[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom Over Patches.

Fri Jun 16 18:31:11 UTC 2023

I gave up getting them from Dexcom and order mine from Amazon now. I get a packet of 50 for about $12. I would wait and wait for Dexcom to send me a packet, and I would only get one package of 10. This is just much simpler.

         Jamie

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> On Jun 16, 2023, at 1:23 PM, Eileen Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> For any of you who are using the over patches with Dexcom sensors, the last
> time I tried ordering them it took 3 attempts. I again am using the G6 so
> I'm not sure if G7 uses the same patches. 
> 
> I had called Dexcom on May 3rd and never got an order. Then I called again
> around the 20th and again never got a shipment. Another 13 days later I
> called yet a third time requesting over patches.  About a week ago, an
> envelope from them finally appeared in the mail and when I opened it the
> paper work told me it was from the May 3rd phone call. In yesterday's mail
> another envelope with over patches came.
> 
> So if you use and need them keep in mind it seems to be taking more than a
> month to get them. It may well be bad mail service since they are in
> California and I'm on the east coast. 
> 
> Eileen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica
> Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 12:42 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode
> 
> Milton,
> I am changing my sensor tomorrow. Did you do the qr code from within the G7
> app or did you use the phone camera app to get the qr code. In the G6 app, I
> just couldn't seem to find the code in time. Is the qr code located on the
> back, if the big button is called on the front?
> Everyone, as for the patches, tech support told me to forget them as they
> were such a disaster for everyone that Dexcom is recreating new ones. 
> So far mine have stayed on just fine without the patches. 
> As for calibration, weird. I had to calibrate mine again this morning. When
> I went into history, it said, to look at previous events, go to the Clarity
> app. Really? I don't understand why all of the buttons say "dimmed" even
> though they're not, really. 
> Call me unimpressed so far. I had a little chat with my sensor the other day
> and explained that it won't get far just by being cute. It needed to
> perform. At one point yesterday, I was sitting at a table and the phone was
> on the table in front of me. I never moved. For the entire 15 minutes I was
> there, I never got a sensor reading. Sorry Dexcom, I think sometimes getting
> results is worth more than long battery life. Sheesh!
> I'm using an iPhone 13 Pro, running iOS 16.3.
> Veronica
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Matt
> Davis via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 8:18 PM
> To: mota1252 at gmail.com; 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: mdavisforalternatives at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode
> 
> Milton , Thanks for giving your explanation for how your using the camera to
> pair G7 sensor very successfully. 
> Could you please share about your experience with the over lay patch/tatch? 
> 
> A friend is using paper tape or medical tape on each side of the sensor
> edges, without assistance, but that only works for one spot on his arm and
> he and we all know the sensors  need to be rotated. 
> 
> 
> Thanks much,
> Mary 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Milton
> via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 10:14 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Milton <mota1252 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I just inserted a new sensor for the Dexcom G7 using the iPhone camera. I'm
> running iOS 16.5 on an iPhone 14 Pro.
> 
> 
> 
> I found it pretty snappy once I was able to place the sensor container in
> the position where the code can be found on the outside of the applicator. I
> aligned the camera about 6 inches from the container and slowly moved the
> camera/phone around until I felt a vibration and heard Voiceover tell me
> that pairing was complete.
> 
> 
> 
> I find that this looks to be better than the G6 app for the iPhone.
> 
> 
> 
> Hope others using the G7 will try it and share their experience capturing
> the QRCode using their camera whether its with an iPhone or Android device.
> 
> 
> 
> Milton
> 
> 
> 
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