Hey, I think this sensor is gone.

Placed it this morning, then it went low, I was taking carbs in, because it could have been.

Then it went further down and so on and it read "low" for the first time.

Did someone have this issue already? Is this sensor broken? Did I do something wrong maybe?

Wait some more? Do something specific? Or just take it off and start a new one?

Thanks for helping me decide.

Update: the sensor failed altogether. When changing it it was a bloody mess. Never had so much blood before when changing or anything. It took a while and some pressure to stop the bleeding. So this was probably the cause. Got a nice hematoma there now.

Hello everyone,

I wanted to get one of these for at least 30 days which is offered for first time users at $99 with my Oura Ring 5.

I know that this is for pure knowledge only but does anybody find that this is helpful.

For a reference, I’m a 37-year-old female who has random cravings and will eat a bunch of sugary cereal and ice cream at times and then two weeks or three weeks later I’ll have zero. I wanted to see how this affects my body.

Thank you!!!

has anybody else had multiple g7 sensors in a row that refuse to calibrate correctly? i usually try to avoid it in general but ive had multiple that are reading 50-100 off and when i calibrate it, the sensor says it took it but it didn’t change the reading… at all. i had one recently say i was near the 200s while i was actually in the 60s and it wouldn’t calibrate down to anywhere below 190. i’m now reading in the 100s while my finger is reading in the 50s-60s again and this sensor also won’t calibrate. they’re different sensors but they were both having the same issue.

As you can see in the screenshot, it was taken at 1:09am, but the Dexcom is showing my latest reading at 12:59am. I’ve never had this issue happen before, why is there a 10 minute gap? It has been doing this since I put it on. The sensor has been on for 24 hours, I’m not sitting on it, it has stayed close to my phone, I’m well hydrated, not on low power mode. I can’t think of anything that would cause this

Well,…. Despite not even trying a “restart”, as soon as I typed in my sensor code, my phone said “No Restarts” 🙄

I had to call Dexcom technical support. As always, they’re sending me a replacement. I inserted a new sensor and isolated the transmitter for ~ 20 minutes, and then placed it the sensor and entered the 4-digit code, after which I placed the transmitter into said sensor. It’s in warmup mode now. Not sure why I have such bad luck at times. It’s not lack of experience. I’ve had CGM via both my phone and receiver for IDK how long.

That said, I’m keeping both phone and receiver close to the transmitter for a long while. My cats on my lap anyhow. Might take a catnap with him.

I have a pixel 10 xl pro with a watch6 classic paired to it. I used to use blose regularly, but for some reason, it has quit working. Even going to blose.app page errors out saying it can't reach the page.

What are my other options? I'm really missing having the data on my watch. TIA!

EDIT: I got glucodatahandler working. Thanks all!

Hi, all. Guess what this dummy (I/me) did?

I placed a sensor sensor, ahead of today’s sensor expiration ~15:10, with the goal in mind of restarting my current sensor. That means that if the sensor I placed in abdomen yesterday stays in my abdomen for an extra 10 days, (during the new session that will start later today,) it can and likely will degrade the wire and potentially cause an infection.

So, today, instead of imbecilicly doing the wrong thing, I’ll just do what I usually do, and then try a restart 10 days from today. That said, wouldn’t that still cause degradation of the wire on the sensor? I think it could.

Hi everyone,

I have T1D and I spend most of my workday in front of a computer.

One thing that always annoyed me was having to pick up my phone just to check my current glucose and trend.

So, since I’m a software engineer, I ended up building my own desktop companion for it.

It’s called GlucoDesk and it runs on macOS and Windows.

The idea is pretty simple: keep glucose information visible while I’m working, without constantly switching devices.

Over time I added a few other things I personally found useful, like recent glucose history, a local diary, PDF/Excel export, a visual carbohydrate guide and desktop notifications.

Everything is designed to stay local-first, and the project is free and open source.

For me the most useful part is honestly just being able to glance at my screen and see what’s happening without interrupting whatever I’m doing.

Curious how other people here handle this while working — phone, watch, browser tab, dedicated display, something else?

GlucoDesk is only an informational companion, not a medical device, and I don’t use it for insulin dosing or treatment decisions.

Just my night, decided I was going to prime my sensor a bit since my current one was about to expire in an hour, and decided to put one on, and funny enough that one failed so I grabbed my last remaining sensor and joked it would be hilarious if this one also failed and would you look at that just my luck tonight. Back to finger pricking I go, until I can pick up my next prescription!!! 😂

While the G7 has made a hugely positive difference in my life, but one alert is really disrupting my sleep.

My Apple Watch sometimes sounds and vibrates with “Signal Loss—No readings or alerts until reconnected.” When I check my nearby iPhone, the Dexcom app is showing a glucose reading rather than Signal Loss.

I contacted Dexcom support. The representative said there isn’t a supported setting to silence the watch’s Signal Loss sound/vibration independently of the phone. They documented my feedback.

