So this happened. :(
While this Dexcom G6 Sensor was on, I could feel my skin itching underneath. I was hoping it was nothing, but when I took the sensor off (it made it through the full 10 days), the skin underneath was patchy and irritated. Thankfully it's not as bad as the Libre was (yet). But very upsetting that it happened at all. :(
I immediately phoned Dexcom, but their support was no help whatsoever (they told me to talk to my doctor or pharmacist; my doctor and I already tried everything when my skin started reacting to the Libre sensors). I then emailed my nurse asking what to do and whether I should attempt another sensor or not. She recommended that I try it and see what happens.
I didn't end up putting a new sensor in until the next day, giving my skin some time to heal (plus I started moisturizing where I was going to put the new sensor in, on the off chance that might help). I tried another sensor from the same box, but for some reason that one failed immediately. I phoned Dexcom back, and they're sending me a new one as a replacement (we have no idea why this one failed, he asked me a ton of questions and I did everything right when putting it in). At that point, since I have a second box, I took a sensor from that; the new sensor is working fine so far (and no itchiness yet!)
My dad recommended I look online for other people who may have had problems with Dexcom (and what their solutions are). So I hunted around a bit, and stumbled on a post from This is Caleb on the subject; in the comments of that post, someone said they solved their skin irritation by just cleaning the site with soap and water (and letting it dry), rather than using alcohol wipes. The alcohol dries the skin out too much. So I'm thinking I might try that for the next sensor to see how it goes (along with continuing to moisturize the area a lot!)
While this Dexcom G6 Sensor was on, I could feel my skin itching underneath. I was hoping it was nothing, but when I took the sensor off (it made it through the full 10 days), the skin underneath was patchy and irritated. Thankfully it's not as bad as the Libre was (yet). But very upsetting that it happened at all. :(
I immediately phoned Dexcom, but their support was no help whatsoever (they told me to talk to my doctor or pharmacist; my doctor and I already tried everything when my skin started reacting to the Libre sensors). I then emailed my nurse asking what to do and whether I should attempt another sensor or not. She recommended that I try it and see what happens.
I didn't end up putting a new sensor in until the next day, giving my skin some time to heal (plus I started moisturizing where I was going to put the new sensor in, on the off chance that might help). I tried another sensor from the same box, but for some reason that one failed immediately. I phoned Dexcom back, and they're sending me a new one as a replacement (we have no idea why this one failed, he asked me a ton of questions and I did everything right when putting it in). At that point, since I have a second box, I took a sensor from that; the new sensor is working fine so far (and no itchiness yet!)
My dad recommended I look online for other people who may have had problems with Dexcom (and what their solutions are). So I hunted around a bit, and stumbled on a post from This is Caleb on the subject; in the comments of that post, someone said they solved their skin irritation by just cleaning the site with soap and water (and letting it dry), rather than using alcohol wipes. The alcohol dries the skin out too much. So I'm thinking I might try that for the next sensor to see how it goes (along with continuing to moisturize the area a lot!)
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