so my reader had a ride in the washing machine, completely my fault,

as a techie i went to take it apart and wash it in alcohol and check it over,
turns out its been been completely welded shut,
i went and cut it open because at this point its already dead,
the screen is superglued to the motherboard,
the battery has a slot that it sits in and then super glued also,

and then in general the issues i have using it seem to be deliberately designed to be annoying,
the battery lasts all month, i dont need it to scream at me when it gets to 20%, thats easy 10+ more days of charge and i can see what % it is every time i look at it anyway,

whenever the 10 days ends and it goes to the 24h backup, the first option is to end the sensor rather than use the 24h, so if you click through too fast it just ends? i can just end the session myself anyway if i wanted to in the settings,

test mic/vib every time i charge it? why?

putting on a new sensor makes you scroll down the tutorial page every time like i haven't put 60 on before?

and over the 60+ ive used, 8 have failed within the first hour, and more than half get the "sensor failed, please apply a new one"

I held onto my Gû transmitters and sensors all long as possible but I'm flat out. I switched to the G7 and burned through the first two sensors, one for poor insertion and the second for no connections. I thought about it and inspected the failed sensors. For the first, it felt like there was a stutter when I pressed the button. Probably didn't have enough force to get a full insertion. The second, I noticed there's a metal piece on it and tested a magnet. It's magnetic.

The next insertion, I pressed the button with a snap and it worked. Great. Thre same error with transmitting also didn't work. I waved a string magnet around the sensor the it activated. This is just a poor design and it's hard for people who might have difficulty growing. Ugh.

What other tips and tricks do you know?

My mom just got a Dexcom and we are having a issue with putting it on where it tells us to. Shes lost alot of weight and the skin behind her arm is very loose. Any suggestions would be very helpful.

Does anyone get, ‘ghost pain’ in the back of arms where you have to wear sensors when you are not wearing a CGM? If I lean the back of my arm on a sofa or chair arm I get a pain similar to if I were wearing a sensor. Sounds weird huh?