On the iPhone app, I figured out a way to get the app to vibrate only without switching the whole phone off for sound. Just go into the Settings, and Notifications. Find the G5 app and take away “sound” as a notification ability. The negative with this so far is that I don’t believe it will ignore the no sound mode if you go dangerously low (below 55) like the normal Dexcom receiver will do if you have it on a silent profile. So, I use my Dexcom receiver at night next to the bed just in case that alarm is needed.
Does anyone know how and if I can pair my g5 with more than one device? I had to get a brand new iPhone due to my old phone died on me. When I tried pairing it to the new phone it says it cant be found because it is with another device (my old phone) I need help !
Go to your old iPhone, Settings, Bluetooth, touch on a circled “i” for DexcomXX (however your Dexcom G5 is referred to) among MY DEVICES, then select “Forget This Device”. Then you should be able to pair with your new iPhone.
What’s the $U.S. cost per sensor and per transmitter for the Dexcom G5? I’m from Canada still waiting for this to get approved up north, but trying to gauge what it will cost and unbelievable that after crawling the Internet frantically, only the guys in the U.K. mentioned price. There’s no health coverage for CGM’s up in Canada, so price is more of an issue. I might hop the border and just buy it in the U.S. since Canada is so slow to approve stuff. I see that the transmitter only lasts 112 days no exceptions, but does the G5 Sensor still last 7 days and can push it to 14 days the same way many did with the G4 Sensor? Is the Sensor still the same, but just a new transmitter for the G5?
The following is just hearsay, based on what I’ve heard elsewhere and what I remember, so take this with a ginormous grain of salt:
Dexcom receiver: about $800 to $1000 US dollars
Sensors: about $45 to $65 each
(Someone who has more recent/accurate information RE out-of-pocket prices, please chime in.)
The G4 and G5 use the same sensor. Many, if not most, people get their sensors to last past the 2-week mark. (I believe the current record is 10 weeks.)
@RichardR $1395 for the G4 starter kit. That includes receiver, transmitter & 4 sensors. Sensors are $350/box of 4. G5 is a bit more, but I’m not sure how much more. I’ve seen prices quoted from $1450 to $1700 for the receiver & transmitter only. You’ll need a valid prescription.
@Jen is in Canada & uses one, she might have an idea.
Are you sure a prescription is required for Dexcom in the U.S. because in Canada no prescription is required. I verified it with the salesrep. We do have the G4 in Canada but there’s always a 1 to 2 year lag in what gets approved in the U.S. I’m not so interested in what the starter kit would be. But what the on-going cost would be with just the sensors and transmitor, since the receiver no one will use when transmitting to ones smart phone. Just the cost per pack and quantity per pack of the sensor and transmitter separately. Then I can run the math based on how many weeks I plan to wear the sensor and transmitter no option as it runs out in 112 days automatically.
Canada is terrible with approval lag behind the U.S. Afrezza breathable insulin hit the market last year in the U.S. and probably won’t be in Canada for another few years still. Looking to get creative to buy Afrezza in the U.S. too. Maybe I should just move to the U.S. for now.
The good news is that we soon will not need any of this stuff. 3 competing companies are racing to come out with the type 1 diabetes stemcell encapsulation cure within a few years. One is actually a Canadian company called Sernova and looks the best. The other is Viacyte from California and and another a Harvard/MIT project
So I’m looking to get on a CGM and Afrezza fast to tighten up control before the inevitable cure. I had type 1 for 27 years now and no complications. It would be a shame to go down with a complication right when the cure comes out in 3 years. A cure in 3 years realistic because human trials are in progress now. So I don’t mind paying up for my final 3 years of diabetes. Good to know about the record for a sensor staying in is 10 weeks! 4 weeks seems very affordable even without a health plan. Up here health plans and government plans are great for everything except CGM. The government even covers insulin pumps if you have no private plan. Which is stupid because CGM is better than a pump. I’d rather be on Lantus, Afrezza, and CGM without an insulin pump.
A valid prescription is definitely required in the U.S. if you want to do this legally.
