Just started using My Dexcom G6 today!

I found it was important not to calibrate it in the first 24 hours and let it settle. I rely on finger pricks during that time.

Good news @8amoreno

I use mine with the Tandem Slim and Control IQ and my sleep quality has improved massively because of this as it holds me steady during the night, I am slightly cautious of using the G6 around exercise and rely more on finger pricks then due to the speed of the readings and wanting more of a real time view, otherwise it's spot on and when used with the clarity app it can help with minor tweaks, it is a massive game changer tho using the system, i've not looked back since.

8amoreno said:

Awesome I was actually curious about the wearOS because I have a fossil watch and was going to ask about this. My numbers and control has been way better since using dexcomg6.

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I now feel naked without my (self funded) G6 and it has made MDI much more effective for me.

BUT I found the transmitter stopped talking to my iPhone 8 when I updated to iOS 15 last November. Talking to Dexcom tech support, I was told that as the software is very different to iOS 14 and earlier, it may take quite a lot of time before Dexcom can confirm it will be supported. I then mentioned that I was about to upgrade to an iPhone 13. Again it will take a long time before Dexcom can confirm it will be supported...
'For Dexcom CLARITY app, any device is compatible as long as it meets the following:
iOS 11.4 - 14.4.
Android OS 7.0 and up'.
https://www.dexcom.com/en-GB/compatibility/device

So I reluctantly purchased the dedicated Dexcom G6 receiver which is expensive and annoyingly much more clumsy to use compared to the phone/watch Apps. Now waiting for rollout of G7 before trying to go back to the phone App.

EllieM said:

Hi, I have a G6 and have a smartwatch linked to my phone so I get my bg on my watch face. (I believe it may be easier if you are on the apple ecosystem but if you're got the wear IOS you can link with your phone and your dexcom reading via a clockface called glance).

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Hi, Do you mind me asking which watch you are using to do this? I am a Garmin user and I know that there is a Garmin app that links to the Dexcom G6 but it only seems to be available in the US - it's certainly not available in the UK!

My control is way better with Dexcom talking to my tandem basal iq pump.
May I ask why you are ditching the medtronic pump and medtronic cgm? Asking for a friend who is having to choose between these options though in the UK she has to apply for special funding for both.
You can wear it on your stomach near to the pump but you don't have to.
The pump is easy to programme and filling the cartridge is easier than my first Roche pump with no occlusions that I can recall (if you did decide to go for this pump)>
My smart phone app (Clarify) did not like the pump though (I use a Galaxy Note 20) and caused the transmitter to stop working. So rather than endlessly looking at my phone to see what I am doing I check at key times and then only if the pump vibrates to warm me that I am going out of range.
Sleep is better as I ask the pump not to wake me up with beeping.
I find that if the basal is correct then my pump can cope with low carb meals without much bolus from me. High carb still involves a time lagged chasing down of the carb high but my profile is generally a lot flatter.
The Dexcom team are useful and will send out replacement sensors when they fail before 10 days. I have had a couple of fails where the sensor suddenly read as a double dip hypo and alarmed when I wasn't low and then died.
I think there a few ways to extend your sensor life so if you are paying for it yourself check out YouTUbe.

oldgreymare said:

So I reluctantly purchased the dedicated Dexcom G6 receiver which is expensive and annoyingly much more clumsy to use compared to the phone/watch Apps. Now waiting for rollout of G7 before trying to go back to the phone App.

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Do you know if your G6 receiver will continue to work with G7? I am asking because I'm considering self-funding Dexcom. A few years ago I used to self-fund Dexcom (before getting Libre on NHS) and I liked it because it was fairly accurate. However, the alarm kept going off needlessly if I left the phone upstairs. I now use Libre 2, but I actually requested a reader because I'm so clumsy that I often drop my phone, sometimes breaking it. However, I do scan the Libre with both so that the hospital DSNs get the readings from the mobile.

ElenaP said:

Do you know if your G6 receiver will continue to work with G7? I am asking because I'm considering self-funding Dexcom. A few years ago I used to self-fund Dexcom (before getting Libre on NHS) and I liked it because it was fairly accurate. However, the alarm kept going off needlessly if I left the phone upstairs. I now use Libre 2, but I actually requested a reader because I'm so clumsy that I often drop my phone, sometimes breaking it. However, I do scan the Libre with both so that the hospital DSNs get the readings from the mobile.

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Good question! I would hope so, or at least get a free exchange one when I upgrade to a G7. But not holding my breath on the G7 UK rollout...will be ecstatic if it is within 2022. BTW the current reader does come with a silicon rubber case.

EllieM said:

Hi, I have a G6 and have a smartwatch linked to my phone so I get my bg on my watch face. (I believe it may be easier if you are on the apple ecosystem but if you're got the wear IOS you can link with your phone and your dexcom reading via a clockface called glance).

Just be aware when hypo that you may need to use your glucometer to tell when you are going back up, becasue the sensor both lags a bit compared to blood glucose but also only gives you a reading every 5 minutes.

I love my dexcom, it is a gamechanger, though very occasionally the sensor does read off, so it may be worth double checking unexpectedly high or low readings.

In my experience (albeit in New Zealand where you speak to customer support based in Australia) dexcom are extremely good at helping with any issues (including technical ones) if you phone them, and are willing to replace sensors etc even if it's your mistake that they don't work.

I hope you like yours as much as I like mine,

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I have been using a Medtronic pump for 10 years and paid for the CGM sensor when it first appeared on the market and have since tried it again as it is now available from my hospital, I find it unreliable and high maintenance and it didn’t help improve my HbA1c.
I have been using the LibreLink 2 sensor with my Medtronic pump for the past 14 months and bingo, improved my HbA1c by 1% to 6.8% and the best control I have had in decades.

I would like to change to a Dexcom pump and CGM system, mainly to help my low sugars while sleeping and in general. Hypos become a problem to tighter your control, it can slip into the red zone so quickly in my experience.
It’s a game changer you say and I am hoping so.
It’s about finding the right combination of the technology we have available and it is out there. Just have to convince my doctor!

oldgreymare said:

Good question! I would hope so, or at least get a free exchange one when I upgrade to a G7. But not holding my breath on the G7 UK rollout...will be ecstatic if it is within 2022. BTW the current reader does come with a silicon rubber case.

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it is going to take the US a couple years to get the G7

But I can't get any of them unless I self fund here in the US