Advice for a CGM newbie(!)

Pianoplayer7008
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:27:28 +0000
C/GM

I finally got the call! With insurance coverage straightened out, I should be getting a Dexcom G5 in the mail within the next two weeks. I’d appreciate any advice (and I’m going to be trying to read up on all of the great info on here), but I have a couple specific questions:

1. The main thing I’m concerned about is I have an allergy to most adhesives - I forget what the stuff was that the Medtronic rep rubbed on my site before my trial wearing their CGM, but I had that and then Tegaderm over it, and I started reacting within a couple days. Anyone else have allergies to adhesives and have something to recommend that would hopefully not cause a reaction?

2. When the Medtronic rep was placing the CGM, she originally said she wanted to put it on my abdomen, but she took one look at my postpartum belly and changed her mind. What might’ve been her concern (didn’t think to ask at the time)? What are your favorite sites (considering I’m a side sleeper and got what I believe to be false lows with the Medtronic CGM on my lower back)?

3. For calibration purposes (and just long term use as a meter), is it ok to keep using the ReliOn Prime meter I’ve been using, or should I try to get a “better” meter that would be more accurate? I haven’t yet looked at our insurance coverage for strips and such, so it might be cheaper to get a new meter than to keep buying the ReliOn strips, making this a moot point, but just curious.

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