Saw an Endo. today and she wants me to use CGM

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How long have you been using Eversense? Long enough to have one removed yet? I haven’t heard a single positive story about the extraction process yet (excessive pain, trauma, and scarring), and would love to hear about a happy Eversense user.

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Excellent readings. I will be ordering again. No pain.

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That didn’t exactly answer my question specifically about the removal process.

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I am on the road. 7-8 min procedure. After numbing injection easy. Covered with bandage. Can’t wait for the 12 month sensor under review.

Miles

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So you are on your first one and haven’t had one removed yet?

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I’ve had 2 removed and would have had a 3rd one, but I was a little early insurance wise…my last one was removed around 8/19, and Cigna approved them 2/20…still DME, so my deduction has to be met first, however, my 2nd removal was painless and healed after 2 weeks. My 1st one was a little too shallow, and they had to cut more and pull to remove, but it healed fine after 2 weeks…its supposed to be 1, but I can honestly say after the first week will be a small scab, then it will just be a scar. I still used xdrip due to the inadequate app, but it was relatively painless to use xdrip and my watch

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Jean63, any progress on getting hooked up to a CGM yet?

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Thanks for asking Tim. I got a voice mail yesterday from someone. Called them back, so we are playing phone tag. Blood sugars looking good on Victoza! We’ll see if my insurance will cover the CGM. I haven’t had any low’s yet.

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Very good Jean! Most of my T2 friends with CGM’s just had them for a 1-week study so they didn’t actually own the equipment. There is still insurance paperwork I’m sure.

I got to spend the entire weekend with a T2 friend of mine who is on Victoza and then Bydureon which seem to be very high-tech modern medicines based on similar principles. I’m unclear about the difference between the two. Although he had been on a CGM for just a 1-week study, he was quite surprised that I have been wearing one for the past half year and I got to put the sensors in myself.

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Yes, type 2 is a different beast for sure. It’s nice that we do share some similarities and can learn from each other on diabetes related topics.

Both Victoza and Bydureon are GLP-1 agonists. Victoza is a daily injection and Bydureon is a weekly injection.

Thanks again for your support.