They do now. Mostly manufacture in San Diego. However for the g7 they are looking to do it overseas because labor is cheaper. We will see how that pans out.
The product. Is relatively light so shipping won’t matter that much.
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Basically, because customer demand outpaces the abilities of the US population to build factories, hire, train, and produce a sufficient quantity of a good quality product in a timely fashion at a reasonable cost. The public thinks that we as manufacturers only go overseas, sometimes don’t see our families for months, have to eat strange foods while staying in strange places with the risk of contracting strange diseases while being careful not to offend the natives in order to save or make more money. Most, not all of us, manufacture globally in order to deliver the highest quality product, on time, at the most reasonable cost to our US population and it is certainly not easy to do that well.
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jean63 wrote: “I have noticed that I feel a sense of freedom not wearing” (the sensor). I’m a type 1 but noticed that when I got my first CGM. I have a very smart friend, a veterinary doctor, who was initially unhappy with this device beeping when outside the limits. I think all that is understandable. But I have found I now really appreciate knowing my BG levels as they are happening. I guess that is actually a bigger peace of mind over the long run. And I am still in control of my life – I decide how to react to my CGM. Once you decide you are in control, there is no loss of freedom when wearing your CGM all the time.
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CJ11f wrote: the CGM “does a great job of dealing with our high BG values above 120 but is near useless and totally unreliable for low BG readings and hypoglycemia events.” Is that backed up by reliable data? Does it apply only to people with certain metabolisms or other body-specific characteristics?
I ask because when I got my first Dexcom CGM, I didn’t trust it and would test it with 2 meter tests quite often. I found my CGM is very accurate from day 2 through day 10 of a new sensor. And it is accurate below 75. It even remains accurate in days 11-20 when I choose to restart. My only issue has been those 1st 24 hours of a new sensor, and recently the batches I’ve received have been reasonably accurate even during the first 24 hours.
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Restarts using the method @samg explains have been 100% successful for me. I am one of those who restarts sometimes to have a small extra cache of sensors in case of weather or supply problems. I have found the sensors to be just as accurate on day 20 as they were on day 9 or 10 – which is to say, quite accurate when checked by 2 meter tests at a time.
I would add to @samg’s process that first either stop the sensor or let it shut down on its own. Then pop the transmitter out of the holder using a test strip or thin card as described, leaving the sensor in place. I always wait 30 minutes. Then just restart normally, as if it were a new sensor. Obviously you need to keep the code around for that 2nd startup.
I am one of those who uses meter tests if or when I am not sure of the CGM reading. Over time, I have discovered I really don’t need those meter tests, but it is always a good idea to test by meter if the CGM reading does not match what you are feeling.
Again, in my experience, the Dexcom G6 sensors are every bit as accurate on days 11-20 as they are on days 2-10.
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I am not sure what you mean by reliable data. It was a statement made by Kevin Sayer, President of Dexcom at the last financial conference call to investors a few days ago. Companies develop and produce better products based on customer demand and complaints on existing products. You would need to be more specific as to what you would accept as reliable data. As for body types, I know that a lot of the complaints have revolved around bodies with low BMI (20 and below) as I am one of those. Every Dexcom version has improved, but problems are not yet all solved, as you note yourself, you don’t trust day 1 and have had issues with some batches.
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Count me in the obsessed category, at least for awhile longer. It’s the 2 years I have felt most in the know about what influences my blood sugar. I’ve had decent A1c for most of my T1 life, but hated the “What the heck?” of unexpected results with random fingerstick tests. The trend arrow of the CGM has been very valuable to me, which I can’t get with a meter.
Definitely obsessed. I look at it way too much.
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