The CGM would be absolutely wonderful, so that you can go out and walk or cycle without having to check your blood sugars while on the go.
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CGM is completely free here in Norway, and I am waiting for a similar thing in New Zealand to become available before I move back home.
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I sleep better with the CGM - if I don’t have one the worry will keep me awake, not the blood sugars.
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The first thing I do when I get an invoice paid is purchase more sensors. I prioritise that cost before rent, before petrol, before groceries.
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Glucose monitors shouldn’t need to be the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Having blood sugar results constantly, without finger pricks, would pay off hugely for the national cost of healthcare support throughout our lives and particularly in our later years.
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I'm a full-time student and I can't afford a CGM. I can't even afford to cover my tuition fees on my own or buy a house. I have lived with this illness for more than twenty years and all I want is access to technology that will lessen the burden, even just a little bit.
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This means that I have had diabetes for at least 27 years and over that time would have used 39,312 Caresens test strips – not allowing for the occasions when the tests had to be aborted and / or reconfirmed because I did not believe the result.
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Not being able to afford this meter is very frustrating and I strongly believe it’s very important that the CGMs are fully funded for ALL of our population that have Type 1 and 2 diabetes.
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There are parents putting their kids to bed, not knowing if they will be alive the next day or getting up several times a night to test them to be sure and that is exhausting whilst trying to hold down a job.
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The CGM costs money, money I’m not gonna have all the time. I have plans to go to university… I won’t be able to keep paying for the sensors. I don’t want to have to choose between growing up and living independently or having a good quality of life.
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The CGM has been a life-changing development - I no longer clog up the hospital's ED or wards, I enjoy an independence that would have been improbable without CGM, and friends and family have no reason for concern.
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I have prevented so many hypos that I wouldn’t have been able to pick up without a CGM.
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In Seattle, the CGM is covered by our insurance. It’s such a game changer. Knowing that our little one can live a full life without 8 (or more) fingersticks per day, is such a blessing.
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I was lucky to receive a trial Freestyle Libre for 2 weeks. This system changed my BS from averaging well over 12 (with peaks of up to 26) to averaging below 10. This turn around happened within a week and was quite miraculous.
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Both my stepdad and sister have the new monitors which have changed their lives drastically, while it doesn’t take away the severity and struggle of the disease, it makes their quality of life so much better.
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If the government was to help fund CGMs that would be so life changing for not only for us who have diabetes but also our family.
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I remember spending a lot of time in hospital, throughout the years trying to keep my glucose levels balanced.
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I work for Middlemore hospital and using a Dexcom has changed my life these past 4 months and has made working through Covid a little easier for me.
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Life was going good for her, but she had been drinking copious amounts of water.
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I wish I'd had access to monitors as soon as I was diagnosed
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