We all have things we’ve spotted on our Dexcom Ap, Dexcom Clarity or Dexcom Share that we know could be improved. A longer life sensor! Who doesn’t want that! You know people from Dexcom read this sometimes so wouldn’t it be nice to have all our suggestions in a thread?
So this isn’t about complaints, it is about how to make the Dexcom better for us to use. What we would like to see them do better. So pipe in with your desires of changes or your support for a change already listed that you want too!
The first one a longer sensor life.
The second one I’d like to see is a snooze button for the alarm. I realize I can change how often the alarm goes off, But I like to keep that at a tighter range just in case I keep dropping in certain circumstances. But I also know if I eat a hypo treatment I will stabilize or go up given a little time. Plus there is that very pesky floating around your set alert number by going up a point dropping 2 points that sets it off all over again. I have been known to just shut off my phone when it does this to get rid of it. And then what good is that?
So the Miao Miao has a snooze button I use on my dogs Libre all the time, it works great. I can set it for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours. I can do a recheck in 15 minutes to see if it’s still going up or down, I can set it for 2 hours to know I gave her enough of an adjustment and it has started to work at least.
The third is the alerts for your high number is only in 10 unit measurements, why can’t we at least have a 5 point choice or better yet set the exact number. When you have tighter levels 10 points can be too much. I have my higher alert during the day set at 130, I would like to be able to lower that to 125 as 120-125 I still hit easily all the time. It makes a difference.
Fourth The numbers to be bigger on the screen. In the middle of the night when you are trying to peer at the number, it is a lot more difficult for those of us who wear reading glasses to make out the numbers sometimes. During the day for me I have no issues with or without the my glasses. The Libre in this regard is much better, larger block black numbers on a white background.
So
A longer life sensor
A snooze for the alarm
Being able to set the high alerts in 5 unit measurements or better.
Note: I use a t:Slim as my Dexcom receiver and also use an iPhone with the Dexcom app.
I wish the app and the receiver had the same rules for setting alarms.
I wish I could set ALL alarms including 55 mg/dl, sensor failure, transmitter failure, or the other SERIOUS alarms to Vibrate. If I am in church, at the opera, at a wedding, or at a funeral, I don’t want to HEAR anything, but could easily feel a vibrating pump, receiver, or phone and could discretely deal with the situation without disturbing everyone in attendance.
Improve the algorithm for the detection and determination of the causes of the “compression error waiting for up to 3 hours”, so that the users don’t need to wait for several “3 hours” periods.
For instances, the capillary probe may be clogged by blood, or bent during insertion, resulting in inability to calibrate or report data. If fluid doesn’t have enough flow in capillary tube after x minutes, the message should tell the user to contact Dexcom, instead of sending the same " up to 3 hour waiting" message repetitively.
Consider reduce the 3 hours waiting to something more practical. The transmitter sent out signal every 5 minutes. During a 30 minute time frame, the system should have gathered lots of data enough to send out 6 reconciled data points. If x% (say, 60%) data are not reconcilable, fluid flowing into the probe must be limited. Inform the user to contact Dexcom. It is hard to understand why a 3 hour waiting time is required.
Consider add IOB for the short duration insulin injected if recorded. The IOB curve can be placed under “Insulin” and superimposed with the “Insulin Injected Quantity” bars. Consider use a default duration of 4 hours (or x hours selected by user), and an exponent decay algorithm (or linear/bilinear selected by user). The IOB calculations can be performed easily in the APP. The IOB data are useful reference for user to take action, i.e. inject additional insulin units, or exercise to keep BG below the high limit.)
Being able to set the high alerts in 5 unit measurements or better.
Larger numbers easier to read
I’m curious if you have ever tried to use xdrip…xdrip does all of this and works with Dexcom…if you are using xdrip for the miaomiao1or2, you might need to use a different device, but i have used xdrip for 2 years now, have distinct ringtones for low, predicted low, high, persistent high, my watch always shows the time, date and glucose, and I can easily snooze from my watch, and the notifications work with headphones also (I can’t see my phone or watch easily in the sun )
A lot of people think the applicator would be improved.
I would like to see fewer defects if quality control could be improved.
Also, there’s a lot of info that needs to be drummed up by talking to people and their nurse line. It might be nice if that info could be included in the user’s manual - things like the 20/20 rule.
Also, I preferred the previous adhesive that was stronger and didn’t require these dumb overpatches.
@roger5 I have an iphone and while xdrip now has some kind of ap for the iphone, they didn’t use too. I think the xdrip for an iphone is not supposed to be as nice? I tried Spike but that isn’t working right now without jailbreaking your phone etc. I actually didn’t like the Spike ap that much. I do not have a watch. I am just used to the Dexcom ap and have always liked it.
The MiaoMiao is for a LIbre that’s on my dog and I am using the tomato ap for that. I just got the Miao Miao for her, she’s has had the Libre on her for about 10 months. The Miao Miao is a new experiment on my dog.
I already restart my sensors, but a lot of people don’t do that and would love a longer life on them in the first place. If they switch to a G7 I hope they do have a longer life because it looks like we might not be able to restart them.
Would you hear a phone if it rang while you sleep? There are some pretty loud and obnoxious ring tones that would surely wake you, and I bring it up because I use an app called sugarmate that syncs with the Dexcoms data and can be set to call your phone when an alarm condition is met (BG below a certain number etc). In my case I have it call my wife’s phone in case I am to confused or out of it to answer a phone while going super low, but you could have it call your phone. Lots of other cool features in sugarmate, you should check it out.
I use the xDrip app for iPhone with the Libre/MiaoMiao or Dexcom G5, and while it doesn’t have all the extensive features of the Android version, it’s a decent app.
Unfortunately, the g7 will be a libre2 with a Dexcom label on it(Kevin sayer)…dexcom is finally ditching the $500 non rechargeable Bluetooth transmitter for a 14 day disposable battery…probably will be useless to restart… I’ve never heard of anyone trying to restart their libre…I have the miaomiao1 and 2, and have used xdrip for about 2 years straight… even went through the hassle of getting eversense to work with it…the distinct ringtones are key for me, as well as the predicted lows that you set up based on your insulin to carb ratio and basal…definitely worth trying… especially the 4 or 5 ringtones
I’m not sure where you guys are in your stockpiles/date codes.
I will agree that late 2019 manufacture had at least one batch with poor adhesive pretty much requiring overpatches.
But since then I find they’ve gone back to a good adhesive. Perhaps too good. It is surpringly difficult and painful for me to pull a sensor off in the past few months.
I think if they made “soak-in” (6 or 12 hour or whatever) officially recommended that they probably could reduce or eliminate the 2-hour warm up.
Word is, in G7 each sensor has its own built-in transmitter, in which case it would sure be nice if there was allowed a way to soak in the new transmitter/sensor before pulling the old one to get closer to continuous coverage.
