Libre Sensor Fell Off :(

It was a beautiful day yesterday, so I went out to a friend's camp for the day.  I spent the afternoon hanging out at the lake and swimming.  I knew that the Freestyle Libre sensors are only okay in the water for 30 minutes, so I was super careful not to stay in the water too long, and to dry up before jumping back in.

Unfortunately, at the end of the day I was changing out of my bathing suit and I hit the sensor.  The sensor flipped off my arm; I guess the adhesive was weakened from all the time outside.

I phoned the company today, and I am happy to report that they're going to replace the sensor for me.  They also recommended that I get some Tegaderm to put on top of it.  I almost lost a sensor a few months ago (the adhesive started falling off after 5 hours of gardening - I apologize because I forgot to blog about that adventure) and they recommended that I get Tegaderm then; I went to a few local pharmacies and they didn't carry it. :(

So when Tegaderm was recommended to me again, I told the representative on the phone that I was having a hard time finding it in town.  And she suggested that I get some off of Amazon!  I honestly hadn't even thought about getting some from there!  I wasn't sure what size to order, so while looking for more information I ended up watching these two videos, which gave me all the information I needed (including just how durable Tegaderm is when it's protecting a Libre sensor).

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So I ordered a box and they should be here by the end of the week. I'm looking forward to trying this set up out over the weekend!

It's been super weird not having a sensor on my arm today (the one that fell off was supposed to last another 8 days and it was my last one - more are on the way, but they won't get here until tomorrow).  I can't wait until I can get myself plugged back in!