@rkmclinic2125 this might not be the “latest information on glucose monitoring” but it is what I do. I’ve been diabetic for 50 years and have used many types of meters for finger sticks. I currently use a One Touch Verio Flex. I’ve taken it with me to lab appointments to check it against in clinic labs and it is accurate.
I’ve had two opportunities to try continual glucose monitors (CGM) in the past decade in conjunction with evaluations I was going through at Mayo Clinic. I’ve tried Libre and Dexcom. Currently I’m using a Dexcom G6. Part of why I chose it was a recommendation from a Mayo endocrinologist, also the integration with my iPhone and with my insulin delivery system. I use an Omnipod 5 insulin pump. I have a follow up appointment with my endocrinologist in a week and I’m going to ask about upgrading the CGM Dexcom G6 to a G7.
I have experienced inaccuracies with the Dexcom G6 for 24 up to 72 hours on sensor change days. The last time I had a sensor change I had to apply 3 sensors before it worked! The first 2 bled like crazy before I even installed the transmitter! (I think transmitters are included in the G7 sensors.) That only happened once or twice before in the past 2 - 3 years. YUCK! I knew that the solution was to take it off, stop the bleeding and try another sensor in a different location but I wanted to hear it from Dexcom Technical Support. I waited on hold on the phone for 2 hours with no response. (Then I had to hang up to take a call from a medical provider regarding lab tests for a situation my husband’s been having.) I got back to trying to get ahold of Dexcom Technical support and finally left a message. I spent that day with no sensor for 12 hours (and “no data” alarms every hour from the Omnipod 5 pump). Dexcom Technical Support didn’t respond for another 5 days! They are going to send replacement sensors for the 2 that bled. That is great (sarcasm) and hopefully I will get them before the current sensor expires. Medicare won’t let me refill the sensors because “it is too soon”. They don’t care that I blew through a month supply in one sitting due to the bleeding!
Well that was a rant! Thanx for reading. Diabetes can be difficult to deal with!