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Comment by Rich on July 9, 2010 at 6:39am

I restarted the sensor after 7 days. Will it keep working for another 7 days? Or will it stop on its own or will I want to put a new one on soon because it will get irritated. I read people keep it on for 10 days, but why do they stop at 10 days

Comment by Steve D on July 2, 2010 at 4:22pm

good luck and peace, NIck!

Comment by Nick Papageorgio on July 2, 2010 at 1:55pm

Thanks Steve. That I what I will do.

Comment by Steve D on July 2, 2010 at 1:37pm

twice a day is the recommended, and I believe if you calibrate it MORE it may actually start to diminish the efficacy of the unit(?) I just calibrated once in the morning and just before bed at pm. Dex does say that when under certain circumstances ie acetaminaphin use and subsequent meter error you should calibrate again.

Comment by Nick Papageorgio on July 2, 2010 at 1:32pm

I am switching from the minimed CGM to the Dexcom 7 plus. How often can I calibrate the dexcom sensor? I know the minimed sensor worked best when it was calibrated only 3-4 times a day.

Comment by Rickst29 on June 22, 2010 at 10:07pm

Reply to DW's comment, June 9 2010:

It's possible, maybe even LIKELY, that the adhesive failure is the cause of the Sensor failure at 10 days. Once the wire starts getting pulled or pushed around in your skin, the Sensor will become unreliable. (It needs to be kept totally motionless, at a microscopic level.) Maybe you can get more days, if that's important to you.

Comment by Rebecca on June 22, 2010 at 1:55pm

As long as you don't actually remove the sensor from you body you can restart it anytime you want. The transmitter can come out and be replaced (although this is harder to do while on the body but certainly not impossible. You may want to talk to those doing the surgery though, having a real-time check on where your blood sugars are may be something they'd appreciate. (of course given the vast amount of different medical knowledge they may not have a clue what to do with the info and may or may not accept written directions from you).

Comment by Seth on June 11, 2010 at 12:19pm

Alright I am paid and my Dexcom is shipping! Now I wait for the Pod.

Comment by FHS on June 10, 2010 at 12:11pm

Just got the call from my Dexcom rep, insurance approved! Just waiting for some more paperwork from my endo so the rep can proceed.

Comment by DW on June 9, 2010 at 6:23pm

In terms of sensor readings, from the many users I have compared notes with, and my experience, if a sensor is good, it will be good for up to about 10 days...usually the adhesive begins to wear for me, but this coincides with sometimes having skipped readings, or missed info, so I assume it's time to change. I calibrate 2-3 x/day (which is how much I test with a BG meter), and fly off the Dexcom.

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