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<blockquote data-quote="fletchlives" data-source="post: 1142053" data-attributes="member: 294478"><p>Hi, I recently bought a Dexcom 4 for use with my two year old type 1 as it was a nightmare getting any sleep, rapid drops and us been unable to tell or for him to tell us if he felt low or high, early days for us with him but the Dexcom is a god send expensive I know but honestly the best thing we have ever bought. The Dexcom 4 is very accurate and sets an alarm off for highs and lows etc and sends out an update to the the receiver every 5 minutes, The Big difference between the Decom 4 and 5 are the 5 sends its to your mobile etc but the transmitter etc does not last as long which is why we went for the Dexcom 4 which lasts longer and we don't need by the second updates,</p><p>Second part is the sensor's where they quote 7 days and at £50.00 each its expensive, I spent a lot of time researching this and even though its early days for us so far we are getting 3 weeks out of each one, use skin tac under the transmiter and tacoderm over the top, If I can get to 4 weeks I will be more than happy. 100% believe every t1 should have one of these for free, you get to see whats going on all the time and how it changes whilst just playing outside. Hope this helps a little it's just the cost or everyone would have one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fletchlives, post: 1142053, member: 294478"] Hi, I recently bought a Dexcom 4 for use with my two year old type 1 as it was a nightmare getting any sleep, rapid drops and us been unable to tell or for him to tell us if he felt low or high, early days for us with him but the Dexcom is a god send expensive I know but honestly the best thing we have ever bought. The Dexcom 4 is very accurate and sets an alarm off for highs and lows etc and sends out an update to the the receiver every 5 minutes, The Big difference between the Decom 4 and 5 are the 5 sends its to your mobile etc but the transmitter etc does not last as long which is why we went for the Dexcom 4 which lasts longer and we don't need by the second updates, Second part is the sensor's where they quote 7 days and at £50.00 each its expensive, I spent a lot of time researching this and even though its early days for us so far we are getting 3 weeks out of each one, use skin tac under the transmiter and tacoderm over the top, If I can get to 4 weeks I will be more than happy. 100% believe every t1 should have one of these for free, you get to see whats going on all the time and how it changes whilst just playing outside. Hope this helps a little it's just the cost or everyone would have one. [/QUOTE]
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