Anyone experiencing adhesive issues with G7 sensors? A number of weeks ago, I started having issues with the sensor not staying on. Typically it didn’t start being a problem till around day 8 or 9 (10 day sensor) so I didn’t bother reporting it.
But I put a new sensor in this morning around 9 am and by 3 pm, one side of the sensor was starting to lift. I can always feel it flapping on my upper arm followed by low blood sugar, then a “LOW” is displayed. This, when my BS is not low at all. So I filed a report online. Hopefully Dexcom will replace it as I just had one replaced a couple of months ago for a different reason.
This made me wonder why Dexcom seems to be pushing the use of the overpatch in recent months (or am I wrong?). It seems as if the overpatch was always an optional thing that had to be requested separately but now the G7 comes with an overpatch in each box. Is that because Dexcom knows they are now necessary for G7s?
I used to have a lot of difficulty removing my G7 sensors which is why I never bothered using the overpatch. The adhesive always seemed so strong. Now I use them all the time because without them, the darn thing won’t stay on.
I’m interested to know if anyone else is having this issue and wondering if Dexcom has messed with the adhesive materials.