CGM and Adults

[azkat]

Hi all-

So I finally got in to see an endo (I was dx'd in December) We agreed that I am a good candidate for a pump! Yea!!:D I then asked if I would also be a good candidate for the CGM. I am already familiar with it as my daughter wears one. He said it was more of a pain than it was worth. WTH?? :eek: I said I would like one since I know my insurance will cover it. The endo said we will look at my numbers in a couple of weeks and make a descision then. So my question is this: As an adult with Type 1, did you find it more difficult to convince your endo to put you on CGM? Do you find it useful?

[Wendy12571]

Kathleen,
I use a dexcom 7. I will tell you that for me it has been the best thing since the pump. My a1c's have dropped. I will tell you that I am/was horrible about testing my blood sugar. I actually bolus off the numbers on the dexcom. it is pretty much dead on accurate.
Wendy

[TripleThreat]

weird my endo would only sign papers if i got the cgms with the pump

[hypercarmona]

I may be the odd one out, but my experience with the dexcom 7 was horrible. Out of 7 sensors, I had one that worked for more than a day. I would put one in, calibrate and then about 3 or 4 am that same night I would have a dead sensor error, after a full night of false lows and highs, repeat calibration messages and lost transmission. I would restart it, calibrate and by lunchtime, I would have another dead sensor error. They replaced the sensors, replaced the transmitter, and would have replaced the receiver, but I gave up on it before it got to that point. Customer service was excellent, however and they did their best to try and help me. We went over my calibration technique, I downloaded all the results to the trainer, she and I discussed that it could have been interference from my pump, and so I dumped my pump to go back to shots. It didn't make a difference.

I was told that they (customer service) had never seen anything like what I experienced, and I was supposed to get results "all the time" like what I did with the one sensor that worked correctly. Not the other way around.

CGM wasn't anything that I absolutely couldn't live without, even with my hypo-unawareness. I check enough that I know with a fair amount of certainty which way I'm headed. After a month of trying to get it figured out, troubleshooting and waking up over and over to false alarms and errors, I decided that the best and least stressful choice for me was to get rid of it.

To answer the question, though, it wasn't any problem for me to get my endo to sign off on it. He had actually suggested it a few months prior, but I just didn't have the finances for it then.

[Jamie's mom]

I love it!
Cant imagine being on the pump without it!
Push your Doctor!!!

[TripleThreat]

sorry didnt specify on minimed pump with cgms

[Bob @ Joy of Diabetes]

I love my Dexcom 7 occassional funny numbers but I'm occassionally funny too!!!! It has been a great thing for me and my life