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Old 03-24-2008, 01:18 PM
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Old 03-24-2008, 01:57 PM
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I haven't been able to keep one in for much more than 7 days - on or shortly after the 7th day I get a "Lost Sensor" message and it never finds it again. Not sure if it's from the location, or just the typical age of the sensor.
Is this Minimed? If so, the transmitter probably needs a charge... My minimed will do 1 restart, so 6 total days, before needing to be charged again...
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Old 03-24-2008, 02:20 PM
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Is this Minimed? If so, the transmitter probably needs a charge... My minimed will do 1 restart, so 6 total days, before needing to be charged again...
Are you fully charging the transmitter? I thought it was suppose to last 14 days between chargings and it seems to recent to need a new one.
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Old 03-24-2008, 03:23 PM
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In theory it will last 14 days, but I get weak signals after 6 days without a charge too.
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Old 03-24-2008, 05:32 PM
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Are you fully charging the transmitter? I thought it was suppose to last 14 days between chargings and it seems to recent to need a new one.
The 7th day has been consistent since starting. This is the first I have heard of 14 days, I have never even been close to this.
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Old 03-24-2008, 07:07 PM
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This kills me...I think about you almost every time I get a close or very close calibration reading...rarely am I so off that I think "uh-oh"...and then after the "Bad Cal" error, it generally is decent afterward.
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Old 03-24-2008, 08:05 PM
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This kills me...I think about you almost every time I get a close or very close calibration reading...rarely am I so off that I think "uh-oh"...and then after the "Bad Cal" error, it generally is decent afterward.
It's odd, because I'm on day 4 of this sensor, and when I'm in range, it's been dead on. It I'm 92, it says I'm 92. However, when I go out of range, it doesn't move much at all. My high this afternoon went up to 345, which got the sensor up to 114. I had a low later that was in the 60s, and my sensor went down to 86. So it always reads someone in 80-120, in accurate in normal range, but doesn't catch the extremes at all. Very odd. And this is one of my better sensors.
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Old 03-24-2008, 08:12 PM
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It's odd, because I'm on day 4 of this sensor, and when I'm in range, it's been dead on. It I'm 92, it says I'm 92. However, when I go out of range, it doesn't move much at all. My high this afternoon went up to 345, which got the sensor up to 114.
I can't say I disagree with this, at times. I thought of you yesterday when my sensor read 156 and my meter read 52... As much as I love it most of the time, one cannot dismiss the way he feels, nor trust the sensor 100%...

Funny, now that I say that... sensor now reads 52, meter reads 125... I was 62 though... like 45 minutes ago...

As weird as it sounds... maybe just coincidence... my left side of abdomen always has issues... bleeders, inaccurate, short life... my right side last week was perfect, 95% of the time...
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Old 03-25-2008, 12:27 PM
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As weird as it sounds... maybe just coincidence... my left side of abdomen always has issues... bleeders, inaccurate, short life... my right side last week was perfect, 95% of the time...
I am the opposite. My left is the best and I have issues on the right side. Hmmm
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Old 03-26-2008, 05:58 AM
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It's odd, because I'm on day 4 of this sensor, and when I'm in range, it's been dead on. It I'm 92, it says I'm 92. However, when I go out of range, it doesn't move much at all. My high this afternoon went up to 345, which got the sensor up to 114. I had a low later that was in the 60s, and my sensor went down to 86. So it always reads someone in 80-120, in accurate in normal range, but doesn't catch the extremes at all. Very odd. And this is one of my better sensors.
Did you do a calibration in the extreme ranges? I think these silly things need a point of reference or else they can't properly calculate extreme highs and lows...
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Old 03-26-2008, 06:26 AM
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Did you do a calibration in the extreme ranges? I think these silly things need a point of reference or else they can't properly calculate extreme highs and lows...
Nope, I try and calibrate when it's close. I have found if I calibrate when low, I can't get it up and it alarms every 20 minutes. I just calibrated at 73, so we'll see how it goes.
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