Looking for people with experience of using a Dexcom G5 or G6 at school. For the past 2 years we have been using Libre and it has gone pretty well. The Libre Reader stays with my daughters TA at all times and she can get a reading on demand in a 'flash'.
Now that we have moved to using the Dexcom G6, the new School year is about to start and was wondering how you manage at school? My concern is the disconnects when out of range and then having to wait up to around 10 minutes to get a reading. We have the official Dexcom receiver but if this stays with the TA it will be going in and out of range all day and may cause a bit of a panic if a reading is not available and my daughter is experiencing hypo symptoms.
Do you let your child keep hold of the receiver all day (in a pocket/belt)? My daughter is 7 so quite a big responsibility still.
We also have a phone hooked up to transmit to cloud but would be fine for that to stay hidden away in her school bag for the whole day.
Interested to know of strategies that have been used and been successful.
Now that we have moved to using the Dexcom G6, the new School year is about to start and was wondering how you manage at school? My concern is the disconnects when out of range and then having to wait up to around 10 minutes to get a reading. We have the official Dexcom receiver but if this stays with the TA it will be going in and out of range all day and may cause a bit of a panic if a reading is not available and my daughter is experiencing hypo symptoms.
Do you let your child keep hold of the receiver all day (in a pocket/belt)? My daughter is 7 so quite a big responsibility still.
We also have a phone hooked up to transmit to cloud but would be fine for that to stay hidden away in her school bag for the whole day.
Interested to know of strategies that have been used and been successful.