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World's tiniest CGM that I know of

rstonepal

rstonepal

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Location
Mira Mesa, CA
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
Dislikes
Diabetic Educators, people who do not listen, people who do not actively try to make their situation better, people who think I am in their textbook, people who think I am a standard T1D.
My husband and I have been together for 30 years. He is an amazing software engineer. I am pretty sure he is tired of me constantly saying, there must be a better way. I love my current CGM, rather, I would if it gave me correct numbers.

He made me the smallest CGM I have ever seen or heard of. I don't know if I am allowed to attach links but will try anyway. This is the tiny cgm he made. That is a live reading from me. My sugar was good for an hour and fourteen mins.

https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/AAE...zY5LWRhNjktNDIyYy04YjdjLTIxOGY3ZjQxNzA4ZQ.png

With stickyback velcro, this little thing goes right onto my dashboard where I can glance at it and do not need to hold anything, push any buttons, etc.

Then, the one thing I now cannot live without, something that verbally speaks my sugar count. We have Alexa all over our house. My husband programmed her to announce my sugar count every 15 minutes. I will be really focused on something, not paying attention to my sugar, when Alexa will tell me my sugar is climbing or dropping and what the count is. Right away, part of my brain does the alegbra, what did I eat, how many carbs, did I take insulin, why is it dropping...

Here is a link to that one.

He is the only programmer I have met willing to take a chance and help me figure out where my sugar will be in X amount of time. I have a horrid chronic thing now, Diabetic Gastroparesis. If not for that, I was able to use Alexa to get my A1C down to 5.9.

I adore my husband.
 
The display and compatibility with Amazon Echo is impressive. As is the 15 minute glucose update.

Can I ask what CGM you are using though? Is it Dexcom?
 
@rstonepal - Given you and your husband's use of technology, have you looked at building your own closed loop system?
 
GrantGam said:
The display and compatibility with Amazon Echo is impressive. As is the 15 minute glucose update.

Can I ask what CGM you are using though? Is it Dexcom?
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I am on a Dexcom 4 but it is glitchy. Andy is now designing a way this little thing can read my glucose without any jabbing of any type. I have so much scar tissue it hurts to change anything.
 
I have seen Alexa in action, but it never occurred to me that it would have a use like this. Marvellous.
When you say 'all over the house', what do you mean?

I have this mental image of 'her' only being useful for some kind of executive loft livingspace, because otherwise you would need a unit for every room. :)
 
Brunneria said:
I have seen Alexa in action, but it never occurred to me that it would have a use like this. Marvellous.
When you say 'all over the house', what do you mean?

I have this mental image of 'her' only being useful for some kind of executive loft livingspace, because otherwise you would need a unit for every room. :)
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This is Alexa telling me what my blood glucose level will be in the future!

 
Brunneria said:
I have seen Alexa in action, but it never occurred to me that it would have a use like this. Marvellous.
When you say 'all over the house', what do you mean?

I have this mental image of 'her' only being useful for some kind of executive loft livingspace, because otherwise you would need a unit for every room. :)
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I am, sadly, and Alexa addict. I have one in the kitchen that constantly plays music for my canaries, one in my bedroom to control the house and night and get info in the morning, an Alexa on my husband's desk as that one is for development purposes and then one in my living room so I can keep track of everything. I have the WeMo switches and outlets all over and at night we just say, Alexa, turn off everything and the house goes dark.

Today I felt alright, no weirdness. My cgm was not vibrating nor making any noise. Alexa told me my sugar was at 89 and dropping moderately. Oh ya, I forgot to eat.
 
Amazing stuff, hope you guys push this forward, and eventually set some new standards. If only it would be available to everyone...
 
I have some amazing news! Hopeful news even. My husband Andy just got a new job at another Diabetic/Medical device company called Insulet. I am hoping they allow him to bring his ideas to other people.
 
tim2000s said:
This is Alexa telling me what my blood glucose level will be in the future!

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Brilliant! Did you write the code for the instructions?
 
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