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Originally Posted by Lovecraft007
Just curious... does anyone here use a CGM? If so, what kind?
I was thinking that this would be a wonderful device for helping me track my BG's, since my days are so varried as to my timings and intensities of my activity & workouts, and my food timing & intake etc. I test an awful lot, up to 10 times a day. I get lows during the night sometimes, and am often high in the mornings. I have woken up at 3a.m. to do tests to see if i'm rebounding, but still can't hammer it down. I'm thinking a CGM would be able to track this kind of thing.
Anyone use one? What's the scoop?
Oh, and just curious as to what they cost, and if they're covered by pharmacare (in Canada)?
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I personally don't use one. Not because I, or my endo (he swears by them) don't want to, but because I'm a type 2, and it's hard to get insurance to pay for them for a type 2 diabetic. Now my diabetes educator uses one, and she swears by them too. But since she is a type 2 diabetic also, she payed for it out of her own pocket. It's not the cost of the unit that is the problem (around $700.00 I think). But it's the sensors that attach to you, they are around $100.00 each, I think. Like I said, I don't use a CGM, so I'm not all that sure on the prices.
But I did find this, it may, or may not give the information that you want:
http://mydiabetescgms.blogspot.com/2...ket-costs.html
And in Canada, I don't know anything.