I ordered my Sensors for my Minimed Real-time CGM on Halloween, Wednesday,October 31 and got notification today that they were being overnighted. That was less than one week and I ordered a box of ten.
I'm pretty happy about this. Life without readings is basically life, but with no idea what your blood sugar is. Yes, I am supposed to be taking it, but I have gotten so comfortable wearing the sensor all the time, I just can't get back to my meter.
I had a sensor that was really rough on me as my last sensor. I bled like HELL and hurt when I put it in. I read on a forum that the ones that tend to bleed have had longer life, so I crossed my fingers and hoped, but it failed after four days and I wasn't going to mess with it. I just wanted it OUT!
I am still bruised and I took it out almost two weeks ago.
Not sure why this happened, but thankfully is was the first in 30 sensors to do this kind of damage.
I've decided to wait on the CGM for my seven year-old girl. I have come to find out that it isn't the insertion that worries her most (although it absolutely does), but it is the alarms going off all the time. You know what? That happens frequently. It will really extend the amount of time she is thinking or being reminded about diabetes, which is a lot and for right now, in this first generation of devices, I am willing to let her have some space with it.
Also, when the CGM is made so that I get the alarms on my mobile device, that will be a whole other story. It is a lot of responsibility for a seven year old to deal with the various alarms. Trust me I TOTALLY understand the benefits for her and me, but for now...we are going to wait.
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I can understand what you mean about the pros and cons of the system.....there are often alarms, but I have grown used to them and they are part of my daily life :) I was camping this summer and apparently woke my tent mates during the night with a squealing alarm (you know the one you get when you sleep through the first few gentle alarms HA!!)...but I just turned off the alarm, read the pump and went right back to sleep...after waking everyone up!
I find the newer sensors are not giving me as long a sensor life....I think Minimed caught on :)
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