Resistance is futile!

[Robin]

k about getting the thing off my arm. As I understand it from what others have said, I simply need to walk carelessly into a door jamb and off it will pop - am I right

No no, it only does that during the first couple of days. At the end, you have to pick away at it until you've got your fingernail under a corner ( well, that's the problem, I suppose, being circular it doesn't have corners) Oh, and then you'll need the surgical spirit to fetch the ring of sticky off your arm.

 

[grovesy]

Be interested to see if you get withdrawal symptoms.

 

[Northerner]

Be interested to see if you get withdrawal symptoms.

I think they've started already! 😱 😉

 

[Robin]

I think they've started already! 😱 😉

The sensor I put on for my hol last week ran out the other day, it was a bit of a reality check to have to get up and go into the bathroom and put the light on last night when I wanted to test at 2am, so I didn't disturb OH.
I've compromised at having two weeks with a sensor then two weeks off.

 

[Northerner]

The sensor I put on for my hol last week ran out the other day, it was a bit of a reality check to have to get up and go into the bathroom and put the light on last night when I wanted to test at 2am, so I didn't disturb OH.
I've compromised at having two weeks with a sensor then two weeks off.

That's what I'm aiming for 🙂 Might wait a bit longer so it is active on my Diaversary at the end of the month 🙂

 

[Sally71]

So, now I have to think about getting the thing off my arm. As I understand it from what others have said, I simply need to walk carelessly into a door jamb and off it will pop - am I right? 😱

Any tips? 🙂

Basically just get a firm grip and yank!

 

[Ljc]

So, now I have to think about getting the thing off my arm. As I understand it from what others have said, I simply need to walk carelessly into a door jamb and off it will pop - am I right? 😱

Any tips? 🙂

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They're not painful to remove, a finger prick hurts much more ! I try to peel up a small piece of the plaster then take a firm grip on the white disc and give a consistent pull.
I've found it gets easier with practice. I'm also a dab hand at flicking them off😱
I'm now very careful gointhrough doors
I bet you'll find it strange not having all that info.

 

[Ljc]

Be interested to see if you get withdrawal symptoms.

I know I would.

 

[Bloden]

Basically just get a firm grip and yank!

Oh no! Don't do that...half your skin'll come away with it.😱

 

[Kaylz]

So @Northerner has the removal been done yet? How did it go? Lol x

 

[Matt Cycle]

Noooooooo!!!!! 😱 I am bereft! My first sensor has ended! 😱 What am I going to do now, stick pins in my fingers? 😱 Oh, right, that's what I used to do 🙄 🙂

Well, I'm a little sad, because clearly this first sensor has worked really well for me - almost spot on for accuracy compared to blood tests, with probably only 4 or 5 that were more than 1 mmol/l apart (and then no more than 2 mmol/l). Will the next one be as good, or a disappointment? I've decided to wait before putting on the next one, mainly to see how much I miss it (a lot, I suspect). I've learned a lot really - always wondered what happened overnight, but surprised to see how absolutely rock-steady I am. And the DP rise is virtually instant! I always imagined that it would take at least ten minutes to get going, and then build gradually, but it just shoots straight up the moment I get out of bed 😱

Here's the summary:

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...and I really can't complain about this:

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So, now I have to think about getting the thing off my arm. As I understand it from what others have said, I simply need to walk carelessly into a door jamb and off it will pop - am I right? 😱

Any tips? 🙂

'kin ell Alan. With graphs like that are you sure you're diabetic? 😉

 

[stephknits]

I have been wondering about joining the club, albeit on an extremely ad-hoc basis due to funds. However I too was worried about the addiction factor. I could just see the joy in my girls' faces as they unwrap another sensor for mum on their birthdays .
My friend, however, had different ideas and has set me up with a dexcom, but bypassing the transmitter and/or official app on the iPhone. He doctors the transmitter so that he can change the batteries when it runs out and can be used again and the sensor can just keep going until it fails naturally (he can usually get 5-6 weeks out of one! Thus he reckons costs run at around £10 - 12 per week all in.
It has been a bit of a hassle to set up, cos you are not using an official app, but everyone on the Facebook page that supports it is hugely helpful.
I would post a graph showing my results, but Northerner is smug enough already 😉.

 

[Northerner]

That's quite a set up, @stephknits - well done to your friend! 🙂

Ziblon I has been removed, with not much bother at all actually 🙂 and I am itching to attach Ziblon II, but really do need to resist! I t did get me thinking about how healthcare professionals often accuse us of being 'obsessive' if we test more than 4-6 times a day...according to the reader I have tested, on average, 31 times a day! 😱 Now, if someone had told me they did 31 fingerpricks a day, I would definitely raise an eyebrow, but there's no point in having a sensor if you don't use it to follow what's going on. Is 31 obsessive? I'd be interested to know how many tests others do, on average. I have done fewer fingerpricks - 4 a day, once I was satisfied with the accuracy of the sensor readings, with the occasional confirmatory fingerprick when I didn't believe what it was telling me (it was usually right! 🙂)

 

[Ljc]

🙂 I'm glad you the removal wasn't much bother. It doesn't hurt at all does it. Out of interest What method did you use.
I'd be interest to know how many times others scan too. You obviously scan more because your a runner.
When I first started with the Libre I scanned around 14 times a day. It's gone up to 17 recently. I think it's the utter convenience of the Libre plus what the graph shows me, rather than being obsessed, If I feel a bit odd I scan, plus I want to get my monies worth out of it . Now I'm a few months in to being wired up 🙂, I don't jab my fingers much at all now once I'm happy with a new a new sensor, I check it out with my meter once a day, if I can't believe the number and when I'm hypo.

 

[Greyhound Gal]

When I have one on, I still jab about 3x a day ( without libre would jab 6 or 7x a day) but probably check the libre about 15-20x a day. It's just so easy and no mess.

 

[Robin]

My last sensor recorded that I was testing on average 20 times a day. I was on holiday, so out of routine, and probably did more, eg, on a long walk, to head a hypo off at the pass. Thing that amuses me, is that sometimes it'll record that I've swiped it in the middle of the night, and I've no recollection of it at all!
I wouldn't say I was obsessive, but there are times when I just want to know how my BG is doing, and I now find it frustrating if I haven't got a sensor on, and it's not worth wasting a test strip. (Same way I look at my watch all the time, just to see how the time's doing)

 

[Northerner]

20 looks to be a popular number 🙂 I suppose the thing is, what's the point of having it if you don't try and squeeze as much useful information out of it as you can? 🙂 Actually, I checked it again and it seems I reduced my tests in the second week, so probably the first week there was the novelty of it and more to find out about 🙂

@Ljc - the plaster had come away very slightly so I just gently worked it off and it came off quite easily, although not so easily that it would make me not trust its stickability 🙂