[Diabetes-Talk] Dexcom Over Patches.

[d m gina]

What a deal.
Are you still using the six or the seven?
I like that
Dar
Original message:
> 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


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> “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

>> -----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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