Going to the Pool with a Dexcom Arm Site

Last week I went to the pool for the first time with a Dexcom arm site. This is actually the first time that I’ve gone to the pool with a Dexcom in any site.

I wasn’t really concerned about people seeing the Dexcom in my arm and being freaked out about being in the water with me while wearing it. I’m not going to lie, there are times that I get freaked out when I see people with scabs and band-aids and bandages on while in the pool. Frankly, I don’t know why they have those bandages, so I don’t know what could be getting passed in the pool.

My biggest fear was that it was going to fall off while I was swimming and that I wouldn’t feel it and then my transmitter would be lost and that would not be good.

Neither of those things happened.

I was happy to be wearing my CGM while in the pool because the pool typically drops my blood sugar quite quickly. I wasn’t doing any strenuous swimming, it was more just following my daughter around in the kid section and getting a few moments to dip my head under the water.

Blood sugar stayed pretty steady, but it’s great to be able to know that real time.

I was also very happy with the sensor tape that held up. There were no issues with it peeling or coming off at all.

In fact, that was day number 10 or 11 and it was still holding on tight.

All-in-all, it was a great first experience wearing my Dexcom to the pool and it was even better with it being on my arm.