[Diabetes-Talk] G5 question

[Veronica Elsea]

Jamie, you are correct. The alarms over-ride the mute switch. After fussing
with them I ended up unchecking the high and low alarm. You can't uncheck
the urgent low alarm. So at least with the regular alarms turned off, the
only alarm that will go off will be if I reach 55 or lower. I just take a
look at the app more often. But I'm right there with you on the complaint.
People do all sorts of things they don't want to interrupt like giving
presentations, working in recording studios or a zillion other things. The
up side is being able to read our numbers and calibrate independently in
between alarms. <grin>
Hope that helps.
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: Sunday, February 12, 2017 5:53 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Cc: Jamie Gurganus
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] G5 question

Hi all!  My insurance has approved an upgrade to the G5, since I really want
to be able to input my own blood sugars via the phone app.  However, I am
quite concerned about the negative reviews that I am reading about regarding
the inability to silence the alarms.  From what I read, it is with the
latest update that took away the mute feature for the alarms.  As much as I
want to be able to independently manage my Dexcom, is it worth having the
alarms going off with no way to silence them at night or in church or
meetings.  Thanks for your experiences.  I may consider staying with the G4
unless they change the alarms.  I can't close the app during church or
meetings like many do, since I need the Dexcom to notify me of lows that I
don't feel anymore.  

 

                                                                Jamie

 

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