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How many years have you been wearing a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device?
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2006 stated with the Medtronic Harpoon. The insert needle was the size a horse doctor or a whaling ship captain might use. Things have miniaturized and improved immensely since then. 🤾♂️🎡🤾♂️
Started Dexcom G4 in May of 2014, so ten years now
Started on Dexcom SEVEN in 2007—just after it went from approved for three day wear to seven day wear. The inserters then we’re dreadful manual things—I often wore sensor longer just to avoid doing the insertions.
I started with a DexCom 3 many moons ago. It has helped me increase my TIR.
I’ve been using a CMG for 17 years. Started out with a Medtronic sensor, that drove me nuts with all the alarms and calibrations.
I wore my first continuous glucose monitor as part of a sensor trial in 1975 at UCLA. The data collection was in a backpack and the battery lasted 24 hours.
8 years
12 years and counting. It’s been life changing!
Lost my medical insurance last week. Zero Freestyle programs for serious discounts, and I CANNOT afford any cash price regardless, am now poor. Hate the defects in the other brand I used, but maybe, maybe they have some kind of miracle LOW price (sic. free) I am able to afford. I am certain what I need (immediately) does not exist.