Thread: Dexcom CGM

This is strange! There is a Dexcom Users Group on the tudiabetes site and there are 149 members there who use it. I have oodles and gobs of replies there and only one here. Why is that??? I thought tudiabetes had fewer members than DD.

Hi Richard, I'm hopeful that my insurance approves as easily as yours did. I think one of the more ambiguous challenges of Dexcom is knowing whether to give up on a sensor if it doesn't work from the get go. It's part art and part science to know when to just replace it or to wait it out because sometimes a sensor will suddenly start working. I only trialed the Dex for a few days and I loved it and it wasn't even the...

sorry i cant help you richard.but im very happy for you,and i wish you great success in stopping the highs and lows.i will be looking forward to your reports on how it is going.i can only hope to still be as active with my care many yrs from now as you are..

Congrats Richard! I was approved as well but balked at an additional insertion taxing my already overused sites...but I may go ahead with one and get creative with my sites. There are links here at DD which opened my eyes on more expanded sites than I've traditionally used....could be my corrected eyes helping out too. My endo and I agreed it would be very helpful for me. Be patient...plenty of real users here. The snowstorms have...

Congrats Richard. Let us know how you like it. From other members' descriptions, it seems like a pretty cool device!

Richard, congrats on getting it approved. I think almost all of my posts here are opinions on the Seven Plus...I have been using it and its predecessor system for one full year and I am a big fan. It is not a perfect system yet, but I would not go without it. Here are my posts on the forum: http://www.diabetesdaily.com/forum/s...archid=1173853

I am anxious to hear your thoughts on it Richard! Congrats on getting through the approvals! drew