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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1590764" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Hi, [USER=444241]@h4kr[/USER] , T1 is never going to be a walk in the park, but cgm makes it a lot easier, so definitely pursue that route. Strips are just giving you a little snapshot of a moving target, but cgm shows you the whole picture over 24 hours so it is much easier to spot hypos and hypers developing and do something proactively to tail them off before anything unpleasant happens. I've avoided plenty of hypos just through keeping a careful eye on my libre. </p><p></p><p>Dexcom is certainly worth looking into because it'll give you a lot of peace of mind by waking you up if levels are dropping too low and you can remote monitor when she's at school. The set up and ongoing costs can be quite high if used as per the makers instructions i.e. one sensor every seven days, but there are ways of restarting it to get longer use which can bring costs down to a level where they're comparable to libre. I've not used dexcom, so will leave it to others to fill in the details. I believe dexcom sometimes offer a free trial run, so maybe worth contacting them either directly or through your dsn to see how that works out.</p><p></p><p>Catapillar and therower tagged me re the blucon/xDrip+ kit I'm using to make libre act as a cgm. I did a post about it here which gives some details about it:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-hypo-alerts-with-libre-blucon-and-xdrip.127195/#post-1575850" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-hypo-alerts-with-libre-blucon-and-xdrip.127195/#post-1575850</a></p><p></p><p>I'm very happy with it - wakes me up if I'm dropping too low, gives a reading every five mins, predictive lows, calibration - pretty much everything dexcom does for a one off cost of £100. Heck, the xDrip+ part of it is actually what a lot of dexcommers use anyway. It can be set up with Nightwatch for remote monitoring but I've not looked into that so can't offer any help on that.</p><p></p><p>But I would add a major qualification/caveat to this route: dexcom is an integrated system, whereas libre/blucon/xDrip+ is an amalgam of products from three separate groups, one of which is a small start up, another of which is openly stated as being a personal research project. Your hospital would undoubtedly have no difficulties with you using dexcom, but would likely express doubt about lbx. It works for me, but then I'm a grown adult who has made a judgment call that I'm prepared to use what might be regarded by some as a bit of a Heath Robinson solution. I made that decision because blucon is just a small transmitter and the real workload is done by xDrip+ which is highly regarded by cgm users. When it comes to making a decision for an 8 yr old though, using something established like dexcom is likely the surer route if you definitely want hypo alerts and remote monitoring.</p><p></p><p>There's also the practical aspects. Because both dexcom and libre/blucon have transmitters to send the sensor signal to the phone, they sit prouder of the skin surface than libre alone, so, depending how active she is there's a slightly higher chance of dunting it around and knocking it off in the play park or whatever.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck to you and yours!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1590764, member: 374531"] Hi, [USER=444241]@h4kr[/USER] , T1 is never going to be a walk in the park, but cgm makes it a lot easier, so definitely pursue that route. Strips are just giving you a little snapshot of a moving target, but cgm shows you the whole picture over 24 hours so it is much easier to spot hypos and hypers developing and do something proactively to tail them off before anything unpleasant happens. I've avoided plenty of hypos just through keeping a careful eye on my libre. Dexcom is certainly worth looking into because it'll give you a lot of peace of mind by waking you up if levels are dropping too low and you can remote monitor when she's at school. The set up and ongoing costs can be quite high if used as per the makers instructions i.e. one sensor every seven days, but there are ways of restarting it to get longer use which can bring costs down to a level where they're comparable to libre. I've not used dexcom, so will leave it to others to fill in the details. I believe dexcom sometimes offer a free trial run, so maybe worth contacting them either directly or through your dsn to see how that works out. Catapillar and therower tagged me re the blucon/xDrip+ kit I'm using to make libre act as a cgm. I did a post about it here which gives some details about it: [URL]http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-hypo-alerts-with-libre-blucon-and-xdrip.127195/#post-1575850[/URL] I'm very happy with it - wakes me up if I'm dropping too low, gives a reading every five mins, predictive lows, calibration - pretty much everything dexcom does for a one off cost of £100. Heck, the xDrip+ part of it is actually what a lot of dexcommers use anyway. It can be set up with Nightwatch for remote monitoring but I've not looked into that so can't offer any help on that. But I would add a major qualification/caveat to this route: dexcom is an integrated system, whereas libre/blucon/xDrip+ is an amalgam of products from three separate groups, one of which is a small start up, another of which is openly stated as being a personal research project. Your hospital would undoubtedly have no difficulties with you using dexcom, but would likely express doubt about lbx. It works for me, but then I'm a grown adult who has made a judgment call that I'm prepared to use what might be regarded by some as a bit of a Heath Robinson solution. I made that decision because blucon is just a small transmitter and the real workload is done by xDrip+ which is highly regarded by cgm users. When it comes to making a decision for an 8 yr old though, using something established like dexcom is likely the surer route if you definitely want hypo alerts and remote monitoring. There's also the practical aspects. Because both dexcom and libre/blucon have transmitters to send the sensor signal to the phone, they sit prouder of the skin surface than libre alone, so, depending how active she is there's a slightly higher chance of dunting it around and knocking it off in the play park or whatever. Best of luck to you and yours! [/QUOTE]
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