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Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) offer significant, daily benefits to people with type 1 diabetes, providing near-real time measurements of blood sugar levels, but they can be expensive. A new study by researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine, based on a 6-month clinical trial, finds that use of a CGM is cost-effective for adult patients with type 1 diabetes when compared to daily use of test strips. The results are well within the thresholds normally used by insurance plans to cover medical devices. During the trial, CGMs improved overall blood glucose control for the study group and reduced hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar episodes.
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Thank you for the information. I do not have diabetes but many members of my family are dealing with it. I will send followup information as it is made available. Did insurance or Medicare pay for the CGM monitoring?
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Hi @ladybumg. I have been using a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) for about ten weeks now. It took me some time, and I still not where I would like to be, to get it calibrated for me and I still find that each new sensor takes about three days to usually be very close to what my meter says. I have been awakened quite a few nights warning me of hypo glycemic events. That is a true blessing for anyone who has a good number of lows, but I really wanted one for golfing or any outdoor activity when the weather gets to normal SC temps between May and October. I have found myself so paranoid during high heat that I just stayed inside and I certainly don't need to be out when it is 95 w/ 100% humidity, but this will allow me to get out until the heat is extreme. I am very much in favor of anything that eases part of the burden of diabetes. Anyone else have experience with CGM's?
Gary