I started a new sensor last night. Didn’t think anything about it, just started it and went along with my evening.
Eventually after a few hours, something caught my eye on my shirt.
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Yikes!!! 
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I got off the phone with DexCom just 5 minutes ago with sensor problems. But nothing so serious as that.
I’ve never seen anything like that extreme. Has it happened before to you?
(on a tangential topic, I think Dexcom’s customer service remains very good. My sensor gave out a couple of days early, and I got some helpful troubleshooting as well as a new sensor from CS rep Mai in the Philippines).
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I’ve had a few wacky ones, but that one might be the worst!
At least it will be rock solid once it settles down. Bleeders are a PITA for the first 24 hours or so, then great for the duration.
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Is that a G4? Out of curiosity, why are you still using that? Does Dexcom even support it these days?
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It’s a G6.
Probably hard to tell because of all the blood.
It did look like G4 in the original picture. Here is a better picture.
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It’s annoying & it does happen. You probably hit a vein or sensitive spot.
The worst I’ve had was with my pump both times in the middle of the night sleeping. It hit an artery & I had to put pressure on it & wash it off in the shower. I had no idea I hit an artery until I took it off & almost Monty Python blood came out.
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I’m not quite dead yet! lol
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Had a similar event quite a while back when I still used G6s (not that it’s the device, I’m sure it isn’t)! It was a dark and stormy night…(sorry, for effect only!). I applied a new sensor on my stomach at night, nothing different or painful about it, no notice of bleeding immediately. After about 15-20 minutes, I noticed a “wet” feeling on one of my arms resting in my lap; looked down and thought I’d spilled something on myself at first, only to find that distinctive red color and smell of blood soaking thru my pajama top where the new sensor was located; it had started soaking the PJ bottoms as well! After soaking a couple of paper towels applying pressure and it not working, I removed the sensor so I could apply pressure at the picture site; it stopped after a minute or two. I cleaned up myself, washed the pajamas, and re-applied a sensor elsewhere! I gave the site a rest (my rotation schedule of about 20 days), then started using it again. I’ve had a couple of “bleeders” since, but never that bad again and am careful to avoid “apparent” veins looking sites. Have switched to the G7, had a few blood “spots” but nothing like that one!
Glad to know I’m not the only one! It’s probably something we all are likely to experience at some point, but none the less “exciting” when it happens! Moral of the story: If you like your clothes, check your gear after application!
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Huh. Two of us read it as a 4. Must be a Canadian thing. Wonder if that explains the trade deal impasse …
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