had mostly inaccurate readings... this past 6am dex = 169 my meter = 53! I had to take sugar, fortunately I usually wake up when I'm low while sleeping.

There have only been 3 or so readings on this sensor which were dead on and the trends are sometimes wrong- I went for a walk after an after meal spike and it said I went up to 200 during the walk, but when I returned I was 93 according to my meter and I was only walking for 20 minutes or so so I don't think I would have dropped that much.

I did discover though yesterday that I had spiked to 130 when dex asked for a blood test- that is higher than I have ever gone as far as I know since my new diet and I'm not sure why- it happened again tonight -

I think both my pens were too old and I've changed them now but I'm not sure if this was the cause or if it's still instability from dka or something else. The diabetic educator thought I should maybe return it as it is too inaccurate.

Im so tired... and it still hurts, so it doesn't seem worth it, I think I need a much smaller sensor and more accuracy to make this worth it for me. It's such an ordeal to get this thing in me- I don't think I can get it vertically on the back of my arm without help and I'm not sure where all the muscles are and so on. I'll see how I feel about it tomorrow... but I wonder if having this sensor in me could spike my sugars also, maybe the fact that I'm having discomfort from it could have that effect on me.

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