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    If you wear a pump or CGM, do you usually change your site or sensor around the same time of day?

    Home > LC Polls > If you wear a pump or CGM, do you usually change your site or sensor around the same time of day?
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    If you wear a pump or CGM, when in your daily routine do you prefer to change your sites/sensors?

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    25 Comments

    1. Bob Durstenfeld

      That would be nice, it usually change them when they run out.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Clare Fishman

      Since pods are on for 80 hours the time I change them is different every time.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. Mick Martin

      No. I change sites when I get an ‘alarm’ from my pump informing me that it needs doing.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Donna Condi

      No. I change my site when it runs out and that is always different times. And my Dexcom gets changed around the same time unless it dies early.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Annie Wall

      It’s pretty much yes for me because Dexcom turns the sensor off 10 days later at the same time the sensor session started. However, if you suddenly have to change out a bum sensor, that can easily change your time of day. My preference is morning.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Gene Maggard

      Although I don’t have a specific routine, I try and change my infusion set at a time during the day where I can catch any anomalies (such as highs due to a bad site location). As far as the CGM goes, I change it at a time where I can count on my glucose level being relatively stable for two hours while it warms up. After meals is not a good time for me because then I’m constantly doing a finger stick to see where I am.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. connie ker

      I change the Freestyle Libre when it times out. However, sometimes it quits a few days earlier, and sometimes the sensor comes loose on the arm. I change when it is necessary to do so.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. Kristine Warmecke

      I change my pump site when I’m alerted to less than 20 units. With my G6 it’s usually around the same time every 10 days. If I have t have a MIR/MRA, I try to schedule it for day 10 or toward the end of the 10 days as possible.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Lynn Green

      This is a yes for CGM which is very regular every 10 days. And a no for pump since I change every 2 days but change at different times due to how much insulin is still available in my pump.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Ken Raiche

      The only one out of the two that would possibly be changed at the same time of day would be the CGM. As for the pump that becomes much more difficult due to the never ending changes potential rollercoaster of sugar levels. So yes on CGM if everything goes well no sensor or transmitter issues and no of the infusion sites. That is why I answered this question with other.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. George Hamilton

      Like many others above, I change the pump cartridge and infusion set when the insulin runs low, and I change the sensor when it quits after 10 days. Time of day varies.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. Megan L

      Pretty much the same as everybody else here. The time for the pump site changes, but it’s the same time for the sensor.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Amanda Barras

      My insulin running out and my sensor expiring rarely correlate.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. Conniekaycox

      Don’t you hate it when your pump needs changing at 330 am or runs out if insulin While your working. The alarm is so loud.! Lol am trying to learn to find humor. Been in this situation for 10 months. You all give e me hope that survival is possible.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. Thomas Hatton

      I try to change my CGM sensor in the morning of the last day. That way I can get the “warm up” and 2 calibrations in before I go to bed. If I knock a sensor out I will start a new one right away and get back to my morning cycle as close to the end of the last day that works. I have gotten better wit tape and am more careful not to rub my transmitter against things as I an working.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. Ceolmhor

      I’m surprised that so many answered “No” to this question. In my case, at least (Medtronic 670G and CGM), it takes many hours for the new sensor to stabilize, and I try to get it as stable as possible before bedtime. So I do sensor replacement in the morning. And if I can’t do the change fairly early in the day (say, by mid-afternoon), I’ll run in manual mode until the next morning, in order to avoid the high level of sleep disruption that would otherwise occur.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Christina Trudo

      I did not understand this question to mean change them both at the same time of day, though I like ot do that if it occurs naturally. Instead I understood it to mean either or, and the answer is more like “occasionally” than “usually”. I tend to do that in the evening if that works, but I’m retired with little scheduled, so I’ll do it whenever. I tend to know when it’s coming soon and choose a convenient time.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. Grey Gray

      Change my CGM in the morning of day it is due. I try to do it on Sundays so it can stabilize before I work on Monday. I have learned to live with auto mode… Sundays can be rough very different basal patterns

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. Mary Ann Sayers

      No. My CGM is changed every 10 days on schedule. My pump’s warranty expired, so I’m using it with insulin shots to maintain bg levels. I change each of them as needed.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. Mary Ann Sayers

      PS. I am making a request for a closed-loop system pump!!!

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    21. Janis Senungetuk

      No, it’s never exactly the same time. I change my pump set when I’m almost out of insulin and my CGM at different times every 10 days.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    22. Ann Taylor

      I change my cgm every 10 days whatever the time of day it was the last time. If i won’t be home at that time I would change it earlier. But that doesn’t happen much nowadays 🙁 My pump I change whenever I get low on insulin. Or if the pump is leaking!

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    23. Derek West

      I change my CGM around the same time every Sunday morning, a slow day, but my pump I change out when it’s empty.

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    24. Donald Cragun

      I change my CGM at the same time every 10 days unless a sensor fails. I change pump infusion sets every 3 days at about the same time of day. I change pump cartridges when the current cartridge is empty.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    25. Becky Hertz

      I don’t have any set times. I try not to cane my insertion site right before bed, cause, you know.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply

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