Jul 1 tomorrow - which Dexcom CGM will you switch to, G7 10 day or G7 15 day?

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I’ve read many of you have had issues with G7 15 day be inaccurate but they were in older threads. Is this still the case? Which will you be switching to? I have an endo appt coming up in Jul and will ask here opinion, but I’d like to get FuD members’ opinions!! Thank you! I’m still on G6 and still have a few G6 sensors and transmitter before I need to switch.

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7-day. No choice. I hear G8 will be out next year and we can do 15-day once that happens. FDA didn’t focus on getting testing or approval for the G7 for people under 18; rather, the G8.

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Which is 7 day? Does Liam’s sensors only last 7 days?

I’ll post what my endo recommends but if 15 day is actually as accurate as the G6 and doesn’t drop connections I’ll go with it!!

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Our endo just told us she’s getting lots of complaints about the 15-day. Sorry, the other one for those not over 18 is the 10-day, I think. She says she’s had loss complaints over the one Liam has to use, than The 15-day which he isn’t approved to use.

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Liam is currently on the G6 which is 10 days.

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My response is somewhere. The G15 only lasts 12 days for me, the G10 lasts 9 days. In fact, with some risk to my health, I can stretch a G10 to the full 10 days and that is what I do. There is no way I could stretch a G15 to 15 days; this is based on my use of two G15 samples provided by my endo.

I did the math; I can get my insurance (Medicare) to pay for three G10s a “month” (kinda 25 days or so depending) or I could get my insurance (Medicare) to pay for two G15s a “month”; same 25 days. Divide 25 by 12. Nope. I’ve got the G10. I am prepared to put up with Dexcom and ream Medicare to cover the lossage but, quite frankly, cheating the People (Medicare) to pay for a Corporation (Dexcom’s) inadequacies does not appeal. The G15 just makes it worse.

Oh, of course, Dexcom will replace 3 sensors a year without question. Then (see a recent thread) they start to get upset. 3 sensors a year for the G10 is 8%, consistent with their acknowledged 5% failure rate. If I didn’t believe that different people have different results I would think that was fine.

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I’ve been using the 15-day sensors for over a month now (3 insertions) and have been happy! The only thing is I’ve needed to use the overpatch, when I didn’t before. I have put it on around day 10 and that’s held me.

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