[Diabetes-Talk] My Saturday night G7 adventure.

Mon Jun 19 04:47:39 UTC 2023

Got it. For me, the blue tooth and that stop button. <grin>
Thanks.
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 8:06 PM
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Cc: Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] My Saturday night G7 adventure.

Veronica, I totally agree with you, I don't like having to take my phone in the bathroom all the time either. But I carry my phone in my shirt pocket all the time, so it is not as noticeable for me.  Except for the blue tooth issue the Dexcom G7 works great for me.  That's all I'm saying.

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: Sunday, June 18, 2023 7:41 PM
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Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] My Saturday night G7 adventure.

Less, I think I explained the good and the not so good. And my experiences are no less valid than yours. Not having a stop or replace button is a big deal in my life. The blue tooth is a big deal. If I can't even leave my phone on my kitchen table and walk over to the sink to do something without losing readings, that's kind of a big annoyance in my life. I never used to have to take my phone into the restroom with me. This one is different in when it reports my lows. I had to add an additional alert so I could react before going low. I wish that weren't the case. I'm adjusting to it and there are definitely some things I like. But each of us has different requirements and experiences.
I'm sure that these issues will be resolved eventually and when they are, I'll be thrilled. I've successfully used a Dexcom since 2016 and am very loyal to the company, partly because I can talk to them.
I think having an idea what might be coming could be very helpful.
That's all.
Veronica

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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] My Saturday night G7 adventure.

Don't be concerned agbout the G7, I have no problem except for the Bluetooth and if I don't let it get more than about ten feet from me it works just fine.  I think it is the best Dexcom yet. Don't let what you are hearing put you off from using it, because it is a great device, and the app works great also.

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Patricia Maddix via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2023 11:39 AM
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Cc: Patricia Maddix <pmaddix at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] My Saturday night G7 adventure.

Darr,
Don’t feel bad. I do not yet have a G7, but from all that I am reading, it sounds like the screens are way too busy, and that frequently needed buttons are buried far to deep in menus.  These apps should be developed for ultimate simplicity and ease of getting to things that are needed on a daily basis. It should not be assumed that everyone using them is high-tech, or if they are, they just don’t want to devote this much time to the app. I am sure we would all agree that we would like to spend as little time as possible managing our diabetes and still be able to do a good job.
Patricia

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> On Jun 18, 2023, at 11:31 AM, d m gina via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh this is good news.
> I have my senser on, but don't have anything going, don't understand all of it to try it.
> I admire folks who can do this.
> Dar
> Original message:
>> Hi everyone.
>> Okay, I did as I said I would.
>> First, I did get the QR code by taking a picture. Wow! It was a bit 
>> twiddly fiddly. My phone didn't vibrate or make noise when I got it 
>> though. I just got the message about pairing. The first time I got 
>> it, I wasn't sure I had gotten it, because it left me in the place 
>> where I'd enter the code manually. So being unsure, I backed out and 
>> did it again. The second time I got the pairing request, it still 
>> felt just a little funny where I was left, but I eventually did find 
>> the start button and off it went. But I was thrilled to see that 
>> unlike the G6, we had a longer time to play with the "take picture" mode and it didn't time out. Woo hoo!
>> I had put the new sensor on 1 hour before I let the old one expire. I 
>> wanted as littler interruption of what I was doing, so it worked out 
>> that way. I think I ended up with about a minute of no sensor 
>> readings, so that was pretty cool.
>> I'm also playing with some of the alerts. I'm trying out the new 
>> change in the high alert where I've told it that my reading must be 
>> high for half an hour before bugging me, so any quick post-meal 
>> spikes won't bug me. Since urgent low wasn't kicking in till my 
>> reading was around 60, I added in a low and set it to 80. Hopefully this will keep me from crashing so much.
>> I'm still not overly impressed with the alarms. Most of them are like 
>> those in the G6.
>> And I still have a bit of difficulty getting that itty bitty piece of 
>> tape off.
>> But thanks for the nudge on the cool new discoveries. I still want my 
>> stop or replace button and a better blue tooth. But I did enjoy 
>> playing with the good stuff.
>> Now we'll see how the sensor behaves all week.
>> Thanks for the tidbits.
>> Veronica
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