Hi…I have been a Type 1 diabetic for almost 53 years. I am very brittle and the technology at the time was really non existent. I am not very tech savvy and so I am new to CGM. I was very excited about my Endo recommending the Dexcom G6 with the understanding it was the newest and best! I was obsessed with the ability of being able to watch what my blood sugars were. I vowed to my family that I would finally have an A1C level in the normal range!!! In the short time I have had my Dexcom I have learned so much!!! Number one is the fact that it is not necessarily what I eat that causes my sugar to jump sky high! I have a spinal cord injury that causes extreme pain and when the pain is really bad so is my blood sugar! Stress also causes my blood sugar to go up! Sometimes I over correct with my Novolog and this causes the serious lows. I have always known that when I am more active my blood sugars go low. I am not on a pump, so if I know that I am going to be really active I adjust my long acting insulin!
I have been very Blessed and have had no serious side effects so far!
I guess my problem right now is the frustrations of losing sensor signals or sensor dying for unknown reasons. Dexcom tech support have been extremely helpful and no complaints there. I am wondering if they are just working out the glitches of a new system or if I should just go back to relying on finger sticks. In saying this I checked my blood sugars 8-10 times per day and the best A1C I have had was 7.9. I was ecstatic at the time but that number was short lived! So sorry for rambling just interested in opinions of older Type1 diabetics like myself! God Bless all on this sight and so happy the younger generation has all of the newest technology to deal with this difficult disease!
Thanking you in advance for any help you can offer,
Theresa