[Diabetes-Talk] I ran

d m gina dmgina at mysero.net
Tue Mar 12 01:31:41 UTC 2019


Mine is on the side of the arm, it gave a morning reading as well, so I 
am sure all is good except numbers being so far apart.
I thought you had yours near the shoulder, maybe I think it could be a 
different person.
I will keep it here for the two weeks anyway before I change it to the 
next cencer.

Original message:
> That is correct. That is where you want it, on the back of the arm not 
> the fatty part.
> Sounds like things are going well.
> Amber

>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 9:00 PM, d m gina via Diabetes-Talk 
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>> Mine was over one hundred difference.
>> I felt that was to many.

>> I do have this on my arm though.
>> Not the fatty of the arm but the part of the arm just before shoulder.
>> I thought that was where you did yours.
>> Will keep it on here for two weeks, then put the other one on the left arm.

>> Original message:
>>> Right I just test  like normal and you don’t put any blood on the sensor.
>>> My meter is usually about 30 points higher than the sensor, so that’s 
>>> how I know the sensor is working correctly.
>>> Amber

>>>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 8:29 PM, d m gina via Diabetes-Talk 
>>>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>>>> OK I miss nderstood, yes I do finger stick.
>>>> but not touch the libre with blood.

>>>> Original message:
>>>>> I definitely always calibrate mine. For the first 24 hours or so I 
>>>>> check the system against my meter to see what happens.
>>>>> Amber

>>>>>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 6:26 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via 
>>>>>> Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>>>>>> Dar,

>>>>>> People are not having problems with the Dexcom system itself, but insurance,
>>>>>> Medicare in particular, with getting supplies and upgrading to the newer
>>>>>> version. A couple of people like Veronica are having problems with Dexcom
>>>>>> directly, but not the operation of the system. Pretty much everyone agrees
>>>>>> the Dexcom product itself is great, and we like it, it's just getting
>>>>>> insurance to do what it should that's the problem.

>>>>>> Knock on wood, but so far, I'm not having problems getting my Dexcom
>>>>>> supplies. Hopefully it stays this way.

>>>>>> I thought with Libre you still had to calibrate the device every so often.
>>>>>> Even with Dexcom G6, you have to calibrate every time you put on a new
>>>>>> sensor. Which means poking your finger to calibrate against the device. I
>>>>>> thought Libre was the same.

>>>>>> Bridgit

>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina
>>>>>> via Diabetes-Talk
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 5:06 PM
>>>>>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
>>>>>> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] I ran

>>>>>> I went back to the libre yesterday.
>>>>>> I put it on my arm and put one of the strips that com with it.
>>>>>> I bought them for the libre when I was using the unit.
>>>>>> You scare me when you folks are having so many problems with the dex com.
>>>>>> I am so sorry.
>>>>>> I do hope this libre will work better for me this time.
>>>>>> I was able to go back to my account put in a pass word and off I go.
>>>>>> It took rite away, and started working with in the hour.
>>>>>> Now the numbers do read high so I felt it was getting used to my body.
>>>>>> I felt I needed to do something because of getting on the different insulin
>>>>>> in a couple of months.
>>>>>> I can check it now with out sticking my fingers.
>>>>>> I hope insurance will start to realize we also need devices to use the same
>>>>>> thing all people have is being a diabetic.
>>>>>> When you hear the commercials, you think that the only persons who are
>>>>>> diabetic are the sighted.
>>>>>> Just wanted to share.

>>>>>> --
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