Earlier this year, Dexcom released the new SHARE platform for their newest continuous glucose monitor (CGM), the G4. Thanks to SHARE, you can now choose to have as many as five “followers,” who will have your CGM data streamed to their iPhones in real-time. Uh oh. In the abstract, this sounds great. But in real life? Sharing your CGM data…
Etiquette and the Continuous Glucose Monitor – Looking for Your Input.
Dexcom, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Psychosocial Support, Real Life Diabetes, UncategorizedClouding on the Road.
Blood Sugars, Dexcom, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Products, Psychosocial Support, Robot LifeThe CGM in the Cloud concept matters most to me when I’m traveling alone. While I was in Orlando last week, my bedside table looked like this at night: A Moto G hooked up to my Dexcom G4, sending CGM data to the cloud. And that data being routed to my family back in Rhode Island and to my wristwatch….
We Are Not Waiting: CGM in the Cloud (Part 1).
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Family, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Products, Guest Diabetes Blogger, Real Life Diabetes, Robot LifeWaiting, when it comes to diabetes, frustrates the hell out of me. According to the “cure in five years!” mantra that rang out constantly when I was diagnosed in 1986, I’ve been waiting for a cure for almost 30 years. Currently, I wait (impatiently) for the Animas Vibe to become available to US patients. I wait for the Dexcom Share…
It’s not just a matter of slapping on a new sensor, queuing it up, and making use of the data once it’s available on the graph. Wearing a Dexcom sensor has now become this intricate pseudo-science of site rotation, skin maintenance, and scheduling, thanks to the dreaded Dexcom rash. My first skin irritation from the Dexcom sensor popped up in…
I test my blood sugars between 8 – 15 times per day, depending on trends, travel, exercise, food, and other variables. I correct highs. I treat lows. I make a lot of decisions based on these numbers, and it scares the hell out of me to think that they might not be right. Food for thought. You might also like:…