[Diabetes-Talk] G5 question

[Veronica Elsea]

Good idea about the ear buds, Tom. But as I said I just turned mine off. I
had trouble living in fear of that high alarm. I also noticed, especially
during the first few months, I tended to over treat when I'd get near that
high number. Yeah I saw a better A1C but I had more lows. So I'd say I'm
still kind of learning how and when to react to what that Dexcom says and
does. I've had a few occasions during this last update where the app
accepted my calibration and then seemed to forget that it had calibrated. So
there I'd be on a bus or something and up would come the calibration alert.
But it's like any device. It just takes some time to make it mine. <grin>
Veronica


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-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Tom Ley via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 5:21 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: TALey at ups.com
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] G5 question

Hi Jamie,
Glad you had success with your upgrade request, and very quickly, it seems. 

At church I make sure I plug my ear buds  into the iPhone, even though I may
not have them in my ears, to prevent unexpected alarms and Voice Over
announcements disrupting the people around me. The alerts still play but
just through the ear buds, not on the iPhone speaker. This also works when
sleeping. I think the below 55 alert always plays over the speakers, even if
you have your ear buds plugged in, the same way the alarm clock on the
iPhone works. But, if you are really 55, you need to be disrupted (smile).
That is a serious low, at least for me. 

The alarms options such as sound and vibrate, sound only, etc. on the Dexcom
G5 app can be changed any time, as well as the level when the alarm is
triggered. , and this is separately controlled for each type of alarm. I
think all of us probably have our alarms configured differently, to fit our
lifestyles and diabetes health and safety needs. So, you will need to work
with the alarm settings over the first few days or weeks to find what works
for you. 

One time I chose to set my high blood glucose alert to 220 to avoid so many
disruptions from the alarms. That worked to prevent so many alarms, but my
A1C was not as healthy when it was next measured. So I lowered it back. I
decided it was up to me to behave differently to keep the alarms from going
off, as if that wasn't obvious to everyone. Sometimes though we just need a
break from having to think like a pancreas! 

Hope this was helpful.

Tom



-----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 8:53 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jamie Gurganus <jamielgurganus at gmail.com>
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.  

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