# Dexcom G4/G5 transmitter battery replacement

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g4-g5-transmitter-battery-replacement/910>\
**Category:** C/GM\
**Tags:** dexcom\
**Created:** [May 13, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g4-g5-transmitter-battery-replacement/910 "2017-05-13T00:25:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g4-g5-transmitter-battery-replacement/910/74 "2020-09-03T21:54:13Z")

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Only 2 phone calls! Still can’t believe how easy it was for me!

> [@The Bureaucratic Joy of Switching to G6 Prescriptions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-bureaucratic-joy-of-switching-to-g6-prescriptions/9773/13):
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> OMG!! astonished@T1Allison, check this out!! How did this happen? Only 2 phone calls! How in the world can I get all of that mess done - the change from G5 to G6, the doctor writing the new script for the update, the supplier getting the new script from the doc, turning that new script over to my insurance company, my insurance approving it, me paying for the co-pay, and having it show up at my house with only 2 phone calls?!?! It was a total of only 16 minutes on the phone, counting hol…

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