[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom

[Jamie Gurganus]

I just have one comment about the watch. You are correct that if you are in Wi-Fi range, you don’t have to have your phone near you. However, you can’t dismiss an alarm with the watch unless they have changed that since I used mine last. You can only dismiss an alarm using your phone, which made me always have my phone near me! Good luck with it. I am sure you will like it for many of its features.

     Jamie

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2019, at 4:59 PM, blindhands--- via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I use the Dexcom and I have United Health Care and Medicaid of CT.  I do not
> pay anything for my Dexcom supplies.  I do get them thru a distributer
> called  Byrom Healthcare.
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> I first got them directly from Dexcom and it was costing me just under $100
> for a 3 month supply as Dexcom wouldn’t take my Medicaid.
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> As far as the Dexcom G5 goes I have used that for more then 1 ½ years and
> really after the training and maybe a month beyond that I was doing it by
> myself without any problems.  I have in the last month gotten the Dexcom G6
> and after my son read me the directions and I fumbled putting the sensor in
> a couple of times it is working out OK.  I am just having trouble with the
> sensors staying on.  I am waiting for a delivery of the overlay patches to
> us and hopefully once I get them I will be set.
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> The apt works great and easy to use.  The only trouble I have had with the
> apt is when the sensor fell off twice there was a warning signal that would
> go off basically saying “replace sensor now!”   I go to bed listening to a
> book that is on my iPhone and let me tell you that for some unknown reason
> that this warning signal would go off in the middle of the night every 60
> seconds and tell you that the signal had  sounded 2, 3, 4, 5 minutes ago.
> As I was waiting to get the overlay patches I spent 2 nights listening to
> that and then gave up and used some surgical tape  to anchor the sensor
> down.
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> I have just gotten an Apple watch and will let you know how Dexcom works
> with that.  I understand if you have an Wi-Fi connection you do not have to
> have your iPhone  near you.
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> Joyce the sensor.
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> I can’t live without my Dexcom keeping me informed on what my blood sugars
> are and especially    
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> Joyce Kane
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