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Diabetes type I--Continuouse Glucose Monitors

post #1 of 10
6/19/10 at 7:56pm
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Any opinions on the best ones?
What about the seven plus--thinking of getting for my 3 1/2 year old.
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post #2 of 10
6/19/10 at 8:54pm
my son has severe fasting issues with hypoglycemia and we've considered something like this. We didn't follow through on it because of the seven and up thing though. My son's 3.5 too. If you find anything else about it, will you post it here or PM me? I would love to be able to just poke him once and be done with it.
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post #3 of 10
6/21/10 at 12:10am
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Doing the research. We are most likely going to get it. I will let you know!
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post #4 of 10
6/21/10 at 10:13am
I was looking at the site for the meter that's approved for 7 and up and it says that it has a safety feature where you can't set the lower limit below 90. I think that would make it a problem for us. DS's blood sugar can be in the 60's on IV d10 so it'd probably beep all the freaking time.

Are you guys going to try to get insurance to cover it? My son has BiPap and it's not FDA approved till over 40 lbs I think, but insurance still covered it. We just had to sign a waiver saying that we knew it wasn't approved.
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post #5 of 10
6/27/10 at 12:57am
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Yes. Going to try to get the insurance to cover. Is BiPap a cgm?
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post #6 of 10
6/27/10 at 8:09pm
what's cgm?
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post #7 of 10
6/28/10 at 2:16pm
hi im new here, I was told by my daughters Doc that none of these cgm's were covered by insurances dur to them being to new on the market??? Please let me know what ones are covered, I really want one for my daughter
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post #8 of 10
6/28/10 at 11:58pm
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Originally Posted by DoratheExplora View Post
Yes. Going to try to get the insurance to cover. Is BiPap a cgm?
Okay, I get it now I think. No, BiPap isn't a glucose monitor, it's mechanical ventilation via a mask. It's just not approved for under 40 lbs. I just prefer the unapproved method of ventilation over a trach and vent if we can avoid it. So it's approved over 40 lbs, just not under but it's used under often.
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post #9 of 10
6/29/10 at 10:30pm
I have a seven plus and I love it. I have Cigna and it was approved without any problems. I love the warning it gives me when I go low at night, I am pregnant now and have very unpredictable lows so it is a big help. My son is high risk for type 1 as well (he is 4), if he were to be diagnosed I for sure would get him hooked up to a cgm as soon as possible. It takes a lot of the guess work out of diabetes. Please feel free to pm me if you have any further questions.
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post #10 of 10
6/29/10 at 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by MotherWhimsey View Post
I was looking at the site for the meter that's approved for 7 and up and it says that it has a safety feature where you can't set the lower limit below 90. I think that would make it a problem for us. DS's blood sugar can be in the 60's on IV d10 so it'd probably beep all the freaking time.
My dexcom 7 is set with a first alarm for 60 and a second alarm any time I drop below 55. You can not set the alarm lower than 55. I try to keep my blood sugar on the lower side of normal while pregnant so I do get a lot of alarms, but I set my first alarm to vibrate so during the day it is not that annoying. It is annoying at night though
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