[Diabetes-Talk] extending life of Dexcom Sensors

Tue Mar 26 14:00:10 UTC 2019

Hi everyone. I thought I would tweak my information that I sent on
extending the life of your sensor and trying to trick it so you don't have
to prick your finger for the warm up time. The microwave blocks the
Bluetooth information to trick your transmitter into thinking it is still
connected to your receiver. Only the iPhone continues to show your blood
sugars because that Bluetooth is still connected to your receiver. Using
the receiver  does take sighted assistance. But you do not need to go this
route

If you want to extend the life of your sensor which you can do with the G5
or the G6. And you can do this exclusively with your iPhone and no sighted
help needed at all. You just need to stop the sensor early, go through your
warm up and it immediately reconnects after the warm up so you do not need
to take it off your body and put a new sensor on. Nor do you put it in the
microwave to disconnect the Bluetooth. It is the Bluetooth connection
between your iPhone and your receiver that's in your sensor that
communicates about your blood sugars. When you put the receiver in the
microwave it just stops talking to your transmitter so it is unaware that
you are going through a warm up.. And the iPhone just continues to pick up
your blood sugars. When you skip the microwave option That just means you
need to prick your fingers for those two warm up hours to keep track of
your blood sugars
If you allow your sensor to expire there is no way to restart it.

Sorry for the confusion on that

* Dr Denise M Robinson*

*Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*

Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and Visually
Impaired
425-220-6935 | www.yourtechvision.com

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On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 10:32 PM Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <
diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Well, you have to do it before the sensor runs out, so if we want to catch
> that magic final six hours, even harder to guarantee having someone around.
> Besides, I have no plans to set up my receiver just so I can do that. <grin>
> Glad I was able to help with that.
> Veronica
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 5:25 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] extending life of Dexcom Sensors
>
> Veronica,
>
> Okay, got it. This all makes sense now. What really threw me off was the
> microwave part. In Denise's post, I thought it was something in the menus
> with the Dexcom receiver, but you cleared it all up, grin. Thanks.
>
> Yep, I typically change my sensor late at night, so no chance of having a
> sighted person around, smile. Unless AIRA works.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 6:10 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] extending life of Dexcom Sensors
>
> Bridgit, the short version is this. You have to use the receiver to stop
> your sensor, start the new sensor process just as you would on the phone.
> As soon as you start the new sensor, you just put your receiver in the
> microwave. This prevents transmission between the receiver and the
> transmitter for the warmup phase. Eventually, you just take the receiver
> out of the microwave and go back to using the Dexcom as you normally would.
> She should have also mentioned that this is specifically for the G6. If you
> haven't started using the G6 yet, that could explain why some of the steps
> sounded confusing.
> When she talked about pressing 1, then 2, that was to unlock the receiver.
> And when she was entering the code, on our phone apps, we have a simple
> phone-type number pad where we just enter that code, whereas on the
> receiver, you enter a number, hit next, enter a number and so on. If
> nothing else, we got a glimpse into just how clumsy that receiver is. I
> gathered that her references to the phone were to the fact that she was
> recording on her phone.
> But this is not something any of us will do alone. No way.
> Hope that helped.
> Veronica
>
>
> "Guide Dogs, First Hand", Veronica Elsea's classic album is now available
> on iTunes, along with other music from her and from the Guide Dog Glee
> Club.
> To learn more, visit:
> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com
>                 Veronica Elsea, Owner
> Laurel Creek Music Designs
> Santa Cruz, California
> Phone: 831-429-6407
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 2:53 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] extending life of Dexcom Sensors
>
> I'm not fully understanding Denise's post. I get it's about extending
> sensors, but I've read several times and still don't fully comprehend the
> directions.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of G
> Melconian via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 4:12 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: G Melconian <gmelconian619 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] extending life of Dexcom Sensors
>
> There are lots of ways of extending both transmiters and sensors.cas
> farways to replace the batteries as the dexcom transmitterds use standard
> watch batteries. I know this to be fact as I know that does this
> googlevdexcom refurb transmitter and the Facebook page and where you can
> contact them. I don't know about the g6 but I'm aware of the g5.
>
>
> On March 25, 2019 1:50:12 PM Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <
> diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > I've known a couple of sighted people who do this. Two of them said it
> > got them an extra day or so, but no longer. But of course, for us, no
> > way could we do this without sighted assistants because even unlocking
> > the receiver is tricky. I do sure wonder who figured this out and how.
> > <grin> Veronica
> >
> >
> > "Guide Dogs, First Hand", Veronica Elsea's classic album is now
> > available on iTunes, along with other music from her and from the Guide
> Dog Glee Club.
> > To learn more, visit:
> > http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com
> >                 Veronica Elsea, Owner
> > Laurel Creek Music Designs
> > Santa Cruz, California
> > Phone: 831-429-6407
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Dr. Denise M Robinson via Diabetes-Talk
> > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 11:06 AM
> > To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind; ange.mperone at optimum.net
> > Cc: Dr. Denise M Robinson
> > Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] extending life of Dexcom Sensors
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > This info comes in part from the diabetes monthly get together online
> > and also--if you are interested in saving money, here is a way to
> > extend the life of your Dexcom sensor. My deductible to 6000 yes, 6k
> > and it hurts when you are a diabetic as all of you can attest too
> >
> > This is one reason to keep a receiver even if you do not use it the
> > rest of the month and you only use your iphone--which makes the dexcom
> > totally accessible--But you can also just have the reciever by your
> > bed all the time and it will wake you up if you go too hi or too
> > low--will do another video on the different sounds. Sighted assistance
> > will be needed with the receiver and to do this trick. You can also
> > extend the life using this trick and skip the microwave option but
> > that just means you just have to prick your finger for the next 2
> > hours during warm up and you do not need to bother with the receiver
> > and just use the iphone. This trick allows you to never have to prick
> your finger.
> > If you let your sensor expire--it is done. There is no way to start it
> > back up. I always stop my sensor 6 hours before to keep prolonging its
> > life. I have not gone past 25 days due to my skin sensitively but I
> > know others have have extended it much longer. You will have to get
> > something like the simpatch to keep it on your belly hard and fast. If
> > it comes loose, you will have your receiver say it has lost signal. I
> > have done it wrong many ways to test different ways to do it right.
> > Here is the video: Dexcom sensor--extend its life longer than 10 days
> > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicOefubeIc&feature=youtu.be>
> >
> > * Dr Denise M Robinson*
> >
> > *Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*
> >
> > Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and Visually
> > Impaired
> > 425-220-6935 | www.yourtechvision.com
> >
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