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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1511101" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>The phone's got to have nfc or it won't read the sensor. Not up to speed on samsung phones, so you'd need to check your version has nfc.</p><p></p><p>I quite liked the idea of scanning with my phone but in practice found that it didn't "find" the sensor as reliably as the reader, plus you're pointing a lit up screen out away from your arm and it beeps when it reads, so it's not exactly discreet, whereas the reader fits handily in your palm and no-one really notices you scanning. I'm not shy at all about testing/injecting in public, but just found waving a phone past my arm several times till it found the sensor and then having it beep just looked kind of dumb.</p><p></p><p>Also, the reader results can be downloaded to pc software which is way better than the phone for analysis - the AGP, ambulatory glucose profile is very good, but you only get a basic version of that on the phone.</p><p></p><p>The phone is not bad at all, especially if you're just after a quick one off test run for 2 weeks to give it a go, but longer term, I've found I prefer the reader.</p><p></p><p>By the way, seeing as your dsn is being a bit more upbeat about it, maybe ask if the hospital does test runs. It's a bit of a postcode lottery depending on the hospital, but I know for sure that some hospitals are dishing out a reader and one sensor for nothing and then you get to keep the reader: a guy at my work got one that way, and there's been a fair few posts on here saying the same. No harm in asking!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not technically recommended that you bolus from it, and a dsn will never advise that you do that. Certainly for a long time after I got it, I would still meter test before meals, but I found after about six months that I was becoming familiar with it's quirks, and eventually started bolusing from it. </p><p></p><p>These days, unless it's a rogue sensor or I have reason to doubt, or levels are unstable, I'll generally test only a couple of times a day, in much the same way dexcom is calibrated, and I can normally get a good enough sense from that of how well the sensor is reflecting reality to be confident of making treatment decisions from it. </p><p></p><p>So, like I say, it's not technically recommended, and I certainly wouldn't recommend it when you're new to it, but after a few months of use, we're all grown adults and can make a personal judgment call on whether to bolus from it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1511101, member: 374531"] The phone's got to have nfc or it won't read the sensor. Not up to speed on samsung phones, so you'd need to check your version has nfc. I quite liked the idea of scanning with my phone but in practice found that it didn't "find" the sensor as reliably as the reader, plus you're pointing a lit up screen out away from your arm and it beeps when it reads, so it's not exactly discreet, whereas the reader fits handily in your palm and no-one really notices you scanning. I'm not shy at all about testing/injecting in public, but just found waving a phone past my arm several times till it found the sensor and then having it beep just looked kind of dumb. Also, the reader results can be downloaded to pc software which is way better than the phone for analysis - the AGP, ambulatory glucose profile is very good, but you only get a basic version of that on the phone. The phone is not bad at all, especially if you're just after a quick one off test run for 2 weeks to give it a go, but longer term, I've found I prefer the reader. By the way, seeing as your dsn is being a bit more upbeat about it, maybe ask if the hospital does test runs. It's a bit of a postcode lottery depending on the hospital, but I know for sure that some hospitals are dishing out a reader and one sensor for nothing and then you get to keep the reader: a guy at my work got one that way, and there's been a fair few posts on here saying the same. No harm in asking! It's not technically recommended that you bolus from it, and a dsn will never advise that you do that. Certainly for a long time after I got it, I would still meter test before meals, but I found after about six months that I was becoming familiar with it's quirks, and eventually started bolusing from it. These days, unless it's a rogue sensor or I have reason to doubt, or levels are unstable, I'll generally test only a couple of times a day, in much the same way dexcom is calibrated, and I can normally get a good enough sense from that of how well the sensor is reflecting reality to be confident of making treatment decisions from it. So, like I say, it's not technically recommended, and I certainly wouldn't recommend it when you're new to it, but after a few months of use, we're all grown adults and can make a personal judgment call on whether to bolus from it. [/QUOTE]
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