[Diabetes-Talk] Interesting news regarding my Dexcom system

Tue Aug 15 23:51:08 UTC 2017

Hi Veronica,
The National Federation of the Blind brought legislation to Capitol Hill for
4 years and was never able to get enough Republican Legislators to Co-sign a
bill to make Home Health Equipment accessible to the blind.  It never had a
chance to be even heard on the floor.  Our Republicans do not want to put
any restrictions on big business.

Joy

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From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 2:42 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Interesting news regarding my Dexcom system

I was also told that you have to dismiss alarms on both the phone and the
receiver. I was also told that dismissing alarms on the receiver is not a
simple matter, even for those who can see. So sorry but where is the NFB on
this one? Who was watching this one happen? If any organizations of the
blind care about our lives, not to mention discriminatory practices, they
should be all over legislators right now. This is awful! I don't know if an
appropriate starting place would be to send correspondence to the senate
health committee or if someone else would be better. But boy, if
anythingneeds action, this does. 
Veronica

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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 5:57 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Cc: Jamie Gurganus
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Interesting news regarding my Dexcom system

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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