“required” overpatch for Dexcom g7?

Since you are reviewing the G7, I recommend you read a post that refers to one person’s month-long comparison of G6 vs G7 and how management of his T1D was affected by each model.

See Q&A on CGM accuracy (follow-up on the G6 vs. G7)

While just one case study, it is quite eye-opening and I hope Dexcom management has read his post and the two articles he has written about what he found.

(Spoiler alert: he found that the G7’s test by test improved accuracy actually led him to worse overall management and time-in-range than the G6’s data smoothing approach.)

Like him, I have decided to wait as long as I can to switch to G7, and I hope Dexcom ends up offering smartphone software and receiver firmware options to use the G6 data smoothing method instead of the G7 single-test-accuracy method that results in extreme variations and can cause bad treatment decisions.

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