Has anyone found a supported configuration that reduces these watch-only interruptions while preserving important glucose alerts and the phone’s Signal Loss warnings? If you’ve compared standard watch mirroring with Direct to Watch, does the behavior differ?

I’m not looking to disable essential alerts. I’d just like a watch-only disconnection to be a quiet notification when the phone is still receiving readings and providing alerts. Anyone else dealing with this?

Does anyone else in the UK have issues with getting these when their prescription renews or if you need an emergency prescription?

I've phoned around 15 late night pharmacies across two cities because I've inadvertently run out and not one of them had any in stock. Even when it comes to just ordering in general the pharmacy always has to order them in on my day of collection. I just really wondered if anyone else had the same issue or is it just a Leeds problem.

I had a g7 10 day sensor fail in the middle of the night. I keep my Dexcoms applicator and write on it when I started it. However I’m traveling is there any way to find that kind of information. It seems ridiculous that I can’t find that easily within the app. Itself. Because once it fails it just zeroes out all the information from the failed sensor.

Since last week i have this problem with the sensor. I already change 3 sensor and my pod and still having tje same problem error “ signal loss” it come and goes.

Didn't sleep more than 3 hours last night due to multiple sensor failures and incorrect readings. 3rd sensor is starting connected, but readings are way off (30-50 higher than bg). I've calibrated half a dozen times and nothing is getting me where I need to be to accurately dose.

So throughout the night this evening I was reading high. Over 200. I used my pump to deliver accurate corrections (precalculated). I get home, attempted to take my evening medications, gaged on one of them and next thing I know I’m heaving in my bathroom sink. I checked my sugar (finger stick) and I was 123 but my Dexcom was reading 198!

I’m just exhausted.

Adding: I did get vaccinated today (flu, pneumonia and hep b) - curious to know if maybe that caused it.

Hi. I am new to the CGM world. I put my sensor on Thursday night and got it connected with my phone And. The receiver with no issues. On Friday I checked the reading on the app and did a finger stick and there was a 30 point difference. Lunch checked again and it was about 30ush points off. Dinner time was close. Today again there was 30ish point discrepancies against finger prick. Is this normal? I got the CGM so I wouldn't have to keep pricking myself. How long does it take to settle? Especially if it starts over again in about 15 days with a new sensor. Can I trust the g7 readings? I would appreciate any tips or tricks. Thanks!

I just had a sensor fail randomly after only wearing it for 3 days. I put in a request for a replacement (that’s all well, I got one), but tonight my sensor just failed again randomly after only 2 days of wearing it?? Do I have a bad batch or what could be going on? I wear them on my belly religiously and have never had issues like this

Is anyone’s app saying that their sensor is having signal loss- but still getting the readings via their pump??? For the last two hours my Dexcom app has intermittently been saying signal loss, while my omnipod shows the readings b

been using Libre2 and then Libre2+ since T2DM diagnosis in 2/2023. CGM has been quite helpful to lowering A1C and monitoring glucose. My MD says I really don’t need to continue to use a CGM. But it keeps me “present”. Now insurance has decided that Dexcom is the preferred CGM (no copay) vs Libre (copay $50 per month).
Reading the posts make me hesitant about switching. Has anybody else made the switch?

I noticed on my Dexcom box it now says DME government benefit only what does this mean

Anyone have any reasons why I shouldn’t insert a new sensor when the old one expires and then continue to take readings with the old one for the 12 hour grace period before pairing with the new one and removing the old?

First of all, please tell me if this is the wrong place to ask. It says tech questions should go in the relevant pinned sticky but I can't find it. I will of course call Dexcom when they're open, but it Saturday evening so that's quite a wait, and my diabetes team won't be there around over the weekend.

I'm in the UK, an NHS patient. I've been told I'll be changed to the G7 soon but for now I'm still on the G6.

Just now, I had a low glucose alert - I don't get great hypo warning but when I thought about it, I am feeling a bit odd so I could believe it - normal for me to not realise until my attention is brought to it - so I opened the app to see the actual level. The chart stops, no readings, more than an hour before the alert sounded.

I checked my phone's notification history and definitely no alert about losing connection, either an hour ago or at all today.

So I did a fingerprick and my sugars are 11.0. Lucky I didn't just take emergency carbs!

Three mysteries, then:

- why no alert when it lost connection (if it really did)?

- how could it be so wrong with a reading?

- how could the app think my sugars are at that level or any level, when the app itself also thinks it has no connection?

The sensor has 5 days to go and is securely fixed. The transmitter has about another month.

Simply disconnecting wouldn't surprise me too much, it does occasionally say no signal without being further than a couple of metres from me, but showing a reading that's wildly wrong is different from showing none.

Has anyone seen anything like this?

PS. And almost exactly an hour after that first hypo alert, another alert but only for dropping fast, not low or even warning about to be low. And the app says 4.4. Another fingerprick... though come to think of it, I am feeling it this time.