Recent Content by briansolar1

Hi, I have been over to the USA for a number of times for 2+ months. In answer to your question I haven't any experience of getting insulin over there. But what I do is take an appropriate amount ( ie 2 months plus some spare) over on the flight in hand luggage to cover the period and then ask...

I'm terms of calibration. I spoke to Dexcom sales and was told that the One can be calibrated.

I have been able to restart my G6 sensors fine but haven't had much success getting use out of them for more than a day or so. Often my G6 sensor readings get less reliable from say days 8 -10 so extending them doesn't seem worthwhile unfortunately.

Yes the One is a slimmed down offering. Perhaps to compete with the Libre? https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/dexcom-plots-uk-rollout-pared-down-continuous-glucose-monitoring-system The one is different from the G7 which I think is still awaiting final approval in the UK. I haven't seen a...

Hi, I currently self fund the dexcom g6 for 160 per month. I see Dexcom now have the One available for 300 for 3 months, 100 per month. The One has less functionality; not pump compatible less alerts no sharing of data with family etc. Other than that the One and G6 seem pretty similar...

I agree mostly with the last post from searley. I self fund the dexcom g6, but was delighted when I was given the chance to try the nhs funded libre 2. However I found for me that the libre 2 was noticeably less accurate such that I didn't trust the results. I ran with both together for about...

I am self funding the Dexcom G6 and wrote to my MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament, about NHS funding. But the response back from the NHS was they won't fund Dexcom at the moment as the national criteria for NHS funding 'includes recurrent severe hypoglycemia requiring intervention of...

Interesting, I wasn't aware of Nightscout and will have a look.... Brian

Thanks for that, I hadn't realised that was the case, so in that respect at least the G6 and Libre might be providing a better estimate.

The stats the Clarity app provide are very informative, particularly where blood sugar is worse at particular times of day. I am finding my 'time in range' is between 75% and 85%.

Hi, Thanks for that. Yes I still do finger pricks- useful for the times that the G6 fails, and I take a reading every morning when I wake up to calibrate or check the G6. At that time the G6 is pretty accurate when my blood sugars are often steady- maybe +/- 0.5 mmol/l between the test strips...

Hi. I am T1 and take multiple daily injections and use a Dexcom G6 sensor. On the G6, my 90 day HbA1c estimate is consistently around 6.4-6.5%. However when I get a blood sample HbA1c done from the doctors it has been 7.1-7.2% the last year or so. Has anyone else had that type of discrepancy...

I live in Scotland and have used the Dexcom G6 for about 2 years and pay for it myself. I had used the Freestyle Libre but found it inaccurate for me and I had skin reactions to it. I have recently written to my MSP about getting the G6 on the NHS and have heard initially that it is determined...

I called Abbott and had a very poor experience with them. I have sent 3 emails to Abbott and received an auto reply from them each time saying they would get back to me within 72 hours- they haven't replied yet after about 20 days. The operator I spoke to by phone said he didn't have any record...

I have decided to give up on the Freestyle Libre. It can be a fantastic device when it works, but for me I was getting erratic readings to a point where I was using a normal blood sensor as a back up to check the libre readings much of the time. I also had two occasions where I developed a...