Continuous Glucose Monitoring

I wore one, but had some trouble with the glue, by day 8 or so it seemed like it was on the verge of falling off, so I added some medical tape which annoyed my skin.

I suspect these devices will never go beyond 14 days at a time simply because of the glue issue. My skin was also pretty irritated once I removed the device, with some blood where the device sat.

If you chose to wear one, especially in the summer, work very hard at removing all oils from your skin before you apply it. Soap and water (preferably real soap, not SLS), and then alcohol to get everything.

I discovered that my wake/sleep cycle affected my blood sugar as much as, or even more than, what I ate.

> I suspect these devices will never go beyond 14 days at a time simply because of the glue issue.

The sensor chemically wears out over time too - the time limit is based on how long the manufacturer can guarantee good readings for.

Some people do have a lot of issues with the adhesive and skin reactions. I am lucky and don't have that.

I use an Anubis, a modified Dexcom G6, (https://www.loopandlearn.org/anubis/), which allows up to 60 days of wear. Although realistically I've never gone over 25 days. This is with adding over patches as the adhesive starts to fail though. The one I'm wearing right now is on day 18 and still doing great.

After day 10-12 I also start to do daily checks with a blood glucose meter to verify that the readings from the CGM are still correct.

I had the same issue with the Stelo tape. There's plenty of aftermarket tapes on amazon that fit the device profiles perfectly.