Dexcom Pro

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Learn more about Dexcom

I was interviewing Dexcom CCO Rick Doubleday in February when he mentioned the forthcoming Dexcom Pro. The Dexcom G6 Pro is a single use, professional CGM available in blinded and unblinded mode that allows healthcare providers to view data about patients’ glucose patterns over a 10-day period, while allowing patients to view real-time glucose data and receive real-time hyper- and hypoglycemic alerts (when used in unblinded mode). The video below explains more. When Rick and I finished recording I asked if it would be possible for me to wear the Pro. I wondered if being able to watch a working pancreas would help me to learn more about the body’s expectations for health. I wanted to learn how much of a spike was normal, about times away from food that blood glucose rises and falls, what a fasting BG looks like and so much more.

I’ve only been wearing the Dexcom Pro for a few days so far and I’ve already learned so much about how a pancreas ‘thinks’. I can already tell that this experience will lead to a greater understanding of what people with diabetes should be aiming for and I know that I’ll be better prepared to be a T1 caregiver when I’m done. Additionally, this experience will undoubtable take the Juicebox Podcast into a new stratosphere. It’s all just very exciting and I believe that much of what I am seeing will impact how I think about using man-made insulin.

After I’ve finished with the Pro and process everything that I’m seeing, I’ll share what I’ve learned here on the blog and on the podcast.

• At launch the G6 Pro starter kit will cost $249 and includes one reader and four sensors.

  • Once a clinician has bought the starter kit and has a reader for their practice, additional sensors are $59 each.

  • Offices are reimbursed for each sensor placement and again for each sensor interpretation, ultimately eliminating the cost to clinics. There is no cost to patients.

• Only healthcare providers are able to order the G6 Pro.

More soon!

Please know that while Dexcom is a sponsor of the Juicebox Podcast, I am not being compensated for wearing the Dexcom Pro and have not been asked to write or talk about my experience. This was a brief moment at the end of an interview where I asked, “Can I please wear one… I think it will help me to understand insulin management better”.

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Teen Talk LIVE! - Thursday May 7 @ 3pm EST

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I'll be giving my Teen Talk (same talk that I delivered at the recent Type One Nation events at JDRF Greater Dallas, JDRF-Georgia Chapter, JDRF Kansas City Chapter, JDRF Oklahoma) online this Thursday at 3pm EST (link to join below). The talk is free and everyone who wants to attend is invited. No age restrictions, parents you know your kids. 

We'll be discussing how I pre-bolus, use basal insulin, the virtues of acting before diabetes and MUCH more. Tell a friend!

Juicebox Podcast 〜 Teen Talk
May 7, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6902743291
Meeting ID: 690 274 3291

If you don't want your image recorded, please turn off your camera. Meeting will be recorded and shared later. disclaimer: The information on this site is provided as an information resource only, and is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information is not intended to be patient education and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment.

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Ask Scott and Jenny LIVE!

From April 23, 2020

Listeners of the Juicebox Podcast get to ask their diabetes questions while Jenny Smith and I try to keep up.

Don’t want to miss the next one? Follow on Facebook.

Enjoyed this, want more? Check out the Diabetes Pro Tip episodes of the Juicebox Podcast that feature Scott and Jenny.

⇢ You can listen to the Juicebox Podcast at JuiceboxPodcast.com or on your fav podcast app (it's free!). Apple Podcasts ⇢ http://bit.ly/JBPAPod Android ⇢ http://bit.ly/jbpandroid Spotify ⇢ http://bit.ly/JBPspot Google Podcast ⇢ http://bit.ly/JBPgoogle ⇢ Want help with your diabetes management? Contact Jenny at jennifer@integrateddiabetes.com Jenny Smith RD, LD, CDE, T1D holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Biology from the University of Wisconsin. She is a Registered (and Licensed) Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Certified Trainer on most makes/models of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems.

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GIVEAWAY: Omnipod Pullover

A few years ago I spoke at an event and came home with this beautiful and incredibly comfortable pullover for Arden - but it didn’t fit her and so it went to live in her closet. I present it here today, never worn, soft as a cloud and ready for the winner of this Giveaway.

item: The giveaway is for one pullover, Ladies Extra Small. It is the shirt you see in the photos below. The item has no cash value. Complete giveaway rules are here.

shipping: Anyone can enter but if you are outside of the United States I may ask you to help with shipping, sound fair?

Here’s how you can accumulate entry points (the more points you have, the better your chances are of being drawn at random).

• Leave a review for the Juicebox Podcast on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) you’ll receive, 5 points.

• Leave a review on the Bold With Insulin Facebook page, 3 points.

• Subscribe to the Juicebox Podcast in your favorite podcast app, 1 point.

• Email, text or tell someone about the Juicebox Podcast and then help them to subscribe, 1 point.

All entries are made through the Rafflecopter app below. Please note that review entries require you to leave your username (used for the review) so I can verify your entry.

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Try a free, no obligation Omnipod demo today.

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Arden on General Hospital?!

Sometime in August I received this heavily blurred image from a Juicebox Podcast listener named Kate Hall…

The image was a call sheet from an upcoming episode of General Hospital.

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When I was young I would get home from school everyday at 2:55 pm where I would find my mom getting ready to watch GH. Mom would have a hot cup of coffee and be settling in on our ugly sofa as I arrived. One year the show had a storyline about Luke and Laura that was a cultural phenomenon. It stole the attention of everyone with a television, including me. My memory tells me that Luke and Laura had to “hit the road” to find the left-handed boy. I remember a freeze ray that threatened the city of Port Charles. For a time the show became what mom and I did for an hour after school and into the summer where we would run home from a community pool to see the show. There was even a parody song on the radio about the story. You see kids the radio was a thing that…. never mind. But I should at least explain that TV shows happened on a schedule and you had to be near a TV to see them. I digress…

Back to Kate

Kate is a writer on General Hospital (she’s actually a famous soap scribe), she is also the mother of a little girl with type 1 diabetes. And Kate, as fate would have it is a pretty big fan of the Juicebox Podcast.

And that’s how a character named, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Arden came to be during a recent two-day story arc. ADA Arden is named for Jennifer (Jenny Smith from the Pro Tip episodes of the podcast) and Arden.

Huge thanks to Kate (who will be on the podcast next year) and to General Hospital for the years of entertainment. Here’s a 60 second video of ADA Arden in action (WITH Tristan Rodgers). That’s right, Robert Scorpio! Sorry… my inner child got jacked up there for a moment.

The only thing left is to get one of you to name a baby after me… 🤣

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