RESTARTING DEXCOM G6 SENSORS
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- #type1diabetic #insulindependent #cgm
Hey everyone! Today I show you how to restart the Dexcom G6 sensors using Katie DiSimone’s method. I will link her videos and her blog article down below so you can do your own research.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your restarted sensors. Do the restarts and resets at your own risk!
Resources used/referenced in today’s video:
DEXCOM G6 RESTART:
• Dexcom G6 restart
HOW TO RESET THE DEXCOM TRANSMITTERS USING SPIKE OR XDRIP:
• Dexcom G5 and G6 trans...
BLOG POST ABOUT RESTARTING SENSORS AND RESETING TRANSMITTERS:
seemycgm.com/2018/06/11/resta...
Give this video a big 👍🏻 up if you enjoyed it! Subscribe if you haven’t already! And like always, I’ll see you next time for another video! :)
If you get me to 100 subscribers, I will post my diabetes diagnosis story! 😃
*Subscribe by clicking on the red subscribe button! ❤️
*Turn on the notification 🔔 so you never miss when I upload something new!
*Follow me! 😁
*Instagram 📷 @maddiejniel & @maddienielsen_art 🎨
*Twitter 🐤 @maddiejniel
*Pinterest 📌 @maddiejniel
*Beyond Type 1 💉 Maddie Nielsen
Want to sign up and join Beyond Type 1? CLICK THIS LINK ⬇️
community.beyondtype1.org/sha...
OR Google Beyond Type 1 in your search engine and go from there... 😊
BE KIND • SPREAD POSITIVITY • BE THANKFUL
God Bless,
Maddie 🦋
This is quite helpful info. Another very good reason to restart one's G6 sensor is a complete failure of supplies delivery by the vendor. My mail order pharmacy is the only game in town, according to my insurance. Sadly, they are always falling down on timely delivery (or ANY delivery). I'll use this technique the next (inevitable) time I call them about my sensor refill and they say, "WHAT refill??" Thanks for your good work!
I’m glad this is helpful. I am so upset that your mail order pharmacy is not filling your prescriptions and sending them to you on time. This is something we shouldn’t have to deal with. Good luck with restating your sensors!! :)
Thank you, Maddie…. very helpful!
I have been using the g5 for over a year and always just started a new session while wearing it and after the 2 hour warm up and re calibration it would just keep on going until the next session. I would clean real well and use a smith&nephew adhesive prep being careful not to put it right where the needle penetrates. Then I would put a piece of smith&nephew Opsite Flexifix over the entire sensor it is better to cut a hole just big enough for the transmitter. I could get 2 or 3 sessions out of a sensor. I just ordered the g6 now I am hearing that they time out and will not keep working even if they are still in good shape? and I will get 2 less of them per order? I was very intrigued when I herd you speak of resting the transmitters I will try that on my g5 that I am wearing now. is there a link on a walk thru using an android? I found your site informative so I subscribed. It is so good that you are so proactive with your diabetes at a young age I am 60 and wish I had all these tools when I was younger.
I am not sure about Dexcom resetting for androids but here is a link that might get you into the right direction :) seemycgm.com/2018/06/11/restarting-g6-sensors-and-transmitter/
i have been reusing sensors for over ten days for a while i learned from another youtuber dexcom g6 channel, it works great , now i am looking for info about how to remove the battery from a transmitter and replace with a new one as i dont use xdrip nor apple products, android for me with a .... tandem Tslim, dexcom g6 samsung galaxy A12 and a Garmin watch... it can all work great most of the time but when my supplier is late getting my supplies to me i have to stick fingers until a new transmitter arrives so i found where the battery can be ground out and replaced...i attempted getting xdrip with no luck to work....any help or advice would be grateful , excellent instruction video thank you, i never have to wait 3 hours before a reconnect with the restart of a still in place sensor, sometimes over an hour, i do test fingers at times but i dont calibrate dexcomg6 with a finger stick result, i can tell when its over and beyond a 20 day sensor, the graph gets all glitchy ...thanks again
That is a pretty cool trick I didn't know you could do that
Hi Maddie - thanks for the great video.
I wonder how to extend the life of the transmitter - I've seen Katie DiSimone’s video, but I have an android that is not compatible with the app. Any tips?
Thank you!
