Has anyone tried to shut down a sensor and restart it after a sensor error message
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I did that once when it refused to connect. But not during a sensor error. Usually that means it will never come back
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Good to know.
With a sensor error, the sensor is done; a new sensor is needed.
I’ve made multiple attempts to reconnect, but they’re set up to not do that or allow that. I was told by Abbott and the Dexcom folks that attempting to reconnect was a waste of time.
Sensor errors don’t necessarily me the sensor is DEAD. You should be seeming a message with it saying “wait up to 3 hours got it to restart “. Prime consensus is it caused by compression . Ie laying on it. The other error is. “Signal Loss “. Straight forward Bluetooth out of grange..
I’ve been playing the DEXCOM game sense the G4 days. Have had to replace two sensors and one Tx. Personally I opted to go back to the G6 because of all the issues with the G7
Every sensor error message I got came from a dead sensor. Loss of signal is something else; out of range or another reason, but when the sensor is no longer transmitting, it’s dead. If one isn’t receiving…not the same thing. That isn’t a sensor error, though. If one is out of bluetooth range, it’s not a sensor error; the sensor is functional. It’s a reception or user error.
I haven’t had any messages saying wait for several hours, and when I’ve had sensor failures, calling Dexcom and Abbott, I’ve been told don’t bother trying to repair or restart…it’s dead.
With the Dexcom, it’s been the probe failures; they never enter the skin, and there is no possibility that they will ever work at that point. Peel them off an start with a new one, as it failed at the outset and cannot be used. The Libre rarely did that; they just failed regularly in multiple means.
I’ve heard about “compression” issues, but have yet to see one on either sensor, despite attempts to duplicate or induce.
If anyone has thoughts on how to get rid of the sticky crap that stays on my arm for three days after a sensor comes off, I’m all ears. Alcohol doesn’t do it, and it’s a high absorption area for things like acetone (fingernail polish remover), etc. I’ve tried makeup remover from the hotel, etc. I can’t carry things like mineral oil, and the area where the sensor and overpatch were just collects grime. Soap doesn’t take it off. Toothpaste either.
Uni-Solve Adhesive Remover Wipes
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Brilliant!
Thanks…ordered on Amazon, with two-day delivery, just in time before I hit the road again. That sticky stuff drives me nuts.
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In Narita, Japan at the moment; sensor expired, so replaced. This one appears to have worked. When I removed the previous sensor, I’d had what I’d call a significant reaction beneath the sensor and overpatch; the skin is gnarly and swollen, irritated and discolored, and looks similar to the aftermath of a partial-thickness burn. Clearly a reaction to the sensor and overpatch; the logical inference is a reaction to the adhesive.
In the past, it’s taken days to get the adhesive off my arm; today I used the unisolver wipe, and one wipe took care of it right away.
Now, ifI can just get the sensor to not require frequent calibration, and the endless loss-of-signal alarms. The latter have been particularly annoying the last ten days; I disabled the alarm, finally, but even with the phone by the sensor, it would alert to a loss of signal. At the same time, observing the reported glucose reading, there was no apparent loss of sensor or signal; it appeared to be working fine. The warnings appeared to be baseless nuisances. I also seem to be going through more test strips than I would without the G7, because of a need to frequently verify what the G7 is reporting; it seems to be in constant need of recalibration from the finger-sticks, until approaching the 10-day end of life for the sensor, when it finally “gets it” and reports accurately. Mostly when in error, it reports high; only a few times has it shown lower than actual.
I have long keep the tag with the sensor number. Not to try a restart. But to remind which sensor code I use last. Long ago I tried starting a new sensor that had the sma code. It died. Had to start with out a code.
On the same subject mater I just started keeping the sensor package cover that has the LOY # on it just found out it getting a replacement sensor quicker.
I had a sensor go it to total failure with in six hours. Dexcom notified me of the replacement with in 4 hours after sending the form. In the past with out a LOT #. It would take several days
I keep a daytimer, so write the particulars of the sensor and time of installation. On the application housing for the sensor, which has the code and numbers, I write the time of application in permanent marker, and keep the housing until the sensor is removed. I tear off the box ends and mark them A or B, to match the two sensors I carry in my bag as spares A and B, and will keep all that data until I’m done with the sensors. To me, it just makes sense to hang on to all the data and numbers until the sensor life is finished. If it ends early and requires replacement, the numbers have value.
The lot numbers are a handy reference if failures continue to occur, to crossmatch same-sensors from a given lot.