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If you wear both an insulin pump and a CGM, how often do you put both devices on the same area of your body? (ex: pump site and CGM in the same section of your abdomen, both on the same arm, etc.)
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I put them on the same side (right or left) of my body, but not the same area any longer.
I have a rotation system so that my pump site and my CGM site while on the same side of my body are not near each other. When CGM site is on my abdomen my pump site is on my thighs then when my CGM moves to my arms my pump site moves to my abdomen.
I wear a CGM only. One of the reasons I don’t pump is so I can put each bolus in a different spot using a greater variety of places and avoid causing scar tissue.
Always in the same place so I can keep track of where they are and not knock one off. CGM changes every 10 days so the pod change every 2 days goes in the place. Always rotate the sites.
I sometimes wear both in the same area, but I always leave at least 3 inches between them.
I wear pump and CGM on the same side of my body. CGM upper arm, pump on abdomen. I have found that if the CGM id on the opposite died from my T-Slim pump, I have frequent loss of connection.
I put them on the same side of my body, but no longer together on my abdomen. I’m short, 4’8″, ran out of space.
My CGM stays on my lower thighs. I rotate my sites in 6-10 different body areas so I sometimes have CGM and infusion site in the same “area”/section.
I have different site rotation for my CGM and pump.
I wear both infusion set and CGM sensor on my abdomen. I use an inner circle around my belly button for the infusion sites. And I use an outer circle for CGM sensors. They will occasionally be adjacent. When that happens I keep them far enough apart that the tapes don’t overlap.
CGM is always on my arm and sets are on my abdomen, hips or other areas but never on my arms.
When I learned I was supposed to put them on the same side, I started doing that!!!
I wear my CGM on my abdomen and my pump on my arms, thighs, hips and backside. So, they are never in the same place. I do try to keep them on the same side of my body. If they are on opposite sides, I use my thigh for the pump so that I can still put it in a pocket on the same side as the CGM. That way I don’t lose the connection.
I wear CGM on opposite of pod and rotate sites using abdomen only for CGM and other areas to rotate Pod.
My pump site goes on my abdomen, my CGM in my arm. I wear my actual pump on the same side as my CGM ( I use my pocket or spi belt on the same side as my CGM)
Never in the same place because I end up having too many places unavailable to change my sites around.
Similar to many – CGM on back of arm and pump set on abdomen, with both on same side of the body for best bluetooth connection.
Always the same side of my body, but never the same area. Infusion site goes hip/arm/hip every 3 days and CGM goes in upper arm every 10 days.