Another Failed Dexperiment

Before I go any further, I’m laying claim to the word “Dexperiment” (meaning, of course, inapprpriately futzing with your Dexcom contunuous glucose monitoring system).

I’ve always wanted to coin a word.  The only person who I can name in connection with the word they coined is Lewis Carroll and “chortle”.  Why?  Because I learned it in 5th grade.  Why?  I have no idea.  Why do I remember it (as opposed to the countless other pieces oif information I was exposed to in 5th grade that I couldn’t recall to save my life)?  I don’t know.  If I did know, I’d somehow use that information to develop in iPad app for SAT Prep and retire a happy billionaire in Sardinia.

Anyway, back to reality, and my failure.

Some of you may remember my attempt at creating Super Dexcom.  The main problem with Super Dexcom was that it wasn’t super in any way.  It was just regular Dexcom with some white electrical tape around the seam.  Worse, the tape somehow kept shifting (I guess due to friction from the silicone case) and blocking the charging port.  Which ulitmately made Super Dexcom worse than regular Dexcom.

So I decided to replace Super Dexcom with MechaDexcom.  MechaDexcom was basically the same as Super Dexcom, except instead of white electrical tape, it was covered with shiny foil tape.

Now, in order for the Dexcom sensor to work, it has to do a couple of things, one of them being receive tranmissions from the transmitter.  My first clue that MechaDexcom may have some flaws (beyond the lack of any clear benefit beyond looking mildly badass) was that, even in an armband less than four inches away from the transmitter (currently on the back of my arm) I was getting “Out of Range” errors.  Now, anyone who knows their Superman knows that metal can interfere with even x-ray vision, much less a little Dexcom transmitter.  So, almost as soon as it was born, MechaDexcom died an unceremonious death.

As Wile E. Coyote would say, back to the drawing board.