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Out of curiosity, does the G6 require no calibration over 10 days? The way it’s worded is kinds of confusing because it kind of sounds that way. From my T1D pa
by braingenious 4y ago
Out of curiosity, does the G6 require no calibration over 10 days? The way it’s worded is kinds of confusing because it kind of sounds that way.
From my T1D partner of many, many years:
“Great job! You’ve learned so much! All I would say is you’ve learned a lot, but as he ages, you’ll have to toss that out and learn that again, and again, and again.”
Solid A1C! Solid care! Kudos!
- Benjamin_Dobell 4y agoNo calibration required for the entire 10 days. The one significant inconsistency with BGL between my daughter's regular meter vs. G6 CGM was when my daughter had paracetamol in her system. Dexcom do claim (in Australia at least) that the G6 is not affected by paracetamol - which is the opposite claim they made about the G5. It was actually incredibly dangerous since it was 3am and the sensor was indicating she was very high and she was in fact slightly below target. Glad I thought it seemed sus and chose to do a finger prick, rather than telling her pump to deliver a bolus. That one (scary) incident aside, we've had no other issues with the G6. In general I've found it to be much more reliable than even a regularly calibrated G5. Perhaps the paracetamol incident was a coincidence and the paracetamol didn't play a part, but at least personally, I'm careful with medicines that have been known to interfere with CGMs - otherwise I tend to trust the G6.