Libre 2 plus reliability

[highlander317]

Hi all
Added a new sensor to spare arm yesterday morning, had a little blood coming from the sensor not long after being installed. Early evening yesterday, cgm was showing as under 3.0, but felt normal, so did a blood test, read 6.8. Woke up this morning with a lovely bruise under the cgm, called Abbott who are replacing it and advised to remove cgm if it bleeds on install, and blaming the caresens dual reader for possibly reading the blood wrong and that the sensor is only slightly out. I replaced the sensor again this morning, and once again getting readings now under 3.0, blood showing 6.7, another failure and expected customer service call tomorrow.
Not had any replacements since the 2 plus replaced the libre 2, but 2 in less than 2 days???? It's not compression low as I tend to lean on the opposite arm whilst on the sofa on purpose.
Looking at Dexcom one, being offered it last year due to problems with the libre 2, ordered the free sample.
I'm almost 3 years in with type 1, I was 48!, no history in family, nor any experience of a low or highs.
Anyone else had similar issues with the 2 plus, or have moved over to the dexcom one+? Do blood testers fail? I tried a new pack of testing strips with a blood change from 9.2 then 6.7 on new strips, nowhere close to 3.0.
Cheers in advance
Lee

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Anyone else had similar issues with the 2 plus

Like most people I've had occasional issues like that (the sensor never really giving a proper reading) but I had the same (rare) failures with Libre 2 and Libre 1. I'd expect that (rarely) to happen with two sensors in a row (no reason to think it wouldn't) but I haven't experienced that yet.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry to hear you've had a couple of wonky sensors.

Sometimes these things do seem to come in succession. 🙄

It might be worth leaving it for a day or so to see if it comes into line? I’ve had ht with different sensors in the past. Including ‘bleeders’. (A bleeder is a reader as the saying goes).

Sometimes people seem to get a box of sub-par sensors with a higher than usual failure rate. Hope that isn’t the case for you, and your next sensors from that lot are all hunky dory.