continuous glucose monitor

[melx]

Is there anyone else out there who also uses the Medtronic Guardian Sensor for monitoring their glucose?

 

[melx]

Is there anyone else out there who also uses the Medtronic Guardian Sensor for monitoring their glucose?

 

[melx]

Is there anyone else out there who also uses the Medtronic Guardian Sensor for monitoring their glucose?

 

[melx]

Is there anyone else out there who also uses the Medtronic Guardian Sensor for monitoring their glucose?

 

[melx]

Is there anyone else out there who also uses the Medtronic Guardian Sensor for monitoring their glucose?

 

[krisgabes]

I tried the Freestyle Navigator continuous glucose monitor and I stopped using it. I found it was extremely inaccurate with monitoring my sugars and it was also a huuuge hassle to try and put on. It tended to fall off a lot. Personally, I just felt better monitoring my sugar the old fashioned way with finger sticks.

Are you using one? If so, what is your experience with it?

 

[krisgabes]

I tried the Freestyle Navigator continuous glucose monitor and I stopped using it. I found it was extremely inaccurate with monitoring my sugars and it was also a huuuge hassle to try and put on. It tended to fall off a lot. Personally, I just felt better monitoring my sugar the old fashioned way with finger sticks.

Are you using one? If so, what is your experience with it?

 

[krisgabes]

I tried the Freestyle Navigator continuous glucose monitor and I stopped using it. I found it was extremely inaccurate with monitoring my sugars and it was also a huuuge hassle to try and put on. It tended to fall off a lot. Personally, I just felt better monitoring my sugar the old fashioned way with finger sticks.

Are you using one? If so, what is your experience with it?

 

[krisgabes]

I tried the Freestyle Navigator continuous glucose monitor and I stopped using it. I found it was extremely inaccurate with monitoring my sugars and it was also a huuuge hassle to try and put on. It tended to fall off a lot. Personally, I just felt better monitoring my sugar the old fashioned way with finger sticks.

Are you using one? If so, what is your experience with it?

 

[krisgabes]

I tried the Freestyle Navigator continuous glucose monitor and I stopped using it. I found it was extremely inaccurate with monitoring my sugars and it was also a huuuge hassle to try and put on. It tended to fall off a lot. Personally, I just felt better monitoring my sugar the old fashioned way with finger sticks.
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<br />Are you using one? If so, what is your experience with it?

 

[melx]

Yes, I have been using the Medtronic Minimed "Guardian" since this spring. Initially I hated it. Now it is a love/hate relationship. It is very good at keeping me from having lows. So that is the love part. I have hypoglycemia unawareness and that was the major reasoning my physician wanted me to get it. I am not fond of inserting the sensor itself ... the insertion needle is huge. Calibrating the monitor was initially difficult because you have to not have eaten for two hours before calibrating and your bg has to be stable. Sometimes that is hard to do. I love to eat and my bg does fluctuate and can move fast. . But I am learning the best times for me to calibrate are morning and evening. The monitor is pager sized; not exactly light but not too bad. It has a clip or holster whichever you prefer. It is pretty accurate but can have up to a 20% difference in sensor to blood glucose difference. I find it is most accurate if you calibrate at the right times. The transmitter is very cool. Looks like a little seashell. The other bad part is the cost. It is over 200.00 for a box of 4 sensors. Sensors are suppose to last only 3 days (but I make mine last 5 - 6 ... shhhhh). The intial cost of the system is somewhere over $1,000. Luckily I just found out my insurance covers the sensors so I will hopefully be using it more.
Again I guess the best part is not having hypoglycemic episodes and for me that is really important.

