[Diabetes-Talk] G7 overpatches.

Sun Jun 18 17:05:05 UTC 2023

Tech support told me not to bother with them as nobody can get them right.
Dexcom is going to come out with different ones.
Veronica

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Les
Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2023 9:09 AM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode

I've only used a G7 patch successfully one time but since then I've
destroyed several of them  so I just don't use them. 

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica
Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 12:03 PM
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Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode

Dar, if you're going to the G7, skip the patches. They're impossible! When
you try to take the backing off, you pretty much can't do it without taking
off the next layer, which you don't want to do. And that was a general you,
not you specifically. <grin> If the company disowns them, I'll go along with
them. And I have never done a good job, trying to put a patch on my arm. If
I get it on, it's a wrinkly mess. 
Veronica

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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode

How do you put the patches on.
i am sure I don't have patches with all of the boxes I have.
Dar
Original message:
> Oh, I don't like using my arm for any type of injection when I have to 
> do
it
> myself. I have always found it a very awkward angle. I believe I'd be 
> very unhappy using the G7 system if that is the requirement!

> Eileen

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Veronica
> Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 1:38 PM
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> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode

> I placed the first one on my arm, as instructed and after getting
inaccurate
> readings there, was told by tech support to go ahead and place them on 
> my abdomen, which is what I'm still doing, because my pods work best 
> on my
arm.
> All of these devices fighting over such a small amount of realestate!
<grin>
> Veronica

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> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Milton via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2023 10:16 AM
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> Cc: Milton <mota1252 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode

> Hi Dar,
> I have been placing my sensors on the adomen and switcvhing sides from
left
> to right and slightly moving it around so that I'm not placing it on 
> the same spot. Hope this helps all of you.

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> m
gina
> via Diabetes-Talk
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> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Using Camera to capture QRCode

> Where do you wear yours?
> I have to learn how to open it and get it started.
> Dar
> Original message:
>> 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
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>> 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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