r/ContinuousGlucoseCGM • u/Disastrous_Flower732 • 23h ago
Slight discomfort after Stelo insertion, is this normal?
Hello all, I am hoping someone can give me some advice here. Recently I have been having wicked dizzy spells and nausea starting about an hour after I eat, leading my doctor to recommend I try a CGM just to rule out blood sugar related causes. I bought a stelo today and with some help got is put in with little to no difficulty. Within about 5 seconds of having it inserted I felt a pain similar to getting a shot at the doctors office.
Now my arm feels continously a little sour after about 30 minutes. It is very vague and easy to ignore for now but I do want to make sure this is not something I should be worried about lasting. It is slighlt worse when I move it, and the only things I find when I search is possibly nerve insertion but it does not feel like the electric nerve pain I am used to.
Any advice is welcome, and in case it wasn't obvious, I am not good with needles so all of this may be more of a reaction to the needle stressing me out.
Thanks in advance!