 

[melx]

Yes, I have been using the Medtronic Minimed "Guardian" since this spring. Initially I hated it. Now it is a love/hate relationship. It is very good at keeping me from having lows. So that is the love part. I have hypoglycemia unawareness and that was the major reasoning my physician wanted me to get it. I am not fond of inserting the sensor itself ... the insertion needle is huge. Calibrating the monitor was initially difficult because you have to not have eaten for two hours before calibrating and your bg has to be stable. Sometimes that is hard to do. I love to eat and my bg does fluctuate and can move fast. . But I am learning the best times for me to calibrate are morning and evening. The monitor is pager sized; not exactly light but not too bad. It has a clip or holster whichever you prefer. It is pretty accurate but can have up to a 20% difference in sensor to blood glucose difference. I find it is most accurate if you calibrate at the right times. The transmitter is very cool. Looks like a little seashell. The other bad part is the cost. It is over 200.00 for a box of 4 sensors. Sensors are suppose to last only 3 days (but I make mine last 5 - 6 ... shhhhh). The intial cost of the system is somewhere over $1,000. Luckily I just found out my insurance covers the sensors so I will hopefully be using it more.
Again I guess the best part is not having hypoglycemic episodes and for me that is really important.

 

[melx]

Yes, I have been using the Medtronic Minimed "Guardian" since this spring. Initially I hated it. Now it is a love/hate relationship. It is very good at keeping me from having lows. So that is the love part. I have hypoglycemia unawareness and that was the major reasoning my physician wanted me to get it. I am not fond of inserting the sensor itself ... the insertion needle is huge. Calibrating the monitor was initially difficult because you have to not have eaten for two hours before calibrating and your bg has to be stable. Sometimes that is hard to do. I love to eat and my bg does fluctuate and can move fast. . But I am learning the best times for me to calibrate are morning and evening. The monitor is pager sized; not exactly light but not too bad. It has a clip or holster whichever you prefer. It is pretty accurate but can have up to a 20% difference in sensor to blood glucose difference. I find it is most accurate if you calibrate at the right times. The transmitter is very cool. Looks like a little seashell. The other bad part is the cost. It is over 200.00 for a box of 4 sensors. Sensors are suppose to last only 3 days (but I make mine last 5 - 6 ... shhhhh). The intial cost of the system is somewhere over $1,000. Luckily I just found out my insurance covers the sensors so I will hopefully be using it more.
Again I guess the best part is not having hypoglycemic episodes and for me that is really important.

 

[melx]

Yes, I have been using the Medtronic Minimed "Guardian" since this spring. Initially I hated it. Now it is a love/hate relationship. It is very good at keeping me from having lows. So that is the love part. I have hypoglycemia unawareness and that was the major reasoning my physician wanted me to get it. I am not fond of inserting the sensor itself ... the insertion needle is huge. Calibrating the monitor was initially difficult because you have to not have eaten for two hours before calibrating and your bg has to be stable. Sometimes that is hard to do. I love to eat and my bg does fluctuate and can move fast. . But I am learning the best times for me to calibrate are morning and evening. The monitor is pager sized; not exactly light but not too bad. It has a clip or holster whichever you prefer. It is pretty accurate but can have up to a 20% difference in sensor to blood glucose difference. I find it is most accurate if you calibrate at the right times. The transmitter is very cool. Looks like a little seashell. The other bad part is the cost. It is over 200.00 for a box of 4 sensors. Sensors are suppose to last only 3 days (but I make mine last 5 - 6 ... shhhhh). The intial cost of the system is somewhere over $1,000. Luckily I just found out my insurance covers the sensors so I will hopefully be using it more.
Again I guess the best part is not having hypoglycemic episodes and for me that is really important.

 

[melx]

Yes, I have been using the Medtronic Minimed "Guardian" since this spring. Initially I hated it. Now it is a love/hate relationship. It is very good at keeping me from having lows. So that is the love part. I have hypoglycemia unawareness and that was the major reasoning my physician wanted me to get it. I am not fond of inserting the sensor itself ... the insertion needle is huge. Calibrating the monitor was initially difficult because you have to not have eaten for two hours before calibrating and your bg has to be stable. Sometimes that is hard to do. I love to eat and my bg does fluctuate and can move fast. . But I am learning the best times for me to calibrate are morning and evening. The monitor is pager sized; not exactly light but not too bad. It has a clip or holster whichever you prefer. It is pretty accurate but can have up to a 20% difference in sensor to blood glucose difference. I find it is most accurate if you calibrate at the right times. The transmitter is very cool. Looks like a little seashell. The other bad part is the cost. It is over 200.00 for a box of 4 sensors. Sensors are suppose to last only 3 days (but I make mine last 5 - 6 ... shhhhh). The intial cost of the system is somewhere over $1,000. Luckily I just found out my insurance covers the sensors so I will hopefully be using it more.
<br />Again I guess the best part is not having hypoglycemic episodes and for me that is really important.

