# Why are my G5 sensors not lasting as long?

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-are-my-g5-sensors-not-lasting-as-long/5420>\
**Category:** C/GM\
**Tags:** cgm, dexcom\
**Created:** [November 6, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-are-my-g5-sensors-not-lasting-as-long/5420 "2018-11-06T21:28:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-are-my-g5-sensors-not-lasting-as-long/5420/8 "2018-11-06T21:06:11Z")

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> [@Repeated Dexcom G6 failures](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/repeated-dexcom-g6-failures/4801/57):
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> it was this summer

That is true for us too, but our sensors must have been at least 3 months old. So for us that would put the shipping of the sensors back to March or so.

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