I inserted a new sensor last night, and it seemed fine at first. Then overnight my ISIG dropped, saying I was low even though I wasn’t. This morning I got up and the sensor said 90 something, but it had an up arrow. Checked my BG and it was 130. Went to exercise and CGM went up to around 120. Got home and checked and was 159. Not great, but not terrible.
But now I’m sitting here at work and my CGM reads 93. Checked on my meter and I’m 168. Don’t feel 168. Check again: 175. DAMN IT. My ISIG is only at 9.6 now, and that is WAY too low for a BG of 170 something.
I want to cry. It’s pathetic, but I’ve come to rely so heavily on my CGM. I truly am lost without it. I go crazy and start checking my sugar constantly, and it’s always not as good as it would be with the CGM.
What really gets me is that I’ve already had one wasted sensor from this pack. And now I’m wasting another. That’s 2 wastes out of 3 used of a box of 10. Not good.
I’ve read before that Minimed’s transmitter might die after 8 months. I got mine in November. Not 8 months, but not too far off. Could it be dying? Or could I really have gotten so unlucky with choosing an insertion site twice like that?
My insurance covers the sensors, but wasting them still bothers me all the same. I guess I need to call Minimed, but I really don’t want to. I’m whiny. It’s a hassle and I just want my stuff to work like it always has. Plus if I called now, I think I’d start crying, and nobody wants that. >__>
I had a terrible BG day yesterday. Sundays are often my worst day anyway, plus I pretty much had no sensor all day since I first tried to get more than 6 days from my last sensor (took trans off, recharged, started new, waited 2 hours), and that failed miserably as my ISIG was dropped down. So then I ripped that out and got a new one in and had to wait another two hours.
And now this one sucks too. And my BG is horrible today. And I want to go off in a corner and sulk the rest of the day.