Freestyle Libre Update

Hmmm, I seem to have missed writing about my last sensor.

On Christmas Eve, I ended up taking it off.  I don't remember the details exactly, but it was starting to fall off and lasted about a week. 

That's what it looked like.  Angry, but not as bad as it has been at other times. 

I decided to give my arms a week off before putting a new sensor in.  I was going snowshoeing on New Year's Day so I wanted to have a new sensor in for that (it's so much more convenient checking your glucose with the Libre when you're outside than with a traditional glucometer).  I wasn't sure if it was a good idea or not, but I decided to try putting Clobetasol on an hour before putting the sensor on, then some Flovent on ten minutes before.  My reasoning was that the Clobetasol seems to be helping my skin heal up after the fact (the layers underneath the first one seem far healthier with the Clobetasol than with anything else), and Flovent seemed to make my arm the least angry when the sensor is actually on.

Surprisingly, that actually kind of worked.  Yes, my arm was itchy for most of the two weeks.  But the sensor stayed on through the whole period of time - this is the first two week Libre sensor I've been able to wear in a long time!

Look at that - far less angry than anything I've seen in months!!!

Hopefully it will heal up quickly, too.

For the next one, I asked my doctor if I could try Fluticasone because I had read good things about it online.  So I put a layer of Clobetasol down again first, then the Fluticasone on top.  Again, I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not, but we'll see how long it lasts and what my arm looks like underneath it once the sensor falls off (or finishes).