Do you know a type 1 diabetic? Then tell them to get a Dexcom G4 Constant Glucose Monitor. I got one after many extreme low blood sugar events, and this thing is miraculous. Seriously, the most effective tool for managing diabetes since the glucometer. It reads your blood glucose every 5 minutes, and plots a graph to show you a real-time look at where you are and where you're going. Alerts you to high and low glucose readings, and will wake you up so you don't wake up in the middle of an insulin reaction.

I don't normally starts this kind of thread, but I wanted to let everyone know how impressed I am with this thing. The sensor/transmitter is small and easy to "install" and replace - and comfortable to wear, and the receiver is small enough to fit in your pocket - similar in size to an ipod. Now I can stick my finger twice a day instead of 6 or 7 - to calibrate the unit - and I always know what my bg is and where it's going. A glucometer says your bg is 90. 90 on the way to 50, or 90 on the way to 200? With the Dexcom, you know - and you won't get to 200 because you knew you were at 90 and rising quick, and gave yourself some insulin so it leveled out at 160 and dropped back down to 115.

It's likely your doctor will have to prescribe it as a "medical necessity" for your insurance to cover it, but Dexcom and their partner companies made it easy for me to get set up for 150 clams, and 50 bones a month for sensors. It's worth every cent of it.

I do not work for or represent Dexcom. I just use their G4 GCM and want every diabetic I know to know how awesome this thing is. Go to the Dexcom site and check them out. OK -back to your regularly scheduled programming.

my grandfather died because he had to have his legs amputated due to Diabetes, which killed him shortly after....

my mom has it as well...

ill let her know, thanks Dan....

Thank God we don't have that in our family...were just graced with Cancer and Heart disease. Glad it's helping you out!

Dan S. with a public service announcement.

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I'll pass it on.

Dan, does this device have warning parameters built in to give you an alert?

It has a low alert set at 55, and then another low/high alert that you can set yourself.

I have my set at 70 and 170.

I'm not sure if its the same model/brand but my buddy uses something like this.

I have another buddy that needs something like this,or he is going to kill himself. Its sad to see someone that takes suck terrible care of his disease.

Poeple do that because diabetes kills you slowly, so they think it isn't going to catch up with them.

It always does, though.

Passing this info on to several family members. Thanks!

Dan,

You said Type 1 diabetic. I don't know any other Type 1s besides you. My mother is a Type 2. Not sure if it would be applicable to her case. She's 87 and finally started taking better care of herself a couple years ago, so who knows.

Sg

I'm pretty sure a type 2 diabetic would find this thing very useful, too, but I can only say for sure it helps a type 1 diabetic - because that's what I am.

I don't think any diabetic wouldn't be helped by knowing what their blood glucose is all the time.

I've made up my mind to get rid of my type 2.....
I'll let you know how it goes. BTW, the diet sucks.

My Dad is type 1. I will mention this to him

I'm type 2 and knowing the slope of the curve would be useful. I usually wait until I feel like chit and then I know my glucose is on it's way down down down. << 70 and dropping.