[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom Over Patches.

Fri Jun 16 18:46:40 UTC 2023

Do agree with you.  

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 11:31 AM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Jamie Gurganus <jamielgurganus at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom Over Patches.

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

Jamie Gurganus, Resource Coach

Phone: 515-291-8451

“Be your self. Everyone else is already taken.”  Oscar Wilde 

> 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
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> -----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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