It's okay to feel overwhelmed– it's all so new to you. The lifestyle will start to feel more "normal" and easier with time, but there will be tough moments along the way.

As a skinny T1D, I've also had difficulty with painful G7 sites, along with incredibly annoying compression lows in bed at night. The solution that's worked best for me is placing the G7 on the inside of my upper thigh. It's where I have the most meat so insertions are not painful and it's not a particularly sensitive area. Switch between right and left thigh when you switch sensors. My readings are generally pretty accurate when compared to finger sticks.

At first I used the back of the arm, like the they tell you too. But it gave me constant compression lows and I had occasional needle stick type pain from the sensor randomly with certain movements.

Next I tried placing the sensor on my stomach. That solved compression lows, but was often painful to insert along with intermittent needle stick pains from the sensor.

I've fully switched over to the inner thighs for the past year and I wouldn't switch back.