I wrote in my last post about a Dexcom G7 sensor which for me was only supplying data 97% of the time. That meant that it missed checkins and combined across the entire day it didn’t respond for just over an hour. Mind you, that metric doesn’t capture how long it was offline for each …
In a recent post [Why I overlap CGM sensors] I showed the normal (for me) behaviour of a Dexcom G6 sensor starting. The first 24 hours or so can’t be trusted, although it will usually eventually come into line by itself. Obviously when using a Dexcom G6 transmitter this eats into the 10-day limit to …
CGM: an improvement for G6, but G7 still suffers Read More »
For years now I have been avoiding CGM data hassles by overlapping the start of a new sensor with the end of the previous one. I first wrote about this back in 2020: Minimizing CGM gaps. This does mean I essentially use two CGM programs, one tracking the new sensor until I decide it’s trustworthy …
CamAPS FX is the AID software that Ypsomed provides to use with the YpsoPump. It uses Dexcom G6 as its CGM. Some CamAPS users use the unofficial Anubis transmitters with G6 sensors. The Anubis cost advantage in Australia has shrunk with the NDSS CGM Subsidy, but still the advantages of faster warmup (50 minutes rather …
Ever since I wrote about the Anubis project (twice in 2021) I keep getting people assuming that I’m responsible for it. They send me requests for units, instructions as to how to make them themselves, etc. Just to be clear: I was one of the people involved in early testing of the units, and I …
The Dexcom G6 CGM system is relatively flexible, although many people don’t understand how it works. But a little knowledge goes a long way. The basics are an obvious start. We have: a sensor we insert into our skin, a transmitter we place in the sensor, and an application that talks to the transmitter via …