[Diabetes-Talk] I ran

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

With Dexcom you have too, otherwise it keeps alarming at you until you do.
With the G5, it's twice a day, and with the G6, it's once with every sensor
change.

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Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 5:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] I ran

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-----
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> m gina via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 5:06 PM
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> 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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