[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom Question

[Jamie Gurganus]

Hi Robert! I have been using the Dexcom for about six years now just for the same reason as your wife. I actually woke up in the middle of the night feeling funny and passed out in my bathroom for quite a wild. I ended up with a concussion along with injuries to my shoulder from the fall. She should definitely look into getting one, since not feeling your low blood sugar’s only gets worse. My Dexcom will go off and tell me I am less than 55, and I don’t feel a thing.


I would call and talk to Dexcom about the skin sensitivity issue. I don’t have a sensitivity like your wife, but the tape would get extremely itchy after just a few days for me. A former member of this group, Tom (May he Rest In Peace) told me to spray the area where the patch will go with some kind of allergy nasal spray like nasal necks or Flonase.  Amazingly, that really helped me. I have to say though that ever since I started using the G6 sensors, I haven’t had any itchiness and don’t even use the spray any longer. I wonder if they perfected the adhesive since the G5.

Hope this helps. Please keep us informed.

    Jamie 

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> On Jun 30, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Robert Shelton via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've finally got my wife to look into the Dexcom CGM system. She cannot
> always sense her lows especially if she's asleep. The one issue that she's
> worried about is the adhesive. She has severe latex allergies, and her skin
> is really sensitive otherwise. So, have any of you who use the Dexcom had
> skin issues with the adhesive?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
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