No more finger pricks: A continuous glucose monitor benefits patients with diabetes in more ways than one

https://medicalxpress.com ^ | JULY 26, 2021 | by University of Michigan

[sloanrb]

No implanted chip.

There is a patch that you apply every 10 days. It has a very small needle, finer than a human hair. There is a disposable applicator to apply it. Then you snap in the transmitter. Put in the patch code that came with the applicator into the app, wait 2 hours, then it starts tracking glucose.

That’s it.

[sloanrb]

This is their website.

https://www.dexcom.com/g6-cgm-system

I get it through a program with my health insurance.

https://mylevel2.com/

[novemberslady]

I talked my husband into trying the Freestyle Libre after seeing an ad for it
That was over a year ago.

We were able to an outside Dr. to prescribe it and now the VA provides it (free for him) by mail.

He uses an app on his phone to read the sensor.

[353FMG]

Thanks for the info

[Red Badger]

Have you seen this?

https://www.medica-tradefair.com/en/News/Interviews/Previous_Interviews/Interviews_2019/Blood_Sugar_Monitoring_Using_Infrared_Instead_of_Invasive_Techniques

[tnlibertarian]

I’ve had my Dexcom G6 since last December. I love it. Some sensors tend to need some calibration and some don’t. I can usually tell when one is out of whack. It has helped by showing me swings between meals I didn’t know I was having because I wasn’t checking it then. You can share the data with someone so my wife gets high and low alerts.