[Diabetes-Talk] Question to you, who has the Dexcom G6

[Jamie Gurganus]

I agree with everything Veronica has said in all of these emails. Also, if you use the Health app on your phone, you can access some of your readings. I do like being able to call my diabetic educator and having her just click on her computer and see all of my data. No need for a visit when I am trying to adjust basal rates. Just like Veronica, I have not checked a blood sugar since starting on the G6 last October.


      Jamie

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> On Oct 28, 2019, at 5:59 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Whether or not the sensor needs calibration depends on the sensor's
> behavior. It has nothing to do with your level of control. You do want to
> find a stabile time to compare them, namely, not immediately after you've
> eaten or while you're falling quickly. 
> Also, calibration has nothing to do with setting targets. You set those in
> the app and this determines when you hear alarms for highs and lows. The
> calibration has to do with the coating on the sensor that was applied in the
> factory. If it's not matching what seems real to you, you can then nudge it.
> But even when you do, if your Dexcom says 100 and your meter says 160, when
> you enter 160 in the edit box, the Dexcom will change to 130, right in the
> middle. I never quite understood that one. If Dexcom detects a major
> screw-up, then it will make you do three sticks, like the G5 sometimes does.
> 
> And I cannot imagine why anyone would make their own graph. The Dexcom
> graphs your numbers and then through the Clarity app, you get a code, which
> you give to the doctor. The doc can then download the results. I have no
> intention of checking my reading every five minutes, writing them down and
> then making a graph? Really? 
> The G6 is easy to insert, easy to use. No muss, no fuss. Just the way I like
> it. 
> 
> Veronica
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Diana Cook via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 12:08 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Cc: Diana Cook
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Question to you, who has the Dexcom G6
> 
> Maybe I have g5? Every 12hours it requires calibration.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2019, at 2:48 PM, Diana Cook <diana56cook at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes x4..my meter and deacon often vary quiet a bit.. I guess because my
> diabetes is not that well controlled.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 27, 2019, at 7:00 PM, blindhands--- via Diabetes-Talk
> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I know some on this list have the Dexcom G6, so do you not check your
> blood
>>> any more via pin prick?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I just don't think after doing it all these years I could just stop.  How
>>> many times have I been in the last 60 years if you feel the numbers are
>>> wrong retest?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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