CGM transmittor issues!!

[GrammyByer]

If there is anyone out there in diabetes cyber space who has a CGM and has had issues with getting the sensor inserted into your skin and the transmitter hooked up correctly, and has solved the problems, please advise me. I have had my medtronic CGM for 8 days now and I have trouble getting it to worj correctly. Loading the sensor into the inserter doesn't always go well. Then getting the transmitor attached causes me difficulty - with lost sensor alarm and calibration error alarms. If anyone has any hints for success, I would appreciate having your expertise passed along. Thanks ahead of time!!!:confused: :confused: :confused:

[RobiJo]

I get a lot of Lost Sensor alarms after about 8 days. Haven't really figured out why though either, possibly a battery issue? I leave the sensor in for as long as possible (just say new sensor when it ends, without actually changing the sensor.

Are you pressing on the sensor site after insertion? I press on it for about 3-5 minutes before trying to connect the transmitter. Do your calibrations with a stable number before eating and wait 20-30 minutes before eating after you calibrate. I have better luck this way.

[GrammyByer]

Thanks for the advice RobiJo. I will try everything you suggested and see how it goes!!:) :)

[iDream]

I was a mess when I started
At first I wasn't holding the serter correctly, and I'd end up wasting 3 sensors every time I went to change it......I would get lost sensor.....all that

I've pretty much mastered everything with the MM now.
1. Remove old sensor
2. Charge transmitter
3. insert new sensor (the huge *** instertion needle is intimidating, I usually don't look at it)
4. Let the sensor sit without the transmitter for about 5 minutes, let it get 'wet' in your body
5. Take the transmitter off the charger, let it sit for 1 minute
6. Put the transmitter on the sensor on your body, you should see green blinking lights
7. Calibrate before each meal, so you don't get cal error's, etc

*** if you get a cal error at a random time, hit new sensor and don't even change the set, let it ride and try it again

*** keep the pump on the same side as the sensor, keep it very close to sensor after you put a new sensor in as it needs to get the signal

[iDream]

BTW grammybyer I live in Orange County, isn't Phoenicia in Ulster, or am I mistaken?