[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom question and info.

[Jamie Gurganus]

I haven't tried a widget on anything, and I honestly don't know what they are! I just keep my Dexcom app  Open when I am following a low or high blood sugar. Otherwise, I keep all of my apps closed. 

As for extending the wear Time on the sensors, I don't think I would want to do that. I am always looking forward to the day when I can change my sensor, because my skin get so itchy around the area by day four or five. Most weeks, the tape stays in place around my son sir. If I do notice some of the tape lifting up, I just ripped off a small piece of surgical tape to put on it. It is never the entire tape that has lifted off, so I wouldn't see a need for the product that you are talking about using. I guess if you go swimming though, the tape has more of a chance of coming off, right? 

    Jamie 

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> On Apr 2, 2017, at 1:21 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone!
> Just a couple of quick things.
> First, have any of you tried the Dexcom widget on your iPhones? I've kind of
> discovered widgets lately and I thought that it would be kind of cool to
> insert the widget and put it first in line. Then one press of the home
> button and one swipe would give me the number I wanted. This would also
> allow me to go into my phone and do something else without always going
> through Dexcom. Surprise! On the widget all it does is read the current BG
> reading. But with VoiceOver, mine only says, "current EBG". I had my sighted
> hubby look and confirm that the actual number is in fact showing on the
> screen but I can't get at it anywhere. I'd like to know if any of you have
> run into this. If you have, the more people we get reporting the bug, the
> better. I have called and a ticket is now created but I just thought, the
> more the merrier. <grin>
> 
> And now the tidbits. Last week end I attended a "taking control of your
> diabetes" conference and learned a few goodies. At one point there was a
> long discussion about how long people wore their sensors. Apparently there
> are some recent good studies now that say a sensor is very accurate for most
> people for two weeks. They told us about an engineer who lived in a part of
> Japan where he can't get sensors who made one last for 132 days. They then
> showed pictures of all the crazy things he did to keep the tape on, which is
> the main issue for most people. 
> I learned about a new product called Grif grips. These feel like a piece of
> funny material with sticky backing. But they have a hole cut out for either
> a Dexcom or any pump infusion set. The web site is awful though. I just
> ordered some but haven't put one on yet. I'll let you know how I do when I
> do put one on. There's not a lot of room for error when putting it in place
> though. The tape extends past the Dexcom tape and everyone at this
> conference said it holds really well. But I do like the option of not having
> to cut tape myself.
> Anyway, thanks for reading. Hope this helps.
> Veronica
> 
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