I believe you can use x drip as an Android user. I believe there are tutorials on TH-cam with that and resetting transmitters!! I hope this helps!! Thank you for watching my videos!! 😊
@@MaddieNielsen Thank you!
I find that the Dexcom G6 sensors don't live to the magic day a lot of times. Dexcom replace the sensor for free including shipping. I install it correctly. It just doesn't work to the end.
I use my abdomen and by 10 days the sensor doesn't stick very well. I shave my stomach for better contact. My insurance is really good. So, I go with only one cycle.
Because of the G6 and its 5 minute samples, I never knew how bad my glucose control was at times. So, for my peace of mind, one cycle is cool.
My A1C has dropped from 7.9 to 7.1 in last five weeks. My realistic goal is 6.9 by the end of the this month.
Stay healthy and safe.
JDF
Great work with dropping your A1c! Thank you for watching my videos and supporting my TH-cam channel! :)
I only have the transmitter, because my phone is android and doesn't work with the app. What can I do to restart the sensor just using the transmitter?
Hi José!! If you mean by how can you restart with just having the receiver, it isn’t possible I don’t believe. You need to be able to have either a working phone Dexcom App or the Dexcom App WITH the receiver. I am attaching the website as to where I originally found out how to restart my G6 sensors. seemycgm.com/2018/06/11/restarting-g6-sensors-and-transmitter/ If you have the G5, you should just be able to hit “start” again and you shouldn’t have any issues with restarts with the G5 (it’s much simpler)...I hope this helps you out!! 😊👍🏻
Hi Maddie, where is the video to extend the life of the transmitter? Thanks 😊
th-cam.com/video/1fXCzcClmSg/w-d-xo.html this is Katie DiSimone’s video 😊
This would have helped me when I was left without my CGM for about 4 months fighting with insurance to get it covered...
Now that you know, you can get more use out of your CGM!
Right?! it was nine months for me, and I had to get a lawyer to threaten them lol
wow that was hard with the insurance
Looks like you do not get the trending arrow with this method, does it eventually come back? Thanks
The trend arrow does eventually come back within about 30-45 minutes. 😊
My setup is a Tandem Tslim pump and DexCom G6 Sensors and Transmitter. I have the DexCom App loaded to my Samsung phone .I do not use the Dexcom receiver as it is redundant and is in conflict with the pump--ie the transmitter needs to send its info to the CGM pump or receiver but not both. The DexCom phone app is not in conflict with the CGM function on the pump and reads out duplicate info of what I get on the pump. It is a bit confusing but I keep the phone app active as it gives me more info than the Tandem pump and can be silenced but remains active. It is also easier to operate when doing a new sensor start or extending. Does any else have a similar set up who would be willing to share their shortcuts and successes. Thanks
Very interesting set-up and thoughts Dan! I am glad you have found a system/method that does work best for you! :)
Please write how you take a shower, whether you use adhesive patches. I use, but my receiver gets wet anyway.
Very good video topic! I will definitely address this in future videos!! :)
I restart it for about a mouth now and it dose work on my G5
That’s awesome!
Doing a restart using just my android app as I cant seem to find the receiver. Apparently you keep Bluetooth off while the session is stopped and restarted. I'll post an update
Good luck to you! Let me know how it goes!! :)
@@MaddieNielsen worked out well!
What worked on my Android phone.. (it remained linked up to the Tslim x2)
-stop session
-unpair all transmitters
-turn off bluetooth
-wait 15 minutes
- Start new session with saved code
-wait 15 minutes, stop session then immediately start a new session
- 2 hours I had readings with no prompts for calibration, did a finger stick to verify and was on 4 pts. off.
-
G Zuk awesome thanks for letting me know!! 😁👍🏻
I'm quite open to say that as a T! for 50 years it's a need we need 100% on all T1 and its not a luxury but an essential equipment we need and Dexcom and teh rest of them need to seriously rethink of there prices or we as T1 need to start making our own!
I agree. CGMs should be considered a necessity not a luxury!!
This method is not working for me! I put it in my neighbor's backyard then waited a couple hours (2 1/2 hours). Got it back and let it reconnect then after about 5 minutes it said no restarts. Going to try another method of unmounting it, waiting, and then reinserting it.
