Any suggestions appreciated. The sensor takes a glucose reading every five minutes for up to 10 days at a time, providing dynamic glucose data that can be accessed and shared safely and … I put a G6 sensor in on Friday and it was immediately wrong by 5 points. i'm phoning dexcom directly on … Wait up to 3 hours.” message, which resulted in graphs with sporadic gaps created by a lack of readings. Still wouldn’t match. If you’d like to use the transmitter beyond the 112 days, and instead use the transmitter until the end of its battery life, you can use the same process described in my G5 … Hi Ashley @Agerard1, I don’t think that you, or more precisely your daughter is the only one with sensor problems - although your daughter’s failures appear way too frequent.I’ve seen others on here and on other sites with similar questions. As with the G5 I’ve worn it on my stomach and upper arm, and accuracy has been great. Seems like I never sleep much that first night while bouncing from low to high to low alarms. I restarted the G6 according to Leah’s process, but received the “Sensor Error: Temporary issue. The reason I wanted Dexcom is because I’m nervous to go low or high at night and not realize, so clearly this isn’t helping me at all. The Dexcom G6 transmitter is just like the G5 transmitter in that Dexcom artificially kills the transmitter by 112 days of use after first activation. Dexcom is aware too - they hear from you and Dexcom … I’ve upgraded from the G5, but am having tonnes of issues. Unfortunately I have’t heard any solutions. My 3 year old son is newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic and we were able to get the Dexcom G6 which we thought was a life safe and is turning into a nightmare. The Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System is based on a tiny, flexible sensor that's about the width of a human hair, placed just under the skin. I was wondering the same is it a dodgy batch!? The first sensor was placed at the diabetic Ed office and lasted almost the full 10 days. So I calibrated it (3times with 15 min breaks). Using Tandem Control IQ, which seems to make it worse. We changed the sensor last Sunday and are now on our 5th sensor … Here is how we insert the new Dexcom G6 to avoid frequent sensor errors. I never lose signal during the day, but for some reason the past two nights I’ve lost it for pretty much the whole night. I upgraded from Dexcom G5 to the G6 with Basal IQ a few weeks ago and am loving it. I can’t find anything online, since it’s only occurring at night. Adhesive Patches PreCut for Dexcom G6https://amzn.to/2NUOhmnHow To Remove Dexcom G6 Sensor Without Damage Get Extra Days I corrected. What’s your strategy for the first day of a new Dexcom sensor? I suppose it might have fit into Dexcom’s 30% allowable error, but that’s not usable. and the one i am currently wearing is between 5-7mmol out from bg readings. like you it's knocked my cgm confidence and i am finger pricking more. I was wondering if anyone had experienced any issues with the dexcom G6 giving them inaccurate readings? I just inserted a new G6 sensor last night and woke up to a high reading that surprised me. I decided to experiment with my upper thigh this time and am wondering about peoples experience with accuracy that area? We do reset/stretch out sensors to 20 days so if 1 out of 7 sensors needs to be calibrated for a day or two it’s not bad. Although i only phone dexcom if it messes up within the first 7 days i use the sensor. I tried the G5 … It on my stomach and upper arm, and accuracy has been great it might have fit into Dexcom’s %. The G6 with Basal IQ a few weeks ago and am loving it bouncing from low high... 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