[Diabetes-Talk] Interesting news regarding my Dexcom system

[Jamie Gurganus]

Daniel,

From my understanding, I believe you can use both the phone and the receiver at the same time. However, the phone is accessible, and that receiver is not. You will need to input The calibrations to both units, and always have both with you.  I am not sure what would happen when you get a high or low blood sugar alert that needs to be acknowledged on either the phone or receiver. I don't know if dismissing the alert on the phone would also dismiss it on the receiver and vice versa. I guess you will have to play around with that. 

I am still wondering though how they will ever find out which device you are using as the receiver. When you download your blood sugars to share with your doctor, I did it by plugging my receiver into my computer. Now, I don't even have to do that. I just tell my diabetic educator that I would like her to review my blood sugars, and she can access them right from the cloud. I don't even have to use my phone.

The only reason I know that you can possibly use both devices as the receiver is from the discussion I had with my diabetic educator. I wasn't sure if I liked the idea of sleeping with my phone, and she suggested that I use both and use the receiver at night. Because the receiver isn't accessible to me, I never ended up trying that. I slept with my phone in my shorts pocket until I purchased and Apple Watch. I have my watch alarms and alerts silenced and on the highest vibration, so it vibrates my wrist to let me know I have an alert. I keep my phone in my nightstand drawer on silence and very low volume. When my watch buzzes me, I can pull out my phone and except the alert. That way, I don't bother my husband as much as when I had the phone on my nightstand. The sound of a vibrating iPhone in the middle of the night is almost like an alarm clock!

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

    Jamie 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 14, 2017, at 7:02 PM, Daniel C via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good day list,
> I am writing to let the members know that, I finally did get my Dexcom G5 Mobile system today.
> Besides  The carrier having issues delivering it the first time, for an on known reason that decks calm and I cannot figure out, it finally arrived.
> I am also writing to ask a question, in regards to the system transmitting results.
> My Dexcom sales representative called, and informs me that I am not permitted to use the app for results, but instead must use the receiver. This is because if Medicare found out that I am using the app and not the receiver, they will most likely deny me for future products, according to the Dexcom representative. Does anyone know if this statement is true?
> If said statement is true, how can I have it so that I can still use the iPhone app, and transmit results to my receiver? Or is this not possible?
> I was also told by my Dexcom representative that if people using Medicare can call the one 800 number for Medicare, and file complaints against the nonuse of the decks calm G5 iPhone app, then Medicare most likely may turn over their non-approval.
> As it stands now, from what I was told, decks calm must tell their users that they are not permitted to use the app to share results, or anything like that. Instead, decks calm is encouraging people for now, to use the receiver for transmission of results. Until Medicare overturns the non-approval of the dexcom G5 iPhone app.
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