Pain when inserting dexcom

Actually, the G6 applicator is a “Sharps container”. The applicator does come with an insertion needle. As part of the insertion, the needle is automagically retracted back into the body of the applicator. You then have the option of throwing the entire applicator into the trash where is likely to only hurt the environment.

Another, more tedious option is to disassemble the applicator and remove the needle and putting that into a sharps container. Depends on how horrendous an environmental insult you consider the applicator to be, I guess.

Below is the video I post for reference when I raise the possibility of disassembling the G6 applicator prior to disposing of its parts.

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