[Diabetes-Talk] Accurate, accessible glucose meters?

[Dan Rathburn]

Hello,

I needed surgery for a subdural hematoma and I was getting large doses of 
steroids to treat inflammation of the brain. The steroids caused my blood 
glucose levels to approach 300 for several days. my A1C hovered around 7 for 
months afterward. I heard about the Freestyle Libre sensors from this list 
and I asked my doctor to give me a prescription. I'm not a diabetic so I had 
to pay for them myself. Humana's mail order pharmacy had them for $55. I 
have used 5 sensors and the peace of mind they gave me was devinitely worth 
the money. The sensors were easy to apply and the iPhone app was also very 
accessible. the ability to share readings with medical professionals was 
also a plus. I'm speaking about them in the past tense because my glucose 
levels have been in the normal range for a couple of months. I consider the 
money well spent.

Good luck in the future.

Regards,

Dan



The nice thing about science is that it's true whether you believe in it or 
not.

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From: "Alan Wheeler via Diabetes-Talk" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2020 4:10 PM
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Alan Wheeler" <blindsticks at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Accurate, accessible glucose meters?

> I am on Medicare/Medicaid if that helps at all.
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>> On Oct 6, 2020, at 1:08 PM, gary-melconian via Diabetes-Talk 
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Patricia, but not all can qualify for cgm as most insurance will have 
>> criteria if they want to cover the cgm.not all can afford the out of 
>> pocket expense of the dexcom, sensor and transmitters cost all involved 
>> in the dexcom cgm system.     I am telling you this as I had to battle my 
>> own provider for the past few years  when I was using the  dexcom g4 and 
>> g5 and after all   theissues the insurance did not want ot cover it. So 
>> not all have he resources or means to pay for cgm system out of pocket.
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