Dexpiration (let the puns continue!)

2011 February 7
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by christopher

Yes, another post, another Dexcom-inspired word coinage.

It seems that perhaps I was too rash in my judgement (and subsequent dismantling) of MechaDexcom.  It’s quite possible that the transmission errors I was dealing with were in fact coming from the other side of the equation, ie the transmitter.

a dexcom seven plus transmitter with a beard

get it? it's old?

While I was on my second Dexcom Seven receiver, this was still my original transmitter.  We’ve been through a lot together.  Well, more specifically, I had to go through a lot as a result of a time that we weren’t together.  But Dexcom transmitters don’t age like you and me.  In fact, one Dexcom transmitter year is like 76 human years (give or take).  Which is to say, after about a year, their average lifetime is up.  So when MechaDexcom wasn’t doing a good job of picking up a signal, it turns out it was because the signal being sent was very weak.  I discovered this after the transformation back to regular Dexcom, when I was still getting regular errors/out of range messages.

So now I have a new kit- new transmitter, new receiver (though my old one is perfectly fine, and will be nice to have as a backup for the inevitable next…incident.).  It also means that I have another receiver to experiment on in my quest for [drum rolllll] RexCom, king of the continuous glucose monitoring systems!

OK, I’ll stop now.

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  • http://www.weddingfavourskingdom.co.uk/ Annegwells

    RexCom? Can you share some more about RexCom?

  • http://www.dinnerwarecenter.com/ Martincspencer

    Are there other glucose monitoring systems other than DexCom?

  • Anonymous

    there are. Medtronic makes one, and Abbott (Freestyle) made one, then ran into some supply issues, but I believe is making it again soon. Dexcom is the only one I have ever used personally.

  • Anonymous

    RexCom is my made up name for some sort of modified DexCom that makes it impervious to any activities I might subject it to (like daily use, but also some contact with water). I’m nowhere close, but I like tinkering.

  • HopeUDance

    I have used the medtronic cgm. Haven’t tried any others. It seemed to work as they described. I think my initial frustrations came from my not understanding what I should reasonably expect – like that my meter bg and my cgm bg could be 40 points off from one another…..drove me nuts.

  • Khall

    How did you get another transmitter?  I am on my second receiver.  Both sensors that I have inserted since receiving the new receiver have given me error messages and out of range messages.  Could it be the transmitter?

  • Anonymous

    I had to get an entire new package (receiver, transmitter etc). Apparently my insurance will buy one per year.  I once thought I lost my transmitter, and I believe that Dexcom charges around $300 or $400 for a replacement.  Insurance doesn’t seem to cover the components individually, only the complete set.

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