Today is my first full day on the CGM. I am liking it so far. It woke me up last night with an alert for low blood sugar. My major concern is that I have to be 20 feet away from the receiver. I don’t always have pockets and just want to know how anyone else may navigate through the day? Also when at home do you keep the receiver in a specific area or just wear it around? Thanks.
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Good for you! The CGM is the greatest. I’ve had one for years. Get a good case for your receiver and it should be with you always. Have it in bed with you, so you or your significant other is awakened by alarms. Good luck!
I keep my receiver with me unless I’m showering or in it charging. I usually do have some sort of pockets, though there are other options for carrying it available through a number of vendors,like Spibelt, Tallywear, and many ohters.
Thanks Thas…i went on tallygear and ordered some supplies. I almost went crazy shopping thinking how I would be carrying the receiver.
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Thanks to Thas…i am on it. Got a gel skin and a case. Thanks for the help.
Hi. During the day, i keep it in my bra if i have no pockets. At night, i keep it on my night table, in a pocket, or loose in bed.
In my bra, i keep it toward the side. Hope this helps 
Good luck with the CGM. You will soon find you don’t want to be without it!
Monday it will be week 4 of my pump and week 2 with my CGM. When working out in the yard/garden, I keep the pump on the inside of my bra, without the clip on, on the side front, kind of by my arm. I also tryed wearing a sports bra to bed and kept it there. Do like it there because I don’t have to worry about getting tangled up in it. Plan on keeping it there when I walk or ride my bike also. For the most part though, been just clipping it on my slacks or on the inside of a pocket in my jeans. Don’t want to buy assessories now, because I’m on the 630g and if all goes well, will upgrade by June.
I’m starting to refer to my chest as the file cabinet! LOL CGM on one side, pump clipped inside bra strap/front on other. Good thing my clothes are poufy! 
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Do you have a dexcom? My son’s info goes to his phone and mine…his phone is on his nightstand at night…close enough for readings. Alerts wake me but he sleeps through. we don’t use receiver since phone gives more info. Sounds like the case will work! Good luck with everything.
I agree with everyone that CGM is a game changer for A1C and overall management!
If you are temporarily out of range of your receiver all that happens is that you get a missed reading (the sensor reading is transmitted every 5 mins). Probably won’t make a difference.
WARNING: CGM (IMHO) is “the greatest thing since sliced bread”. However, be prepared for a bit of an eye-opener when you see for the first time exactly what your BG levels are on a 24/7 basis. Even if you are testing loads of times per day, you miss a lot of the transient changes. It’s important to try to use the information to improve your control and not get upset at how often you are out-of-range.
This helped thanks…i did that yesterday but felt it was not as secure as it should be. It us a good alternative for now.
I have an android phone so I cannot use the app. Do you still have to be 20 feet away from your phone in order to get readings?
I LOVE my cgm (dexcom)—has helped me sooo much
As a female - always stick in my purse-- but when working out I hold it or use the Phone case they make for joggers and wrap it on me…
I just got an Apple Watch so now I see on my wrist BUT you have to have phone - and the monitor is smaller than my phone!!
I read that dexcom is also compatible with the pebble sport Watch …
I thought dexcom could be read on android or apple – if not it will be soon!
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I use Dexcom on Android using xDrip+. It’s third-party, but I actually like it better than the Dexcom app. I’ll see what they release (supposedly next month) when they do, but right now, I’m pleased with xDrip+.
What do you mean by “20 feet away from the receiver”? The receiver (at least for everybody I’ve seen posts from) is their insulin pump, which is obviously a lot closer than that. But a comment on the waking you up with a low blood sugar alert. Letting you know about things like this is of course (at least partly) the reason we use CGM, but one thing that I noticed (it took me a little while to figure this out when I first got my CGM) is that when I lay on my stomach or the CGM transmitter it gives a low ISIG/blood sugar, and therefore usually an alert. I tend to be a side sleeper, so what I try to do to avoid this problem is sleep on the side with my infusion set rather than the one with my CGM transmitter. If the reason for the low alert really is because you were low, well, hopefully you know what to do for that. One thing that I sometimes do if I really am (or I guess more accurately was) low but it’s just because the CGM needs half an hour or so to send an updated number (hopefully your trainer told you about the delay in sensor glucose vs blood glucose), you can always use the silence feature.
I was told that there would be an android version soon as well…but I am happy with the receiver.
Hi Nj, the receiver is the device that speaks to the transmitter. In your case it might be your iPhone. It is advise that is be at least twenty (20) feet from you in order to get readings every five minutes. I am adopting to the proximity and don’t find it so bothersome.
I’m still confused by what you’re saying. In my case, the receiver is my insulin pump, which is obviously very close to me (just clipped on my pants, except when doing something like taking a shower), and the transmitter is obviously very close as well (inserted in my belly, if it wasn’t attached how would it get the readings to send?). I know that nobody (especially someone like me whose doctor says they are underweight) is 20 feet large, so I think there is definitely some kind of miscommunication of what one of us is trying to say, or what one of our scenarios is. What do you use as your receiver (insulin pump? phone? other device?)? I always thought most people used their insulin pump, since they need to wear that anyway (are you an insulin pump user?)
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I understand you now. You have an integrated system of sort with your pump attached to your CGM. My CGM is separate from my pump. I have the dexcom g4/g5 mobile. My pump is the omnipod and that is tubeless. So i am wearing two devices. My cgm is on my tummy and my pump is on my arm currently. I have a receiver for my CGM which I use to calculate my boluses, etc you can use an iPhone for a receiver as well. I had the pump for about a month and the CGM for 1 week.
As someone who’s on the pod but not yet on CGM, I’m curious why you use the Dexcom receiver for calculating boluses rather than the pod’s PDM. Wouldn’t you have to input all the Dexcom info into the PDM to deliver a bolus, sort of doubling the work?