Where have you tried the sensor other than the abdomen?

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Permalink Reply by etta v on September 28, 2009 at 4:41pm

That might be why you start but there's lots of other reasons why you'd keep going!

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Permalink Reply by Helmut on September 28, 2009 at 4:45pm

I know. Most likely I could drop a couple of pills that I am on. I am just so lazy.

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Permalink Reply by etta v on October 5, 2009 at 10:17am

I am liking the spot between the hip bone and the ribs, as far around to my back as I can twist (which puts it just around the corner from my side). The only down side seems to be that this is a spot that seems to get a lot of stretching in yoga...but I've been watching the tape and applying liquid bandage to get it stuck back down.

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Permalink Reply by Jacky Del Hoyo on November 8, 2009 at 7:57am

I tried putting a sensor in the upper portion on my "Bum", just below where a pair of ladies bikini's would sit. It worked for a day, and then, yesterday morning, I was sitting up in bed, propped up with pillows, and received a sensor error. . . hmmmnn.

Not sure if sitting in that unual position (I'm not really one to watch a whole movie sitting up in bed, shoot, I hardly get to sit still that long!) caused the failure or not. Tried to restart the sensor, no good. Left it alone overnight, and restarted it took my calibration BG's this morning, if it gets flaky or fails again, guess I'll just call Dex com and see if they could replace the sensor. But this is the first time I'm trying a site other than belly, so that's not a whole lot of info to base an opinion on. Think I'm going to try upper abdomen next time, not sure I like the bum area, I keep getting snagged, LOL.

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Permalink Reply by Val on November 8, 2009 at 8:09am

I've been using my upper thigh for years, never had problems with it. I just make sure the snap-down part is facing my feet, to avoid pooling moisture in the shower.

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Permalink Reply by Jacky Del Hoyo on November 8, 2009 at 8:27am

I use outer thighs, arms and belly for infusion sites, was hoping the "bum" area would work out better for a CGMS than it does for an infusion set, but it's not looking great so far. I do worry a bit about skin fatigue, I've got plenty of lumpy spots from years of glass and metal syringes, don't want to make itany worse than it already is!

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