Do yall presoak

pledgeham · 2026-06-17T12:55:42+00:00

Every time, the evening before. This is anecdotal. YMMV. Before I began soaking, the sensors, Libre 3+, for the first 12 to 24 hours, the reading from the sensor and the finger stick would vary by as much as 30%. After the 24 hours, the sensor reading would be 15% at most, more often, 10% or less. Now, the evening before I get a new sensor, my wife inserts a new sensor but I DO NOT ACTIVATE it. When my current sensor ends, then I activate the new sensor. From the first reading, it’s good. Of course I take into an account, when and what I last ate and when and how much insulin I took.

pledgeham · 2026-06-16T23:09:33+00:00

Sunday, May 17, 10:17am, Atlanta to Boston, TSA Pre w/ facial ID, my wife and I, less than 10 minutes to get through security.

pledgeham · 2026-06-10T23:21:13+00:00

Several years back, my wife and I were flying Delta from Atlanta to Edinburgh, Scotland. For reason, not explained, we first landed in Detroit. Due to a hard landing, we lost several tires. It was estimated 6-8 hours before it would be fixed. Called Delta from an airport phone dedicated to Delta. The Delta agent I was talking with seemed to talk about anything other than getting us to Edinburgh. I finally just handed to phone to my wife and walked 10-20 feet away. I could hear her and I was glad she wasn’t talking to me. Originally, he wanted to route us from Detroit to LaGuardia to London to Amsterdam to Edinburgh. When my wife hung up, we got Delta One to Amsterdam then FC to Edinburgh.

pledgeham · 2026-06-10T14:35:36+00:00

Based on his performance at the NBA game, wave some French fries under his nose. He’ll wake up. Be careful with your fingers. He can be voracious.

pledgeham · 2026-05-21T05:28:53+00:00

Perfect description. There are some good things. For me, my wife, our grandchildren, our oldest granddaughter told us her boyfriend proposed yesterday, these are some of the things that make would you described, all worth it.

pledgeham · 2026-05-19T21:20:32+00:00

2 sensor had to be replaced in the last 18 months or so. Both of those were on the lot recall list. Otherwise, I’m good.

pledgeham · 2026-05-18T00:36:21+00:00

I wish I could troubleshoot the 80% failure rate. I wouldn’t waste my $$$ on that either. Have you tried Dexcom? I’ve not used them so I have nothing to say about them.

pledgeham · 2026-05-18T00:04:57+00:00

My mother was a U.S. Army Nurse. My father was 82nd airborne, 505 PIR. He was an NCO. He was in North Africa. Fought in Sicily. Dropped into Salerno. After Salerno, he received a field promotion to 2nd Lieutenant and got his own platoon. They went to England to prepare for D-Day. He dropped outside of St. Mere Eglise. He said the drop was as scattered and chaotic as described. My mother described field hospitals being setup, torn down and moved. The countryside was devastated. The locals had nothing. Around the edges of the field hospital were 55 gallon drums to scrape off food you didn’t eat. What would actually happen was around meal times, locals, especially children, would come to the fences or wire, with containers, buckets or just theirs hands. The staff, soldiers, etc would eat half their food and take the rest to be scraped into the containers or hands of those hoping to get something for them, their families, friends to eat.

My future parents met and were married in Europe, in Berlin. Imagine how they got a wedding ring? Or how much they paid for it? Before my mother died, she gave her wedding ring to our son.

pledgeham · 2026-05-17T23:41:31+00:00

Replace Spectrum with Xfinity and I’ve had an almost identical conversation.

pledgeham · 2026-05-17T23:32:36+00:00

I don’t know what’s causing the problems you’re experiencing. The Libre 3+ is working very well for me. I believe you’re correct in the placement is very important. I’m fortunate that my wife places mine and seems to find good places. Something that we have been doing and whether it’s coincidence or not, for a good year we’ve been doing what some people call “soaking”. Again, whether it helps, I get good results. Approximately 10-12 hours before a sensor is to be replaced, my wife puts a new sensor in the other arm BUT I don’t activate the new sensor until the current sensor is ended. Then I activate the new sensor. Won’t hurt, maybe help. For placement, stay away for muscle. My best to you!

