CGMS Accuracy

[solox316]

Ok, so this goes against everything I have posted recently about my CGMS accuracy (which has been pretty darn good...)

I went to bed with a new sensor, attached the transmitter, but didn't "start it" with my pump... A good way to get a good ISIG and good readings... normally...

I put this sensor in my lower hip/upper bum, for the first time.

Woke up at 95, started sensor, and put in my 95 at 6:30... The rest.... well you can see in the picture... By the time I got to work, (8:00) my sensor read "over 400", meter reading was 105... the line continues as shown, my meter readings never above 130.

Go figure.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n230/solox316/sensor.jpg

Guess it didn't like the new location. Will restart it and try again, sometimes that works.

I know one person who will get a kick out of this for sure...

[Funnygrl]

I had a 54 today that was really a 94, and a 144 that was really a 99, but overall I've been doing okay lately.

[solox316]

Glad you have been doing better... this day improved a bit, but it was a hard comeback...

[RobiJo]

I haven't had much luck with my hip/bum areas. Every one I've put there has been pretty inaccurate. I suspect because of the angle of the darn thing. Hopefully they come out with a 90* sensor. I don't like the sils and find it irritating that I have to do an angle for the sensor.

side note--on day 12 of current sensor and readings are just about dead on.

[JadeMonkey]

The sensor I have in now did that as well. Started around 90 and shot up to over 400 in like 30-40 min. Re calibrated it an hour or so later and it's been pretty accurate ever since. It seems they sometimes take a few hours from when they are started to get accurate.

Wish mine lasted 12 days. I get just about 7.

-Jade

[solox316]

This one straightened right out last evening, overnight, and into today. It is just about dead on now...

Come to think of it, I had a few imatation day-quil tablets, with acetamenophin (sp?). That usually hasn't affected my sensors, but I have heard that it does...

I usually connect the sensor before bed without starting it, to avoid the first 10 or so hours being inaccurate. By doing this, I start it in the morning, it asks for a meter BG within 5 minutes, and it is usually dead on from there...