Ever put your receiver through the washing machine? Not on purpose, of course.
Well, on purpose or not, which one was the winner? This just happened to me last night so I figure I’ll give the receiver a day to dry out before I try recharging it. As of now, its screen is blank and I’m a-scared to try to recharge it.
Terry the idiot.
Uh-Oh. Good luck. Have any nonflammable gloves?
Sounds like the moisture in the pump must have come from a terrible insulin leak. What cant minimed fix defects like that? Geese.
Hey! Tell us what’s happened now that a few days have gone by.
Hey, did you hang it out to dry? Did you put it in the dryer? Terry, we need to know!
Terry, if you can point a hair dryer into the the slot at the side away from the buttons (which they use to “open” the Dexcom receiver case), and leave it blowing hot air in there for 24-40 hours, your drying attempt will be far better than just having it lie around and hoping that the soap and rinse water evaporates away-- with such limited exposure to fresh air in the case, it won’t.
But your odds of success are poor. Very poor. So, I’d try it on Wednesday morning, if it’s still not working then, you could still get a replacement from Dexcom by Friday via second-day air.
Minimed used to advertise their pumps as water-resistant for surface swimming and bathtub use. As long as the seals and buttons are all intact, the current models (which AREN’T advertised that way) can still handle the same usage, as does the prehistoric DTron+ pump I still use.
But the washing machine is totally different. G-Forces created during the spin cycle are like being HUNDREDS of feet below the surface in “still” water, And none of the pumps (not even Anmas and Deltec) can be expected to survive that kind of abuse.