blood glucose continuous sensor is awsome!!

[diabeticballa!]

i just got a glucose sensor and its easy to put in and after you calibrate it with a few finger sticks it does everything for u and it tellw you when u are out of your bg target.. wondering what you think and if anyone else has one?

[Coppernob]

i just got a glucose sensor and its easy to put in and after you calibrate it with a few finger sticks it does everything for u and it tellw you when u are out of your bg target.. wondering what you think and if anyone else has one?

I love mine too - I have the medtronic system. It helps me get my basal rate adjusted and see the effect of different foods on my BG. It also has been great if I have been going too high or too low in the night, particularly the latter.

I am glad that you are pleased with it and have been seeing its benefits already. :)

[Funnygrl]

There's no such thing as a continuous "blood" glucose monitor. All the monitors on the market monitor interstitial fluid, not blood.

I hope you're still doing fingersticks, not just trusting the monitor.

[RedRD]

Does your insurance cover that? And how often do you stick to keep it calibrated?

[Funnygrl]

Does your insurance cover that? And how often do you stick to keep it calibrated?
For Minimed it needs calibrations twice a day, but you still need to test before meals, at bedtime, if you're low/high, etc. It's meant to fill in the gabs of data, not reduce "sticks." I still tested 6-10x/day when I was on it.

[GretchO]

I agree with Funnygrl...while my sensor readings are usually very accurate I still test after I get up in the morning, before I got to bed at night, before I eat, and to make sure I'm really as high or low as the sensor is suggesting (it's usually right, but because it's been wrong on occasion I go for the tester to confirm).

I love using CGMS.

[GeishaGirl]

I tried this -- it was the whole reason I got the Minimed. But I couldn't get the sensor implanted anywhere comfortable, and even though it FELL OUT a day early, the spot where it was got horribly infected (which NEVER happens with my infusion sets). I tried to place another one, but it bent and hurt like ****. Plus it wasn't very accurate for me (could be 40-80+ points off. Once it was over 100 points off). So, I may try it again later -- but for some people, it doesn't work :( I wish it did!

[diabeticballa!]

ya i got minimed 2

[diabeticballa!]

you have to stich every 12 hoursso b4 u go to bed and when u wake up and ya we petitioned to my insurance to get them to cover it

[Deetles13]

I tried the CGM for two months and I didnt like it. It kept falling out and hurting my stomach becuz It was summer and I was constantly bending over working on my house at the time. So I moved it to my hip and that worked better but it kept alarming and giving me more hassle than help.. i dont use it anymore. It didnt tell me anything I didnt already know.

[diabeticballa!]

oh sorry it happened like that i play basketball and mine falls out in games sometimes

[cwathne]

I've been using a Dexcom 7 for about 4 months.

Its a cgms that lasts 7 days before the sensors need to be replaced. It taken quite a bit of effort to get it to work like one would hope it would, but now that i have everything dialed in i REALLY LOVE IT. When i first started using the Dexcom 7 the sensors would fail after 2-4 days; after some time a rep suggested to me that I insert the sensor at night, sleep with it in, then the next morning do the start up and calibration. Since then they have been working very well.

The numbers are more usually very accurate (within 25%), but what is most important is that it shows you with great accuracy what is happening to your glucose levels; ie, going up or going down, and the rate at which the changes are happening.

I'm an avid cyclist, and having the cgms on me while I ride is a huge benefit. While riding I can see if my blood sugar levels are going up, down, or staying about even, instead of pricking my finger and getting a simple blood glucose reading.

Its also water proof (the sensors, not the receiver) so excessive sweat, and showers are not a problem.

[Gordonm]

I have had the MM CGMS since October and it has really helped. I also cycle a lot and like the feature of being able to look at the BS level go up or down at any time. Mine has been very accurate. I get about 7 to 9 days from one sensor. As far as falling out, I tape them on. I do have to change the tape on occasion but it keeps it nice and secure. I also have been inserting them on the inside of my thigh. This sometimes is a little painful but goea away in an hour or so and I don't know it is there. This has been much beter than my abdomen and keeps my abdomen free for the sets.