[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom

gary-melconian gmelconian619 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 20 17:06:20 UTC 2020 

I would like to  have the  dexcom but my insurance will not bother to cover it and refuses to do and has just given me the abbot freestyle libre for the time being, that’s better   then not having a cgm at all .when the cost of dexcom  is as close  to  abbot then my insurance provider will cover it.its all about cost and not about benefit to the user of the diabetic supplies but what the insurance is considering as cost savings over health savings. 

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Milton via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 5:57 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Milton <mota1252 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom

Glad to hear that you like the Dexcom.I'm also a Dexcom user.


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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Hope Hein via Diabetes-Talk
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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom

Hi all,
I was just prescribed Dexcom by my physician and find that it is easier to use with my Iphone then was Libre. It is also easier to put on the sensor.

Hope Hein

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> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:10:37 -0800
> From: "gary-melconian" <gmelconian619 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] re freestyle libre 2
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> Hello I was  just prescribed the freestyle libre 2. When I contactted Abbot
> erlier , they said that their   app is waiting FDA  approval, and no idea
> when that  will be out.so I then contacted my endo to have him change 
> the prescription back to libre 1 from libre 2 as there is no app for 
> us blind users to use with our Apple I OS or android devices. If any 
> one else is prescribed the libre2, have their doctor change to libre 1 so that they
> don't end up  in the mess  ai had to  go through earlier today.   Don't  get
> why they put out a product without any thought to an app.in modern 
> times all cgm use apps and not the readers.i know hat with the dexcom 
> they make you get the reader but her is an app and the app does nto 
> change hat much with update version of their app withehte operating 
> system of he smart phones dotn get why abbot could not have built all 
> this into the freestyle libre app and then gotten all the approvals 
> hathey needed instead of going through he messy process thathey arare 
> going through giving aa new product with a  reader but no app and your stuck out of luck .
> 
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> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:48:37 -0500
> From: "Jeanette Kutash" <kutash-jm at comcast.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] re freestyle libre 2
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> Gary, that is why I haven't asked for the change. Sorry that happened 
> to you.
> 
> Jeanette
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> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] re freestyle libre 2
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> Hello I was  just prescribed the freestyle libre 2. When I contactted Abbot
> erlier , they said that their   app is waiting FDA  approval, and no idea
> when that  will be out.so I then contacted my endo to have him change 
> the prescription back to libre 1 from libre 2 as there is no app for 
> us blind users to use with our Apple I OS or android devices. If any 
> one else is prescribed the libre2, have their doctor change to libre 1 so that they
> don't end up  in the mess  ai had to  go through earlier today.   Don't  get
> why they put out a product without any thought to an app.in modern 
> times all cgm use apps and not the readers.i know hat with the dexcom 
> they make you get the reader but her is an app and the app does nto 
> change hat much with update version of their app withehte operating 
> system of he smart phones dotn get why abbot could not have built all 
> this into the freestyle libre app and then gotten all the approvals 
> hathey needed instead of going through he messy process thathey arare 
> going through giving aa new product with a  reader but no app and your stuck out of luck .
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> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:48:01 -0800
> From: "Gary-melconian" <gmelconian619 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] re freestyle libre 2
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> I knew that this would happen I told him that what he said oh yeah the 
> Apple work with libre too and I said no and I knew that so I went home 
> I contacted Abbott and they'll ask them and they said no the app is 
> still enough the approval with libretto side to contact them get the 
> prescription change from libre to you to libre one and now I'm going 
> to be happy for next year because I have I told him to set it up for a 
> year so that way I'll have a universal worth of freestyle libre 1 to 
> go with so lesson learned always ask and always do a lot of research a 
> lot a lot of doctors don't have idea if they think everything works 
> sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't work in this case we already 
> know that it was not going to work so we'll just have to wait and see 
> when libretti will be available but the funny thing is Leroy and libre
> 3 both are going to be using the same app so whatever habit works on 
> in the clinical trials for laboratory it's going to be the same for 
> libre too
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>> On November 19, 2020 3:49:43 PM Jeanette Kutash via Diabetes-Talk 
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Gary, that is why I haven't asked for the change. Sorry that happened 
>> to you.
>> 
>> Jeanette
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 5:11 PM
>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>> Cc: gary-melconian
>> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] re freestyle libre 2
>> 
>> Hello I was  just prescribed the freestyle libre 2. When I contactted Abbot
>> erlier , they said that their   app is waiting FDA  approval, and no idea
>> when that  will be out.so I then contacted my endo to have him change 
>> the prescription back to libre 1 from libre 2 as there is no app for 
>> us blind users to use with our Apple I OS or android devices. If any 
>> one else is prescribed the libre2, have their doctor change to libre 1 so that they
>> don't end up  in the mess  ai had to  go through earlier today.   Don't  get
>> why they put out a product without any thought to an app.in modern 
>> times all cgm use apps and not the readers.i know hat with the dexcom 
>> they make you get the reader but her is an app and the app does nto 
>> change hat much with update version of their app withehte operating 
>> system of he smart phones dotn get why abbot could not have built all 
>> this into the freestyle libre app and then gotten all the approvals 
>> hathey needed instead of going through he messy process thathey arare 
>> going through giving aa new product with a  reader but no app and your stuck out of luck .
>> 
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