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If you use a CGM, where do you most prefer to view your sensor readings?
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I love Tandems new app that allows me to bolus from my phone. My Dexcom gives me the readings I can make corrections and carb bolus and not pull out my pump. Only trouble is I must clear warnings from my pump only. So I use my pump and smart device for all my readings.
I love the new bolus by phone too but wish they would include extended boluses!
Had to click “other” because you didn’t include Sugarmate, which uses Dexcom Share to echo your data to lots of devices. In my case I get it on my (Fitbit) watch, which is covered here, but also in the status bar of my MacBook laptop, maybe the handiest place of all since I spend a LOT of time with that screen open. It’s nice to be able to just glance up and keep track that way. If you don’t know about Sugarmate, it’s worth checking out (and no, this is not a paid endorsement).
William, Thanks for the tip about SugarMate. It seems that it only works with Apple products at this time. I’ll keep an eye on it to see if they come out with other platforms.
On MDI so on phone and watch.
I would say that I look at my pump 95% of the time because it is on my belt and I have it with me all of the time. I do not carry my phone everywhere with me, and I have to turn it on and password to get onto my phone. But, the phone app has some nice information, such as, time in range, or when I started my CGM. So, I do look at my phone from time-to-time.
I do not have a smart watch.
On my pump and as a downloaded PDF file from when I upload the data from my pump to the Medtronic/MiniMed website.
On m y TandemX2 (with BIQ) pump only. Otherwise I gotta get out the old paramedic pants to carry all the devices. And my favorite times are when I can leave the phone at home.
I put all because on Omnipod. If I could operate everything from my phone that is what I would prefer. Please FDA, approve iOS operation of omnipod5 soon:)
I carry both tandem pump and phone with me most of the time, so often I’m just looking at whichever I pull out of my pocket first. I do like having the TIR on the new tandem app, though (feels a bit like a game, keeping that number up, LOL), so maybe choosing the phone more often lately.
Don’t have a smartwatch. I use my phone and the pump only.
When I switched to G6, I was told I couldn’t view Dexcom on the pump unless I had basal or continuous IQ which I preferred not to. Nice having only one thing going off with alarms.
This sounds like a Medicare issue?
The question was about CGM but the answers mostly included pumps. I don’t have a pump so it muddled the options for me. The questions and answer options should be streamlined. Thanks
Freestyle makes you pick either your phone or the receiver for each Libre 2 sensor. You can’t switch back and forth. I’ve stuck with the reader because the Libre app has gotten some really bad reviews and I don’t want to risk being at work and not being able to scan my sensor. Libre 3 only works with a phone, so if I switch sensors, my answer to this question will have to switch, too.
Using Freestyle, and I’ve always had access to the app so didn’t want to pay up even *more* money for a separate reader device. Then I found DiaBox, a 3rd party app which is technically not supported but makes the Libre 2 work exactly like a CGM. It took some growing pains to figure some stuff out but I’m super happy with that setup now.
I probably use my pump the most to view sensor readings. 1) Because my phone is not always with me and 2) Because my wristwatch doesn’t always get readings so I am forced to look elsewhere. I many times confirm my readings on my phone or watch by double checking with my pump as sometimes the readings on my phone/watch aren’t the latest readings.
I love having the MiniMed app on my phone. Sometimes I can see my phone before I do my pump, so it kickstarts me to keep an eye on things.
Medtronic pump only have cgm readings on pump only because phones and watches are to easy to hack