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« on: August 12, 2010, 09:23:52 AM » |
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Hello,
We are considering a CGM for my 14 year old type I daughter. Any recommendations as to which works best?
Thanks much!
Helen S.
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ekm321
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2010, 09:39:01 AM » |
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Is she pumping? If so, you might want to look at which CGM is working, or scheduled to work, with that pump.
My daughter, 6, got a CGM in June. We have a love/hate relationship with it. I love the coninuous readings. I hate that she is so sensitive to insulin that her BG changes so fast at times, that it causes issues with the CGM working correctly. She does NOT like the insertion, but it's actually easier and faster for me than her pump site changes.
Even given some of our start-up issues, I'm really glad we have the CGM to help us manage her diabetes. She has the Animas Ping, and Dexcom 7+.
Good luck with your decision!
Emily
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clairekm
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 10:04:38 AM » |
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I have two young girls both on the pump and they have had the DEXCOM CGM for 6 mths now. It'a love hate relationship with the cgm. First there is a 10-15 min delay. That is hard to get used to, but if your child knows her lows, and high, that shouldn't be a problem. At first, I found myself checking their monitors all the time. It also will alert you if the bg is high or low. rising rapidly or goign low rapidly. For the first many weeks I felt like I had a new born, I was up at night all the time! Their monitors keeps beeping, Then you realized, wow they were like this before the monitor and we had no clue! so you just have adjust the insulin basal. I still do. I have to say their A1C were awesome this time around, both in the low 6 because of the CGM. I have had to have them replace 3 time already due to tech error. Customer service gave me no hassle and they sent them out over night. While waiting for the replacement to arrive, I realized how much we really rely on the CGM. Knowing what their numbers are through out the day/night is a stress relief. Hope this helps!! Oh also in school it's a HUGE help!!!!!
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kgroenbeck
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 10:26:25 AM » |
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We have a Dexcom 7+ for our 13 year old daughter who is on the Animas Ping. I love the information we get from it, which helps adjust basals. She doesn't really like wearing it but knows it helps keep her in range. The monitor is kinda big and between wearing that and her pump, she gets frustrated. She did figure out that she can put the receiver in her purse as long as she is no more than 5 ft away from it. She does put it on vibrate at school because she doesn't want it alarming during class. Good Luck, let me know if your daughter would like to talk to mine, it helps having someone to talk to who is going thru it.
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maddens mom
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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2010, 07:48:04 PM » |
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Something to possibly look into:
We did a seven day trial of the Dexcom seven through our pediatrician. That was most helpful in the insurance process. The other thing I hope will be helpful is that while going through this process I was in touch with a representative of Dexcom that confirmed that the Dexcom CGM is NOT FDA approved for anyone under 18 (apparently none of them are) but that they were in the process of doing trials to get FDA approval. If we couldn't do the trail through our peds we most definately gone that route.
Madden age:16 months(April2009) DX:May 17, 2010
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BH05
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 04:21:49 PM » |
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My daughter has the MM Revel model with CGM and we LOVE LOVE it! I can't say enough good things about it! She started pumping last April and added the CGM last June. Her A1C went from a 7.9 to 6.4 It has caught more lows that I would have missed. It is also really good with catching the highs before she gets really high. I find that the numbers are always accurate. Of course if her BG is rising or falling quickly it might be a little off but for the most time it is within 10% of a finger stick. It is nice at school I can look back and see what her BG did all day. She wears her's all the time. I hate when it has to calibrate for 2 hours and we don't have that data. She typically wears a sensor for 7 days, and that works fine. We have never had any problems. The needle is fairly large, but she only puts ice on her arm and doesn't really complain that it hurts, more gets stressed about doing it. She is 7.
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