Today I planned to be to work on time…I actually was on time, but when I got abobut 10 minutes from my house I realized I didn’t have my receiver. Ughhhh
Okay, I thought do I return and go home to get it or do I just keep trucking to make it to work on time. (Keep in mind, my job does not pressure you about punctuality, but I just wanted to be early today.) SO I decided to continue to work without the sensor. Hey I still had my test strips and my Omnipod.
Eventhough I’ve only have the Dexcom for about 2.5 weeks, I’ve gotten use to being able to see where my sugar is going. So today I felt a litle strange, if that makes sense to anyone.
Prior to my dexcom, I’ve actually left my meter at home and kinda just winged the whole day (I know this is a big NO NO), but when you’ve had this disease for so long, you think you are an expert…
So, what’s the purpose of this post… Uhhhh I just wanted to blapp about the Dexcom.
I can’t imagine I went so long without CGM I can’t stop talking to my family about it…
i ve had diabetes for 15 yrs +, I can actually say that for those who can afford it or have insurance, CGM is the best thing that’s happened to diabetics next only to the discovery of Insulin.
For most of my diabetic life I was able to forget that I was a diabetic. Now I look at the dex every 10 minutes. The dex has become the target of my OCD. On the upside, my BG is below 100 mg/dl most of the time. I chose to believe that I will escape the typical complications. Bottom line: The dex is a godsend for me. It turned the struggle with diabetes into a struggle with OCD which is a good trade.
I have left my Dex Receiver at home accidentally a couple of times. I was never one for lots of glucose checks (I know, it’s shocking) I often got through the day on three. But now if I leave my Dex home I find myself every 45 minutes or so going for another glucose check on my meter to see if I need to worry about anything!
Know exactly what you mean. One of the downsides of any great tool is that you come to rely on it enough that you’re much more helpless without it than you used to be before you had it. I feel much more helpless without my dex (or even regular BG Meter) than i used to before they were available. (the old color strip BG meters were pretty awful compared to our 5 second wonder meters!)
Although i always tested a lot, 4-8 times a day minimum, like rebecca i now find if i forget my dex, or i’m in dreaded “???” land, etc… I test much more, almost constantly - basically everytime i would have looked at the dex i want to test.
Insulin is required, BG meters are great, dexcom is fantastic, the pump is worth the trouble, but they are mostly reactive tools and unfortunately i’ve found the single best proactive tool for managing my blood sugar is a low-ish carb very restricted and predictable diet. I can do numbers, bloody my fingers, and poke metal and tubing into my body all day long, but skipping most of the things i want to eat, waaaaahhhhh.
I would probably get it specially if it isn’t a problem for your work. I take mine off when I get to the helpless feeling stage. I know this sounds strange but once I feel like i can’t go without it I take it off and go without for a week or two. I do not like to feel like I can’t live without it. Just me.
