[Diabetes-Talk] changing the urgent low soon alert in Dexcom G6

Sun Feb 28 06:07:56 UTC 2021

Hi Doula,

You are correct about the urgent low(notice how the last word is low)  alert not being able to be changed on the Dexcom G6 CGM.  But, the Urgent low Soon ( notice how I just wrote the last word is soon?) , can be changed!  

But, first you will need to set the alarms to set to "always on" because then you can here it go off when your blood sugar level goes below 80 MPD unless you change that to a different number like myself and Jamie have set ours to 75 MPD.

Warmly, Joy

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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] changing the urgent low in Dexcom

Hi Veronica,

     I just looked at the urgent low setting for my app.  You can turn it on or off, and select the alarm sound.  But there's no choice for changing the sugar level it will alert with.  It just works if you are getting close to 55.  At least that's how it appears to me.  If I had the choice, I'd rather have it alerting me when I'm in say the high 70's.  Maybe something like that will be available in the G7.  Thanks.

Doula

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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] changing the urgent low in Dexcom

Doula, the urgent low can't be changed but the one you want to play with and change is called urgent low soon. The word, soon is part of the title. That's the alarm you can turn on and then select a sound for. It will alert you if it thinks you're going to be low within 20 minutes.

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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] changing the urgent low in Dexcom

Hi Jamie,

     Yes, my low alarm is set at 95.  That way I can catch it before I'm feeling awful.  If I understand it correctly though, the urgent low soon alarm is connected to the urgent low set at 55.  I thought that people were saying they were changing the urgent low setting so that they are actually using the urgent low soon alarm?  Maybe that's the part I'm misunderstanding.  Thanks for everyone's responses and help.

Doula

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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] changing the urgent low in Dexcom

I don’t think it can be changed, just the low alarm. The urgent low is there to let you know that you are dropping and will reach 55 within 20 minutes if you don’t treat it. I have my low set at 75, but some people change that to A higher value. 

Jamie Gurganus

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> On Feb 27, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Doula Jarboe via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org <mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

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> Hi All,

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> 

> 

>     I hope everyone is having a great weekend.  After the thread about 

> changing the urgent low, I thought that would be  a good idea to do.

> I'm never going to hit 55, and being able to use the urgent low soon 

> would be nice.  But when I went into the alerts to change the urgent 

> low, it says that it can't be changed.  So, for those of you who have 

> changed it, how did you do that?  Is this a difference between IOS and Android?  Thanks.

> 

> Doula

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