[Diabetes-Talk] re attentionn dexcom is removing he a1c reading as of feb 11 from clairty reports

[Veronica Elsea]

Gary, at this point I know nothing about this but I'm betting attorneys got
involved here. Perhaps they were worried that people would just use the A1C
from the app and not actually go to the doctor to get it done. I've always
thought it was a bit crazy that all of the blood glucose meters showed
averages because they were only taking them from the numbers the meter saw
and who knows what might have happened in between tests. I do know you can
look up how those averages supposedly relate to possible A1C levels but
again, as I said, not really a great coralation there in my opinion. I never
got the Clarity app so never even knew that the estimated A1C was on there.
But now that they are cleared to be used for insulin decisions, they're
possibly covering themselves if anything goes wrong down the road.
Personally I still worry about accuracy because it sure goes bonkers after a
shower or swimming. For instance, this morning after my shower, the Dexcom
said 123 and my meter said 200. Guess who I believed? Oh that first night
after an epidural is fun! I didn't want to get too drastic in case the
prednisone hadn't kicked in yet but heh heh heh heh heh, I am now. <grin>
Veronica


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From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 4:55 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Gary-melconian
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] re attentionn dexcom is removing he a1c reading as
of feb 11 from clairty reports

Hell ofor those who have dexcom cgm units.  Be aware that dexcom as of feb
11 will be removing eh estimated a1c reading fro mteh clarity aps awel las
clarity reports ont eh web. So I don't know what we are going ot d o about
his to have some sor t of idea about our estimated a1c. is ther any
knowledge ofabout his . can there be anything ddone to advocated against
this and what dexcom is doing with the calirty app and the clarity repors
onteh web.  Pleas e Ineed to have some info as I feel tha estimated a1c wa
good idea of hwer I was headed before I had my blood work at my dotors
office nathat wayi could confirm the estimated a1c from my dexcom to he a1c
from my blood work. So I hope hather can bea better solution nand hopefully
it will be brought back.  

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