[Diabetes-Talk] dex com

Tue Feb 5 13:46:47 UTC 2019

Dar:

Bern here.  I’ll be at home today and I would like for you to call me when you’re up and around and have about an hour to get a conference call in between you, me, and the folks at Dexcom.  I would be willing to assist you with initiating contact with Dexcom and facilitate  a good, supportive dialogue between you.  I quite agree with Bridget.  This rests on insulin dependence.  I really don’t think it matters how many injections a day we’re talking here.  I will email you my phone number privately.  I do have yours, so far as I know.  Not to worry my friend.  We’ll get this taken care of one way or another.

Bern

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> On Feb 4, 2019, at 4:57 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm type 1, so I have to use insulin several times a day. That doesn't sound
> right to me though because a CGM is just a glucometer. Type 2s should be
> able to use it regardless if using insulin or not. Dar, do you use insulin
> at all right now?
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina
> via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:31 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] dex com
> 
> OK I understand,
> Where they still won't help me out with the dex com unless I use insolin
> three time a day.
> Are you being told the same thing?
> I will share that a pump won't work for me.
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Original message:
>> Dar,
> 
>> A CGM just reads glucose levels.
> 
>> An insulin pump just delivers insulin.
> 
>> This is why some of us use both. A CGM does not deliver insulin, and 
>> an insulin pump doesn't read glucose levels.
> 
>> Honestly, Dar, don't use an insulin pump; I don't think it's the right 
>> option for you.
> 
>> Those of us using pumps can't not read the screen at all or access it 
>> with any tech. We have found work-arounds to make it work, but it's 
>> not always easy. And as of now, there's not a single insulin pump on 
>> the market that a blind diabetic can use any longer, not even with a 
>> work-around. After October of last year, we no longer have pumps that 
>> will work for us. Those of us who switched before the deadline only 
>> have 4 years before Medtronic no longer supports the pump we are on.
> 
>> So, stick with an insulin pen.
> 
>> Dexcom also comes with a receiver like Libre that's completely 
>> inaccessible for blind people. It doesn't matter that you won't use 
>> it; you still will get it. It's a part of the entire system. I don't 
>> even have my receiver turned on though; I only use the app on my smart
> phone.
> 
>> Before Medicare covered Dexcom, I looked into paying for it myself, 
>> and I believe it was going to cost around $1200 for the entire system. 
>> So, you need to find out for sure what Dexcom estimates for you, but 
>> if you switch to Dexcom and have to pay for it the first time, that 
>> may be around what you would pay. But again, you need to contact 
>> Dexcom and find out an amount for sure.
> 
>> Also, the way Dexcom and Libre work are similar. You will have to 
>> insert a sensor onto your body and attach a transmitter then connect 
>> with the app on your phone. If you go with the Dexcom G6, which I 
>> highly encourage you to do if you switch to Dexcom, it's much easier 
>> to insert the sensor. Another bonus to using Dexcom is that most endo 
>> offices are familiar with Dexcom and can train you properly on the 
>> system and help you if you have any problems with it in addition to
> Dexcom's tech support.
> 
>> But again, want to really stress and clarify that CGMs (which Dexcom 
>> and Libre are) and insulin pumps are not the same thing and do very 
>> different things.
> 
>> Bridgit
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d 
>> m gina via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Monday, February 4, 2019 2:50 PM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
>> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] dex com
> 
>> I spoke to my diabetic coordinator, who shared she is standing up for me.
>> I didn't know when i got the libre I was paying for the box as well 
>> even though I couldn't use it.
>> medicare. are shares that it is for five years.
>> If I go on the dex com I would have to pay out rite for everything.
>> At least for the first time.
>> Then I would pay under $50 a month.
>> That sure is better than what I was paying for the libre.
>> We also talked about the pump.
>> She said that medicare would help if I took insulin three times a day.
>> She said she will talk to the doctor to see how we can get something 
>> better turned around.
>> She said even being a type two diabetic I could be on the pump.
>> I don't think I could do two things at the same time. Just some thoughts.
>> Thanks for sharing on behalf of your children.
>> Glad you keep busy.
> 
>> I admire you that you can.
>> I have always looked up to all of you, who have done this all of your
> life.
>> Those on the pump can you read your numbers by the phone as well?
>> I can't tel you the name she said, but I thought it was a name that 
>> you folks were dealing with.
>> Why would you wear a pump and dex com at the same time?
> 
>> --
>> --Dar
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>> every sinner has a future
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