Yes, my husband and dog are not good friends with middle of the night Dexie!
DEA - I think that unless people have used the Navigator, it’s difficult to fault the Dex. But being a constant user of the Nav and using all the options - hi to low sensitivity settings, desk to hard endurance cycling. It is versitile and covers all my issues and prevents the “falling off” issues. The inclusion of the Omni for the past year and the ability to take bolus down by 75% for the 6 hour ride but bolus at the same time is fantastic. I don’t know why Abbott have dropped the ball and only hope they have a long term plan. Ie many more users on the Dex, then sell to the established user base ??
If they had a long term plan, I think they lost a lot of ground in it by, essentially, paying people to use a different product when they bought back the Navigators. On the Nav, my BG readings would be within 10 points of my finger stick, and usually right on the button. With the Dexcom, it's sometimes right on, sometimes wildly off. I really miss the kind of consistency I had with the Navigator. I guess, though, that the Dexcom is better than nothing, especially for early warnings about rapid drops.
I think the Dexcom is better than the pod even. I love knowing my BG's all the time, it is the best thing I've done for my diabetes.
I have been using both devices for almost 2 year (Dexcom for 2 months prior to the Omnipod). Today, they are helping to manage different avenues of diabetes (though we keep on hearing that they will be unifying soon -- Dexcom seems to have partnerships in progress with everyone these days).
All things being equal (and I do enjoy the flexibility that both devices provide despite some of the caveats you may read in other thread given both devices) we have to remember that these are 1st/2nd generation devices that will only get better with time. If I had to choose between not taking injections and knowing my glucose trends (+ or - 15-20%), I will tell you that I would choose the glucose trending provided by the Dexcom CGM -- this is of course a personal opinion, just like I think you will find people for whom the OmniPod provides a greater value and they can manage things perfectly with the finger sticks on the OmniPod PDM.
The devices are a good combination in my opinion, I am currently exploring how I can export the data and combine it since both devices use different and incompatible management software. Other than that, the Dexcom is a decent solution to knowing your trends taking into consideration that you may have to err on the side of caution by adding a correction factor when you suspect things may be running awry.