Diabetes

[ArlyA]

Same here ArlyA

How long have you been using one? Results?

 

[Buppies]

Since March 2024 very happy with results much easier to follow levels and keep under control

 

[ArlyA]

Since March 2024 very happy with results much easier to follow levels and keep under control

Type 1, 2? A1c?

 

[Buppies]

Type two diabetic diagnosed 2002 average 550 back then. A1C last month 6.6

 

[ArlyA]

Since March 2024 very happy with results much easier to follow levels and keep under control

How many units have you went through? I've used CGM's for many years. Started with a dexcom 5.

 

[Buppies]

I have gone thru 30 different pucks so far

 

[ArlyA]

No early failures?

 

[Buppies]

Yes two one my fault

 

[ArlyA]

Yes two one my fault

The early 6's I did very well with but the recent ones over the past 6 months, mostly flailed on day 8 or 9. Seems that decom had changed them. Now they've improved again and usually work for the 10.

 

[daugen]

How are you doing Buppies now?
I worry about you getting low blood sugar and out in this high heat.
lots of sports drinks?

if your levels are off, then what?

(am hoping not to personally find out...)

I bet that monitor has saved a lot of lives.

 

[Buppies]

Average numbers 132 right now antibiotic pretty rough on me presently

 

[ArlyA]

My CGM. You can also see my hernia incision scar! (lower right)

 

[ArlyA]

Average numbers 132 right now antibiotic pretty rough on me presently

How we doing there Buppies's? I'm finally getting 10 days life cycle out of mine so DEXcom must have improved the formula.

 

[Buppies]

The last two have gone full ten days

 

[daugen]

for those of us who don't have one, can you explain the ten day period? What lasts that long?

 

[Buppies]

The monitor as shown in ArlyA picture

 

[LHF2019]

Any of the members using Tandem? They released a new site called Tandem Source. While I hate change it showed a lot of information and wasn't bad once learned. Just recently when I click on it it just goes to a blank screen. Wanted to blame my old computer but on a much much newer system no change. I can still log into the old platform(t:connect). Within Tandem it shows that all systems operating correctly. No place to email questions that I have found. Just curious if anybody else experiencing same issues.

Main screen

When I click on Try Tandem Source

 

[ArlyA]

for those of us who don't have one, can you explain the ten day period? What lasts that long?

Its the length of time the sensor in your skin will, or suppose to last. Does that make sense? You need to change them every 10 days.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Its the length of time the sensor in your skin will, or suppose to last. Does that make sense? You need to change them every 10 days.

Dexcom G7 sensors last ten days, and then give you a twelve-hour grace period before they shut down. It is programmed in and based on most insurance covering thirty-day supply increments.

The old G5 and G6, sensors lasted seven days, (but you could trick them into restarting). The seven-day increment didn't work well with thirty-day prescriptions. Four sensors lasts 28-days, five sensors lasts 35 days. Similar issue with a 90-day prescription, 12 sensors lasts 84 days, and 13 sensors lasts 91-days. And most insurance would only cover thirty-days or less, or 90-days or less, and wouldn't let you refill until you had less than a one-week supply left.

 

[daugen]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/entertainment/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-miles-diabetes-wellness/index.html

important to catch this early