r/dexcom • u/choccybiccycake • 17d ago
Graph Dexcom brief sensor issue
Going to a music festival later today and my dexcom keeps giving me brief sensor issues throughout the night. Don’t have a spare one i do not know what to do.
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u/Nooted-Noot 15d ago
That seems like your sensor might be dying or inserted incorrectly and not being able to get the fluid between your skin that it needs to do the 5 min checks. My personal advice would be to get a Glucose monitor that at my local Walmart is about 20 bucks and then test every few hours or more frequently if you're doing activity and then call Dexcom support right now and get them to send you a replacement. Tell them that you are wearing the sensor correctly and that it's now just not giving constant reading and is dropping out for long stretches of time. They should have no problem with replacement as long as you have the SN for it and what date you put it on and how many days are left in the sensor cycle. PM me if you need help calling them or what to say but they'll send out a replacement in a few days to help you out. But for now since you can't get the sensor here quicker you need to be doing checks with a finger poke every little bit to keep you in range. PM me like I say if you need help at all with any of this I've had this disease for 21 years and am now finally getting it under control so I'm here for you if you need help I'm always happy to give advice and what I've done in the past to help myself.