[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom G7

Sat Apr 15 21:31:48 UTC 2023

I turned my alerts on vibrate and now I can't get them to   be on  audio at
all even though I took it off of vibration only.  Where is the button for
the scanner in the G7 app, I've never seen that.

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Taylor
Scott via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 12:05 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Taylor Scott <taylor9209 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom G7

I too have trouble with the over patch things. Most of the time they stick
to themselves or I don't line it up correctly.

I'm going to try using these skin tac wipe things to see if they help.

As for getting the code, maybe I'm just lucky.

The code is on the opisit side of the button on the applicator.

I usually sit it on the edge of a table, so I can bring the phone down low
about half way up the applicator.
I also make sure a light is on, then when I have it ready, I click the
button in the G7 app to use the scanner.

The one thing I'm having trouble with is the profiles for alerts.
I've created a bedtime profile, but it hardly ever seems to work.
I made it so my low alert is a little lower at night, as well as my high.
Most of the time though, it's still using the main alerts.

Not sure if it is a bug in the app, or if it is causing problems because it
starts at the end of one day, but switches in the morning of another...

On 4/15/23, gary via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> That is good for what  it  can do.my libre 2 takes  1 hour for warm 
> up.i know that the libre 3 will be about the  same warm up time frame.  
> I honestly will be doing a bit  more research before I upgrade to the 
> next gen cgm systems.  .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Milton via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 5:24 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Milton <mota1252 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom G7
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm a Dexcom G7 user and I like the fact that it is small and the 
> warmup time is much shorter, I'm getting around 20 minutes for the warmup.
>
> I have been experiencing at different times during the day when the 
> transmitter looses connection and have to wait up to 30 minutes for 
> the transmitter to re-establish a connection. I'm running iOS 16.4.1  
> on an iPhone 14 Pro.
>
> As for getting the QR Code I have tried using the camera once and was 
> not able to capture a picture and turned to get Aira agent to read the 
> code back to me. When entering the Code even if I have Voiceover set 
> to characters I don't hear the characters being spoken but I do hear a 
> click sound indicating that a character has been entered. The Done 
> button is in a place where you would not necessarily find it, but 
> after running my finger around I found it.
>
> Love to hear what are others are experiencing.
>
> I also should mention that I tried the Libra and found it to be quite 
> inaccurate.
>
> The Dexcom seems to be much more accurate.
>
> I have not found anywhere where you need to calibrate the sensor like 
> I had to do with the Dexcom G6.
>
> Milton Ota
> Email: mota1252 at gmail.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Patricia Maddix via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 10:39 PM
> To: NFB Diabetes Division <Diabetes-Talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Patricia Maddix <pmaddix at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom G7
>
> I just visited a friend who is now using the Dexcom G7. I really love 
> how small and thin it is. Is anyone else using it yet? And what are 
> your experiences? He said that he was having trouble with the sensor 
> code as the seeing AI app would not read it and also that voiceover 
> did not give feedback on where a text field is nor  Nor feedback on 
> the numbers as you entered them. He actually used Be My Eyes to read 
> the sensor code to him and an external keyboard to enter the sensor 
> code into the app. This does not sound terribly convenient. Is anyone 
> else having better luck with it? He did say that the 30 minute warm-up 
> is often much shorter than that which is great.
> We need to notify Dexcom if there are any new added accessibility issues.
> Patricia.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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