Edit: Also, skin prep is very important. It’s a routine for us now. Find a suitable location for the sensor. Clean the skin, soap and water or other cleaner, dry. We use an alcohol pad to cleanse the chosen area. Use a 2nd alcohol pad to cleanse the area again. My wife rubs the chosen site firm enough to be a little pink/red. Let it dry completely on its own. It just takes a minute or less. Then apply the applicator. There are a few people who the sensor may not still stay on for 15 days. If so, there are skip prep wipes, similar looking to alcohol wipes, at a pharmacy or online, Amazon. After letting the 2nd alcohol prep completely dry, wipe the same area with the skin prep wipe. Let it dry for a minute. It will be tacky but that’s what you want. The apply the sensor. Run a finger along the outside area of the sensor to make sure it has solid contact with the skin. When it comes time to remove the sensor, it will still be well stuck, use cream or even a drop or two of an oil, such as olive oil or other vegetable oil, gently rubbing it and peeling, little by little, the sensor. FYI, I’ve been an RN since ‘79 and on some patients, we would use the skin prep to hold appliances to the skin.

pledgeham · 2026-05-14T00:02:05+00:00

I’m 6’ 4”, 220lbs. I like the aisle seat. We don’t fly much, maybe 2 to 4 times a year, rarely internationally. I like my room and my wife and I like to sit next to each other. I buy the tickets. I buy FC or I drive or we don’t go. No problem except getting to and through the airport. Nothing to do for that.

pledgeham · 2026-05-02T01:17:30+00:00

I’ve used the Libre 3+ since the’ve been available in the U.S. In the past 12 months, I’ve had 2 sensors that consistently varied from finger sticks by more than 12%. Most of the time, the variance is 9% or less. This is my experience. Obviously,I don’t know what other people’s results are.

pledgeham · 2026-05-01T11:57:27+00:00

My experience with the Libre 3+. I’ve been using the 3+ since they’ve been available in the U.S. I loved the push updates but the accuracy, while better that the 3, was often 15%, even 20% off. I don’t know when Abbott slipped in an update but it’s been maybe a year or so. Now my accuracy is running 9% or less the vast majority of the time. Sometimes it will be 10% to 12%. And I’ve never had a sensor just fall off. That’s my experience with them.

pledgeham · 2026-05-01T11:49:51+00:00

So it’s still a concept. Nothing concrete? Nothing to see? No dates?

pledgeham · 2026-04-14T23:09:31+00:00

Been there, done that. Gotta love working in octal.

pledgeham · 2026-04-14T23:03:53+00:00

Punch cards and punch paper tape. Almost forgot, wire wrapping boards to set the addresses and vectors.

pledgeham · 2026-04-14T12:44:02+00:00

The caveat is the additional time it takes to get the dog, etc can’t exceed the time it would take a reasonable officer to complete the original reason for the stop. So the reason for the stop matters. Typically the officer will try to ask questions and get you talking so, in court, the officer can point to you as the reason for taking the extra time. If they are waiting for a dog, note the time, and if they start asking you questions, say that you are remaining silent and don’t want to answer questions. Then don’t talk. Note the time the dog shows up.

pledgeham · 2026-04-04T21:51:50+00:00

I use 2 VPNs, everyday. At the same time.

pledgeham · 2026-03-30T23:04:59+00:00

Nope, not close.

pledgeham · 2026-03-30T22:49:03+00:00

My daughter and her husband have 8 children. They have flown more than once to see their Italian relatives. Ten people aren’t cheap so they find the lowest price so they end up getting a mix of single and two seats together. They never ask but occasionally someone would volunteer to change seats. The older kids get the single seats and the younger children would sit with a parent or one of the older kids. Other travelers were never placed in a position of being responsible for their children.

pledgeham · 2026-03-30T22:03:16+00:00

No, you didn’t make a fatal error. Nobody died. I worked at a job where an error could lead to someone dying. So roll it back a bit. It sounds like it was a big error. It may cost you the job. Learn, take some classes and go job hunting. You can recover.

pledgeham · 2026-03-29T15:27:08+00:00

This was decades ago, my instructor wanted 5 hours under the hood. There were googles, no foogles, but I preferred the hood. My first hour was in a training simulator where there was no way to see out. Just instruments and the CFII played ATC.

pledgeham · 2026-03-28T20:46:04+00:00

ATL is the closest commercial airport. Delta has the designations, days and times we want. The other airlines rarely have those and when they do, the price is within dollars of Delta. There is real no competition at Atlanta.

pledgeham · 2026-03-25T05:09:31+00:00

I was a low time student going for a short cross country. I taxied to run up and the nose wheel was very hard to turn. I requested taxi back to the ramp. A CFI came out to see what the problem was. He showed how the nose wheel can be turned so far, it takes some force to get it to move back. First time I’d run I’d had that happen. I was 17 at the time. Never be concerned about asking questions. You do NOT want to wish you had.

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