Simplera Sync sensors

[SB2015]

I think someone else posted about a dodgy few sensors.
So far over the last few days I have had sensors lasting:
4 days -dodgy site of sensor
0 days - never got beyond ‘updating’
2 days - updating …….. replace sensor. (Different box)
Another one in this morning from a (different box again).

My experience of using these new sensors has been good and application is a lot easier than the Guardian 4 but the failure rate is standing at 50%. This is ‘not ideal’ and I hope that they get this sorted and improved. Some issues are out of their control such as bleeds and problems at sensor site but this seems a high failure rate. I am glad that it rejects the sensor where it is in doubt but ….

I am used to having changeover on Sundays and with the Guardian sensors this was a long process with having to charge the transmitter etc. These failures have moved the starting day but that is not such a problem now as the transmitter is integrated with the sensor.

This week has even made me start to wonder whether to go back to just a pump and Libre. However the benefits I have when HCL is working keep me going (so far).

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Sorry to hear you are having such a rough time with dodgy sensors / insertions @SB2015

Where are you siting them? Back of arm, or elsewhere?

I’ve only had 2 ‘sensor updatings’ since July, and one of those came back to life after the first ‘sensor updating’ cycle, and is currently reading fine.

It’s SO exhausting when diabetes tech mis-fires, and introduces so much extra faff and uncertainty into the day. Must be concerning that these failures are spanning multiple boxes too. Are the boxes from the same batch/lot?

 

[SB2015]

Sorry to hear you are having such a rough time with dodgy sensors / insertions @SB2015

Where are you siting them? Back of arm, or elsewhere?

I’ve only had 2 ‘sensor updatings’ since July, and one of those came back to life after the first ‘sensor updating’ cycle, and is currently reading fine.

It’s SO exhausting when diabetes tech mis-fires, and introduces so much extra faff and uncertainty into the day. Must be concerning that these failures are spanning multiple boxes too. Are the boxes from the same batch/lot?

All positioned as suggested in the back of my upper arm. I had been feeling very pleased with these sensors although I had a run of them that finished early, however this seems to be getting ridiculous.
It is exhausting and the sensors like to fail in the middle of the night.

I can’t see that there is anything that I am doing differently, apart from working my way through a Christmas cake, but sticking to small pieces and bolusing for each, along with the usual carb
calculations ….

I did buy some socks of a different colour -perhaps that is the issue!!!!

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hope it turns out to just be a dodgy batch (spanning several boxes) and your failure rate hugely reduces

 

[SB2015]

It looks like timing my sensor start to a more appropriate time will help. I shall aim to do this at least an hour and a half before a meal, when glucose levels should be more settled. That will give time for the one hour warm up, as well as time for a pre bolus. I may have been asking a lot of the sensor during warm up with widely fluctuating glucose levels happening. I guess an alternative is to have a much lower carb breakfast: I am feeling that I have an excuse for a nice cooked breakfast in sensor change days.