2 Weeks using a Stelo CGM

After 2 weeks using a Stelo CGM, I have a few more observations.

The flowery overpatches have yet to last the full 10 days that are advertised, but that is probably just user error and caustic sweat.
- The first had to be pulled off as I put it on during the warmup of the first cgm, which failed about 5 minutes later. Learned to wait until the warmup was done before
- I went 8 days with the second patch. It caught on my bra, which I have decided was old enough that I probably needed to either get rid of or modify: elastic needs to be replaced, holes patched, possibly changing the straps to convertible style. It might even be old enough to vote.
- The third patch lasted, maybe 12 hours. I went for a bike ride about 10 hours into wearing it, and had to put an extra large bandage over the patch to stop it from peeling off and taking the transmitter’s patch with it. Still have the bandage holding the patches in place as it didn’t dislodge the transmitter. I think the bandage might be a possible alturnate overpatch, and should get a new box of them anyway as it was the last bandage of that size in the first aid kit.

Vitamin C spikes my results.
- Saw a couple videos showing that it’s common as the meter seems to count it in the glucose.
- So, those numbers might not have been quite that bad on the first week. I just didn’t notice over the trying to find a safe and effective way to lower my blood sugar in the middle of the night without waking anyone up.
- Didn’t test with finger sticks as I have no idea where they are at the moment. Severe ADHD strikes again!

Now that I’ve survived another week as a pseudo pincushion, I’m cool with continuing the experiment for another couple weeks. The CGM comes off tomorrow, the 16th day of wearing it, at abit after midday. I plan to get the new one on about half an hour before taking off the old one, just to make sure I don’t have another dud.