[Diabetes-Talk] My Saturday night G7 adventure.

Mon Jun 19 16:22:07 UTC 2023

That's one thing I have never done I try to always be carefull.

Les fitzpatrickPiano Technician
Ham call K5FPT

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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2023 7:00 AM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] My Saturday night G7 adventure.

Watch out toilet here comes the phone from the shirt pocket loll.
Has happened to my friends,
then I laugh really hard.
Dar
Original message:
> 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

> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of 
> Les Fitzpatrick via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2023 5:09 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Les Fitzpatrick <lfitz50 at gmail.com>
> 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

> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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

> Sent from my iPhone

>> 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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