Sunday, January 9, 2011

Melodramatic Dexcom

Here's how things go sometimes:

Dexcom: BUZZ BUZZ!  You're blood sugar is 15 million and 20!  You're going to DIE!  You're going into DKA!!!  Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ping Meter: BEEP!  Eh, you're at 160.  Just take some insulin.

Dex, I love you, but you're a little off base and melodramatic once in a while.

4 comments:

  1. It's going around!!! C and I have both had issues with our CGMs lately! I love this post!

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  2. What I HATE is when the Dexcom buzzes me to let me know I'm high, low etc., barely 2 minutes after I've looked at the reading. Especially if I'm at church or in a meeting at the office.

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  3. Or this:

    "BUZZZ! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! It's 2 in the morning and you're having an awesome dream about baby hippos and ice cream! You're blood sugar is 172! OMGWAKEUP!"

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  4. Yep. CGM hysteria all over the place. And then, just when it discovers that you're on to its spotty alerts, it goes all nuts and declares a frantic "???" or "Lost Sensor" just to throw you off your game. What a scandal.

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