 

[krisgabes]

I absolutely understand that. I don't really get too many lows ever since I went on an insulin pump. It keeps me very regular. I use the Omnipod. It's wireless and relatively new. I'm absolutely in love with it. I wish the continuous monitor worked better for me, but in the end it was more work than it was worth for me and it caused me to hit more lows because it reported my sugar to be higher than it was and in response I would give myself insulin. After a while I compared the results and figured it out. I didn't even finish a box of sensors, that is how quick my relationship ended with the monitor, hahaha.

I think it was probably just me though because my diabetes nurse educator at my endocrinologist uses one and she likes it as well. Oh well, I guess some relationships just aren't meant to be! Hahahaha <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[krisgabes]

I absolutely understand that. I don't really get too many lows ever since I went on an insulin pump. It keeps me very regular. I use the Omnipod. It's wireless and relatively new. I'm absolutely in love with it. I wish the continuous monitor worked better for me, but in the end it was more work than it was worth for me and it caused me to hit more lows because it reported my sugar to be higher than it was and in response I would give myself insulin. After a while I compared the results and figured it out. I didn't even finish a box of sensors, that is how quick my relationship ended with the monitor, hahaha.

I think it was probably just me though because my diabetes nurse educator at my endocrinologist uses one and she likes it as well. Oh well, I guess some relationships just aren't meant to be! Hahahaha <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[krisgabes]

I absolutely understand that. I don't really get too many lows ever since I went on an insulin pump. It keeps me very regular. I use the Omnipod. It's wireless and relatively new. I'm absolutely in love with it. I wish the continuous monitor worked better for me, but in the end it was more work than it was worth for me and it caused me to hit more lows because it reported my sugar to be higher than it was and in response I would give myself insulin. After a while I compared the results and figured it out. I didn't even finish a box of sensors, that is how quick my relationship ended with the monitor, hahaha.

I think it was probably just me though because my diabetes nurse educator at my endocrinologist uses one and she likes it as well. Oh well, I guess some relationships just aren't meant to be! Hahahaha <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[krisgabes]

I absolutely understand that. I don't really get too many lows ever since I went on an insulin pump. It keeps me very regular. I use the Omnipod. It's wireless and relatively new. I'm absolutely in love with it. I wish the continuous monitor worked better for me, but in the end it was more work than it was worth for me and it caused me to hit more lows because it reported my sugar to be higher than it was and in response I would give myself insulin. After a while I compared the results and figured it out. I didn't even finish a box of sensors, that is how quick my relationship ended with the monitor, hahaha.

I think it was probably just me though because my diabetes nurse educator at my endocrinologist uses one and she likes it as well. Oh well, I guess some relationships just aren't meant to be! Hahahaha <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[krisgabes]

I absolutely understand that. I don't really get too many lows ever since I went on an insulin pump. It keeps me very regular. I use the Omnipod. It's wireless and relatively new. I'm absolutely in love with it. I wish the continuous monitor worked better for me, but in the end it was more work than it was worth for me and it caused me to hit more lows because it reported my sugar to be higher than it was and in response I would give myself insulin. After a while I compared the results and figured it out. I didn't even finish a box of sensors, that is how quick my relationship ended with the monitor, hahaha.
<br />
<br />I think it was probably just me though because my diabetes nurse educator at my endocrinologist uses one and she likes it as well. Oh well, I guess some relationships just aren't meant to be! Hahahaha <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">