Just dumb. I always take off the sensor and throw it out. Same with my pods. So it just kind of happened - without thinking, doing that normal practice of peeling something off and throwing it away
It only had about 6 weeks on it.
I have more, so it isn’t a big deal. Just wasn’t thinking right.
Almost. Murphy’s law seems to kick in when we’re in a hurry! I’ve started prying the transmitter out of its port first before I tear the sensor off, which keeps my brain focused on saving it. I’ve done the sort of similar thing with pods: Start a new pod and forget to take off the old expired one, go back a half hour later and rip off/trash the brand new pod.
I’ve done this before when I was younger (probably vintage Dexcom days, like Dexcom Seven or Seven Plus), accidentally threw away my whole sensor + transmitter, I think it was at like a theme park or something like that to make it even more unrecoverable. At the time we did not have extras, and my parents definitely were not pleased lol
Yep, I’ve done it. I’m usually just so happy to tear that sensor off of me that it is so easy to toss it out without removing the transmitter! I did rummage through the trash to recover it though!
Those guys are jerks… I’ve tried this in an attempt to score bonus transmitters, they will not send replacements without recovering the original, they’re super stingy about it!