And I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for the cure you refer to. It’s going to be longer than 3 years before any encapsulated stem cell devices are FDA approved. The trials are just not that far along currently…
rgcainmd… I can be cured RIGHT NOW 
Human Trials are currently being conducted by ViaCyte with new partner Jonhson & Johnson pushing huge money to fast track it. Both the U.S. and Canadian government are excited and throwing grant money at it. University of Alberta is currently recruiting volunteers. I live in Ontario but was born in Alberta and have family there, so I’m seriously considering moving there as they only accept local volunteers at this point. This is 100% real. I could go there now and be cured for a year. The only downfall is that they would take the encapsulation out of you after a year. Viacyte is the first one to start human trials with a process that disguises immune attack without the need for anti-rejection drugs and the first ones to insert stem cell grown islets. Sernova and the Harvard/MIT people are both working on it, but Harvard has the problem of coming up with encapsulation, but Sernova mastered encapsulation and stem cell growing now. Sernova is a bit behind compared to Vicayte, but Viacytes system is worse because it requires too many capsules that not only die off in a year requiring more, but their immune disguising technique causes scarring around the capsules, killing off blood vessels and oxygen. I’ve been studying research progress for 27 years now and have a keen eye for what’s the real deal and near. If you want to know more check out www.sernova.com and check out the SVA.V Message Board on Stockhouse. I’m an investor myself and am not promoting investing, rather the plathora of information on there! Investors with money on the line seem to dig up a lot of info.
I actually went to a JDRF Research Symposium in 2012 and Sernova CEO Philip Tolkieos was speaking. Back in 2012 he predicted it would hit the market in 5 years. Which would be 2017. Things moved slower… but I GUARNATEE YOU IT’LL BE OUT IN 5 YEARS! Don’t forget some FDA members have diabetic children.
Another option if the FDA is crazy… is to get the procedure done in Europe Sernova plans to go global fast with trials internationally. I have no problem flying to Europe if Mr. FDA is crazy. It’s life and death as far as I’m concerned.
I’m very surprised Dexcom requires a prescription in the U.S. In Canada NO PRESCRIPTION is required for Insulin, test strips, or a CGM. Only the Insulin Pump and prescription drugs require a prescription.
I think the G5 will be in Canada this fall anyway. Which I like because I’m hooked on Samsung Android now, and that Android G5 App should come out by then. But I believe you can also buy Dexcom stuff on Ebay. It just costs more. No prescription through Ebay. they don’t really care to come after that small niche market.
rgcainmd… maybe it belongs in a different thread… but I’m sure everyone welcomes a cure mention in any thread. But I’ll leave it at this. The reason I think the FDA will be quick to approve encapsulation cures, is because it’s very easy to remove the capsule if something goes wrong in the future. It’s very low risk. Previous methods of injecting into the liver or trying to genetically modify t-cells is way more risky. With encapsulation cures it’s low risk with everything within the capsule, easily removed if need be. I think 3 years encapsulation cures hits the market and 5 years worst case. 3 North American companies/universities competing to be first will make it that much faster!
The cost of the G4 starter kit in Canada is $1,840 (for a receiver, transmitter, and four sensors). After that, each box of four sensors costs $340. You are supposed to get two transmitters a year, one receiver per year, and a new sensor every week, which would mean a yearly cost of about $6,700. By extending the use of everything as much as possible, my cost for the past year has been about $2,800.
No prescription is required in Canada (I ordered mine through Animas, which I believe is the only distributor, with no prescription needed).
I pay out of pocket for everything and, personally, have no interest in upgrading to the G5 when it gets here because of the issue of the transmitter being hardwired to die. With the G5, my understanding is that the transmitter lasts three months plus three weeks at most, but costs half the price of the G4 transmitter. I’ve just passed the one-year mark with my G4 transmitter (which is supposed to last six months). Two G5 transmitters (equivilent to one G4 transmitter) won’t last more than seven and a half months. Those extra four and a half months (or more) would have required two additional G5 transmitters, or an additional $800.
I am able to get sensors to last two to three weeks on average. Once I had one last for 26 days. My current one is on (I think) day 29, but I’ve had to restart it early numerous times and have put up with a lot of ???s for hours at a time, and even somehow had it come back when I restarted after getting a “Sensor Failed” alert.
I’m pretty sure that sensors can be renewed repeatedly with the G5 in the same way they can with the G4, but I’m nervous about when they will “fix” this issue.
Hey Jen
Like you I am not interested in the G5. My 1st G4 transmitter just had to be replaced after more than 13 months. The receiver still appears fine, I have no trouble recharging, not sure how else one knows it needs replacing. Like you I pay for everything out of pocket, but I get a lower price than list through my Medicare advantage plan.
Can’t help but notice that the box of sensors is half what they charge in the US.
New Dexcom G5 mobile update now supports Apple Watch! Woo-hoo!
Does this mean that the G5 system allows use of the Dexcom Share app for the Apple Watch wearer, instead of the Follow app and it’s related lag times? Do you think this removes all the disincentives to upgrade from the G4 Share to the G5?
Yes Terry. The update times are nearly zero. No need to use follow app any longer.
Thanks, @mikep. I guess I’ll just upgrade to the G5 and not order any more G4 transmitters. Nice.