[Diabetes-Talk] cost

Sat Nov 9 03:42:51 UTC 2019

OK I get it.
Still is cheaper than what I am doing now.
Thanks,

Original message:
> Dar,

> No, Dexcom is not an insulin pump. It's a CGM just like Libre. Dexcom and
> Libre only read glucose numbers.

> Bridgit

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> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina
> via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 9:37 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] cost

> OK I understood if you were low it would give you insulin.
> If that is the case, then I wouldn't need the insulin I am on now? Is that
> correct?
> Just thought I would ask.
> The lady shared with me there was something else I could get that would read
> the readings add it to the phone.
> Then I wouldn't have to do that.
> I shared I would ask the blind who use this.
> Interesting.

> Original message:
>> Dar,

>> What cartridge? Dexcom doesn't have cartridges. The sensor is the
>> sticky part you attach to your body. The transmitter locks into place
>> on the sensor and looks like a small flash drive. The receiver is the
>> device that gives you the readings, and looks like an iPhone. This is
>> what you get with Dexcom. Of course, if using the app, you simply
>> download it onto your phone from the app store, and once you pair it
>> with a transmitter, you will receive your readings from the app.

>> Bridgit

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d
>> m gina via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 8:41 PM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] cost

>> Now that isn't the cartridge?
>> How do you know when it is time to replace each one.

>> Original message:
>>> G6 transmitters last 90 days each, just as the G5 ones did.
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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: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 8:38 PM
>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>>> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] cost

>>> Transmittors only last 30 days for the G6? With my G5, they last 3
> months.

>>> Bridgit

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Rick Mladek via Diabetes-Talk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:56 PM
>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Rick Mladek <hmladek at neo.rr.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] cost

>>> Hi,

>>> The Dexcom 6 sensors are good for only 10-days. The transmitters only
>>> last 30-days. You do not need to use the receiver if you download the
>>> app to your smart-phone. I have doubts that Walgreens covers these
>>> but worthy of your checking this a few times. Express Scripts covers
>>> Dexcom
>> and they deliver.
>>> Remember, this is a Medicare part B product and you will pay 20% of
>>> the cost. I believe your cost every 90-days may be more than $100 for
>>> your 90-day supply. Remember to order your over-lay patches when you
>>> order your supplies. These are of no charge or free and they do help
>>> the dexcom stay in place through showers for example.

>>> Best of luck,

>>> Rick

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 8:42 PM
>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] cost

>>> Do you know for a fact that Walgreens will supply Dexcom? With the
>>> G6, a sensor lasts 14 days, I believe. With the G5 it only lasts 7
>>> days. I would contact Walgreens and specifically ask if it will
>>> supply Dexcom sensors for you. You also need the transmittors. So,
>>> you use a sensor which lasts 14 days, the transmitter which attaches
>>> to the sensor and lasts 3 months, and the receiver, which looks like
>>> an iPhone that reads glucose output and lasts a year. But again, the
>>> receiver is
>> completely inaccessible for blind people.

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d
>>> m gina via Diabetes-Talk
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:18 PM
>>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] cost

>>> out of cost for the dex com g six for me not the machine with it is
>>> $400 the machine is $295.
>>> You get three cencers in a kit.
>>> Is this so, and I will have to see if my insurance will cover some of
>> this.
>>> I sure couldn't pay $400 every month, if a cencer lasts a week.
>>> How did you get around that.
>>> Wall greens said that I should get wallmart to get this since I get
>>> all of my medicines over there.
>>> Just some thoughts.

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