I’ve had smooth use and changes on my Dexcom G7 since starting in January… until yesterday.
Around mid-day on a sensor at about 50% of the way through use, I got the alert that it was not reading data. I waited 3 hours as instructed, and then got the Sensor Failed message. Now this was fun, as this week my wife and I are in our travel camper an hour from home… and I did not have an extra! But she was working that day and able to pick up my refills before returning.
So I eagerly go throuigh the whole change, it reports pairing, and I wait the 30 minute warm up cycle.
Then this brand new sensor reports a failure!
I did another change, and its working now.
In aiming to report a failure, I’m a bit stuck on the first failed sensor. It’s been on a week. I don’t have the box. And to my chagrin, unlike the LIbrestyle App, the Dexcom mobile app does not have store data on past sensor ids, serial numbers, nor does the Clarity web site.
Shrug, I can at least report the new dud. Also, its quite convoluted what set of the list of long numbers on the box is a SN. Oh its’ the line labeled (21). That’s clear.
Now I have to remember to take photos of the boxes after using.
Ahh one more gripe. The Dexcom replacement form requires a home address. But living on a rural land location in Canada, I have no street/physical address, Its like I pretty much do not exist (beyond paying taxes). The form, like so many other e-commerce ones, relies on a look up system that excludes/wont validate PO Box addresses. Okay, I play the game. I enter the address for the local Staples store that accepts shipments often for me.
And now I know I have to take photos of the list of numbers on a Dexcom box.