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Covid vaccine & Freestyle Libre sensor query?

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Hi. Have returned to the Forum after many years! Does anybody know if it is okay to have the Covid jab at the top of the same arm as where the FL sensor is placed?
 
I had my flu and pneumonia jabs in the same arm as my sensor without any problem. You may find that your BG levels can be a bit erratic for a day or two afterwards but that is down to your body responding to the vaccine rather than the sensor being affected. I haven't had my Covid Vaccine yet, so can't speak specifically for that.
 
We always ask to have any vaccinations in the other arm, just in case.
 
rebrascora said:
I had my flu and pneumonia jabs in the same arm as my sensor without any problem. You may find that your BG levels can be a bit erratic for a day or two afterwards but that is down to your body responding to the vaccine rather than the sensor being affected. I haven't had my Covid Vaccine yet, so can't speak specifically for that.
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Thank you for that.
 
Well my Libre's in my left arm, which I also normally sleep on, hence I asked to have it in my right arm as, if it was going to ache I definitely don't want to lie on it ! Had the jab this morning at 10.45 and before 1.00 boy had it started to ache. Just had 2 paracetamol, have to say I definitely felt it going in - the needle and the liquid, which doesn't usually happen a bit further down my arm, with my flu jab though that sometimes aches a bit the next day but doesn't need me to take paracetamol - cos this one was really high - think they use the shoulder muscle not the arm (is that the biceps?) one.
 
The muscle you are talking about is the Deltoid muscle, imagine an upside down pyramid shape on the side of the upper arm, that's the recommended injection site. The needle only goes in the same depth (25mm) as the influenza vaccination. I think everyone's experience of the vaccination will be different as it depends on the person giving the jab. Some are better at it than others.
 
Think your last sentence is the key point! 🙂
 
I have not had mine yet but the needles they are using look much longer than the Flu ones I have had in the last couple of years.
 
Opposite arm sounds a sensible precaution, but I’m sure either would be fine if the jab and sensor are spaced apart 🙂
 
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