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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 185897" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>Oh gosh, I didn't realise everything regarding CGM's was so expensive etc....what I don't understand to be quite honest-what exactly is the benefit of knowing what your blood is every minute of the day (sort of)....</p><p></p><p>Is it not possible to just test yourself every 30 minutes or every hour, or every 2 hours during the night for a whilse to establish what is going on with somebodies diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I was offered CGM prior to going on to pump, but I knew when my levels dropped or went high, it's just that on MDI I couldn't have the minute control that a pump gives me to eliminate them.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong I believe in doing everything to possibly bring diabetes under control and to give people a better quality of life, but I really don't understand how people can afford to self fund these instruments as such a high cost.</p><p></p><p>I realise that it alarms for highs and lows, and this can be beneficial during the night expecially if alone, and with hypo unawareness, but is a CGM really, really worth these huge amounts of money??</p><p></p><p>It isn't a criticism of anybody, just trying to gain a knowledge form people that have had them just what real benefit there is compared to to a comaparatively cheap additional box of test strips if they can't be gained from a gp...does the benefit real counteract the cost?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 185897, member: 17713"] Oh gosh, I didn't realise everything regarding CGM's was so expensive etc....what I don't understand to be quite honest-what exactly is the benefit of knowing what your blood is every minute of the day (sort of).... Is it not possible to just test yourself every 30 minutes or every hour, or every 2 hours during the night for a whilse to establish what is going on with somebodies diabetes. I was offered CGM prior to going on to pump, but I knew when my levels dropped or went high, it's just that on MDI I couldn't have the minute control that a pump gives me to eliminate them. Don't get me wrong I believe in doing everything to possibly bring diabetes under control and to give people a better quality of life, but I really don't understand how people can afford to self fund these instruments as such a high cost. I realise that it alarms for highs and lows, and this can be beneficial during the night expecially if alone, and with hypo unawareness, but is a CGM really, really worth these huge amounts of money?? It isn't a criticism of anybody, just trying to gain a knowledge form people that have had them just what real benefit there is compared to to a comaparatively cheap additional box of test strips if they can't be gained from a gp...does the benefit real counteract the cost? [/QUOTE]
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