{"id":32,"date":"2010-09-23T01:55:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T08:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2010-09-23T01:55:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T08:55:34","slug":"dexcom-7-since-may-5-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/?p=32","title":{"rendered":"Dexcom 7 since May 5, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been lucky enough to be using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dexcom.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dexcom&#8217;s Seven Plus<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>(I must disclose that I do own some Dexcom stock) Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM for short( since the day that Mexico defeated the French (aka Cinco de Mayo).<\/p>\n<p>I must say that the technology and the accuracy of the device are amazing.\u00c2\u00a0 I was skeptical at first, and had read some initial issues with adhesiveness of receiver, accuracy, and bad sensors.\u00c2\u00a0 Although I did experience a rash of bad sensors over the first two weeks of having the product, I have to commend the Dexcom technical support folks who graciously would FedEx me a replacement receiver.<\/p>\n<p>I am now consistently getting 7 days of use out of each sensor (I have worn them up to 12 days, but as time passes past the intended 7 days of allowed use, the difference between the CGM readings and actual meter readings starts becoming greater and greater.\u00c2\u00a0 On average, during the 7 day period that a sensor is valid, I am typically ~10 pts off from when I verify with a finger stick and a traditional blood glucose monitor (BGM).\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the strategy is to discover patterns and to evaluate the effectiveness of insuling\/carb rations, basal insulin, and bolus insulin in order to approximate good blood glucose control, I find myself staring at the ugly pager (and I do mean ugly Dexcom folks, due mainly to his size) more often than not and making decisions or confirming with a finger stick *this is not medical advice, talk to your doctor and\/or CDE before making any changes or relying exclusively on a CGM device*.<\/p>\n<p>The Dexcom is a 2nd generation product that can us some software enhancements as well as ergonomic softening of its ugly receiver.\u00c2\u00a0 All in all, a good quarter of use with the Dexcom7 and I am loving it (though not letting it rule my life or spoil my fun).<\/p>\n<p>More to come soon, now, preparing for starting on the Omnipod insuling pump in June 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been lucky enough to be using Dexcom&#8217;s Seven Plus\u00c2\u00a0(I must disclose that I do own some Dexcom stock) Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM for short( since the day that Mexico defeated the French (aka Cinco de Mayo). I must say that the technology and the accuracy of the device are amazing.\u00c2\u00a0 I was skeptical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urenda.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}