It has been a month and I still don't have a transmitter. I am back to sticking my finger several times a day. I should stick more, I realized as I looked at my charts from the OmniPod Personal Diabetes Assistant (PDA). I was getting ready to visit the Dr. and I wanted to have my story ready for any potential bad news. As I looked at the charts I realized I was not testing enough. With the CGM I would pull it out of my pocket and take a quick look. Without the CGM I have to stick myself, and we all hate to do that. But, I need to control the BG, so I better get busy and start sticking myself.
At the rate the insurance and MedTronic are moving I will have my next quarterly check up with the Dr. I did good at this last visit my A1C was 6.9, that was down from 7.5 last time. I had a complete quarterly cycle on the OmniPod pump, without adjustments to insulin dosage or medication changes, so this is a good indication that I am tuned in correctly on the OmniPod, at least for now.
A month without the CGM means that I have not had the fun of shoving a big needle in my stomach to get the sensor inserted. I really liked the convince of the CGM. Quick and easy to read. I really hated the insertion of the sensor.
I could get use to not having a sensor, after all, it has been a month! The real test will be at the next check up, to see what my A1C percentage is.
MedTonic better get busy or they just might lose a CGM customer.
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