[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom G6!

Mon Jun 25 21:43:11 UTC 2018

Thanks for letting us know. I told my doc to hold off ordering the G5,
because I want to see if Medicare will decide to cover the G6 any time soon.
My understanding has been the G6 would be better, particularly inserting the
sensor. But, if you need to in-put a code every time, that's just silly. Not
that I can't simply ask someone, but I shouldn't always have to ask.

Looking forward to hearing how it goes.

Bridgit

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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom G6!

Hi everyone!
Okay, here we go again! Wow!
My Dexcom G6 kit is now on its way and I should hopefully have it by the end
of the week. I hope so because I'd like to let all of you know how it goes
before you talk with the rep at convention next week. 
Here's what I learned today. Yes, with the G6, there will be no calibrations
needed. It still has the two-hour warmup time initially but then it starts
working by itself. But hold on boys and girls! There's more. Here's how you
start the sensor. The woman I spoke with said it's roughly the shape of a
computer mouse. It has the backing you pull off. You stick the mouse to your
belly. Then there is a cover which you remove and then you push the button
to insert the device. Then you pull the mouse away and you have a flat
sensor. Then the transmitter just snaps on it. Fine! Well, not quite. The
backing that you took off of the sticky tape side, ummm, wait for it! It
contains a four-digit code that we must enter into our receivers or phones
and that is what calibrates the sensor. Oh goodie, halleluiah! If we can't
get that number, we can continue to calibrate the sensor the way we do now
with our G5 sensors, but if we want the real advantage, it requires that
code. I did ask if we could enter the number at a later time in case we
didn't get it at the beginning and she said no. You choose how you calibrate
right at the start. I then asked if this number would be on the outside of
the package and she said she didn't think so. 
So when mine arrive, I'll see if Seeing AI can cope and if there's a number
on the package itself, which would make it easier to scan. The number is
different for each sensor and would not be the same for all sensors in a
box. 
I tell you, I had that moment on the phone when I thought, we just can't
ever win, can we! 
I would like to lobby for the phone app to have the ability to scan the
sensor code Like it does for transmitters right now. That would solve our
problem.
So stay tuned and I will report back as soon as I get my hands on the thing
and play with my first one. 
Oh, and it's a hard stop at the end of ten days for each sensor. So yes,
they last ten days but you can't fool them. To me, there's no reason not to
build in some flexibility as we may not always be available to change a
sensor at exactly the same hour every ten days. Everything seems to be doing
that right now. Sheesh! Hope all of those silly programmers have to wear
these devices one day. Not really, but, well, almost! <grin> Anyway, I'll
let you all know what reality turns out to be.
Veronica

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