I’m pretty excited about the much-anticipated Dexcom hook-up tomorrow…. Imagine feeling like you were going low, but not quite sure, then looking at the wireless monitor you have in your pocket/sweaty little palm to see if you’re right or not! Or leaving an exercise class at the gym thinking you might be heading up in the glucose department and being able to monitor it – SWEET!!

Of course Murphy’s law is at play for the actual hook-up itself. I am super busy at work at the moment so meeting the rep at home is just not going to happen. So I booked a time with him to come in and booked a meeting room. What do…

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…. and throwing cash at my condition.

I spoke to my specialist today about the disappointing outcome of the Minimed CGMS and asked what I could do about a referral to a Dexcom real time CGMS. It sounded like getting my insurance company to cough up for a month of leasing this (for $500) is nigh on impossible. Apparently they argue that I could instead take my BM every half hour…. obviously these people have never had to wake up repeatedly in the night.

I’ve always been a pretty impulsive person so I made the decision there and then that I’ll just raise the funds myself and dive on in. I rang Justin from www.insulinpumps.co.nz and he’s…

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