I fired up my new Dexcom last night, and it seems that’s all I get: ???
The sensor insertion went fine, with only a small trouble figuring out how to get the plunger thing off. Waiting the 2 hour startup time went fine. Then came calibration.
Maybe it’s just because I didn’t know what I was doing, but it took 2 1/2 hours to fully calibrate the darn thing. I know I entered at least 10 calibration values before it started showing me any data points.
I finally got a couple values, so I went to sleep. When I woke up, I checked on the graph to see how I was doing. Well, I have no idea really. I got maybe 2 or 3 values an hour, with HUGE gaps in between. What is the purpose of this thing if I doesn’t actually capture any data?
Thinking it might be that I slept on that side funny, I let it go. I managed to get about 5 values in a row while eating breakfast, getting dressed, etc. Then, more ???. A couple more values while walking to work, then more ???.
Is this normal for the first day? I was really looking forward to having a nice curve to look at, but it’s not much of a curve with only a handful of readings per hour. I really don’t want to replace the sensor so soon, so I’m just going to wait it out for now. Any tips or reassurance you have would be greatly appreciated.