Earlier in the week I spoke with my diabetes nurse. She in turn had talked to the Freestyle Libre rep, who had recommend I try spraying Flovent on my skin prior to inserting the sensor. I'd never heard of Flovent before, but it is primarily used as an inhaler for people with asthma. Apparently it is sometimes recommended for people who have skin reactions to the adhesive their insulin pump infusion sets.
When I went to insert my sensor yesterday, I wanted to see what people said about using Flovent first. I honestly couldn't find much more than this Tu Diabetes forum post, which mentioned using it, and this FU Diabetes post that recommends cleaning the site then spraying the Flovent on. I couldn't 100% remember what my Nurse said to do (beyond letting the Flovent dry completely and that it will leave a white film on my arm), so I went with the advice from the FU Diabetes post. So now I'm over 18 hours with the new sensor on and so far my skin hasn't had that telltale itchy feeling that it's been getting when it starts to react, so hopefully this is going to work! (I am a bit concerned though that the sensor readings have been really out so far, but hopefully that will fix itself within the next day or so).
Oh, the rep also recommended I get vet tape to affix the sensor in place on my arm for activity. It's supposed to be really cheap and easily available at a pet store. So I went to a pet store last night and they didn't have it. :/
The girl did recommend getting hockey tape though, saying it is the same thing. I'll have to do a bit more research on it before I try that (and I'm going to try phoning around to all the other pet stores to see if they have any).
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