My problem is I've gone through so many of these sensors because they kept failing to warm up that I'm short before I can get new sensors. I'm still considering going back to the G5 and never trying anything new.
That’s really sucks. It’s possible you have one of the new transmitters. In that case, you will have to use a different method to restart.
@@MaddieNielsen Well I just got it to work after an entire day trying. I had to carefully pry it off the sensor, rub it the right way, and then was able to restart it. But it immediately was way off it's mark. (90 pts). So I calibrated it and now just going to try to see how well it works. Until I establish trust in its readings I will use finger tests for decisions.
How videos do you have I could only find 80
I think I have just over 80. 83 to be exact. I think you can just keep scrolling until you get to my very first upload.
Did not work for me. Started 20 days ago w Dexcom 6. Followed the steps and while waiting for the first reading after taking receiver out of microwave I got a message saying that sensor was expired and should start a new sensor.
Huh. That’s interesting it didn’t work for you. I’ve never once had a problem using this restart method.
@@MaddieNielsen After googling some more I learned that the new type of transmitter I was sent apparently will resist the method you describe. There is another method that apparently overcomes this (seemycgm.com/2019/08/01/restarting-dexcom-g6-sensors-updated/). Will try in 10 days and let you know.
Thank you for that information 😊
When did you make that video? We were told that this method does not work anymore as Dexcom „fixed“ this bug. So I‘m surprised that you were still able to use this method.
I made this video a few weeks ago. This method still works for me.
I do my restarts the same way- cept I set a timer for 2hrs 20 minutes and that works perfect for me every time.
@@MaddieNielsen the only thing I do differently on mine is 2hrs 20 minutes - also if you need the utube video I made as reference links on your video for the (Android phone only) xdrip+ transmitter restarts for others its th-cam.com/video/5QN-ugrmZ-Q/w-d-xo.html
So I did all the steps but about 30 mintues later i got a no restarts on my phone app and didn't get away readings on my phone.
@@mikecantstopwontstop8870 the only thing you can do now since you are in a stopped sensor is one of 2 methods:
1-pop out transmitter for 20 minutes
2-pair sensor, start sensor for the full 2 hours
(here is my video on how to pop out the transmitter: th-cam.com/video/4atiEHf6wZo/w-d-xo.html&t )
or
1-start sensor with NO CODE
2-let it warm up for 15 minutes
3- stop sensor
4- pair sensor with correct code
5- start sensor and let it complete the full 2 hours
~if fails, repeat
***But I restart using the receiver method without any issues and get great success with the removal transmitter restart methods... I am not sure what you did wrong to cause it to fail...unless you did not complete all the steps under 5 minutes or.. if you did not put the receiver into a bluetooth blocking container.. both of those steps are required with the receiver method that was shown in the video.)
Wait how is the reading on the thumbnail high? I’ve been diabetic for 5 years and my dad says it’s good he is as well diabetic I’m 10 rn and I became diabetic sense I was five I know it’s different for you sense your older but just asking hope I don’t sound rude.
It is not rude; I just keep a very tight range on my blood sugars :)
Very informative and detailed video and I followed it exactly, but unfortunately it did not work. I wonder why? Got error message saying that I have to install a new sensor and cannot re-use old sensor.
That sucks. There is actually another restart method that works better but I’ll have to make another video to show it.
My receiver is not connecting to bluetooth anymore and it shows me signal loss. Please helppppp
I would try restarting the receiver. Sometimes technology fails to cooperate.
@@MaddieNielsen hi, yes I tried that too. Nothing worked so after like 7 hours of signal loss, we called the customer service & figured out that it was a transmitter failure. So then I took the sensor off because it wouldnt work anyways. They sent me a new transmitter & sensor. It didn’t arrive yet, because it’s Easter and it probably won’t arrive until Tuesday. What a great Easter I suppose. Until then I’ll have to use my meter.
But thanks for the response, have a great night.
Just switched from G5 to G6 about a month ago - Does anyone get these wildly inaccurate readings? (g6 223 - Blood strip is 361 and yes, I'm very aware of how high this is) This is new I didn't restart.. To say you don't need to finger stick is insane -
Yes!! At certain times I find it very inaccurate, especially at the start and the end of the 10 day session. I calibrate my sensor twice a day, and I also sometimes run without the code as it sometimes makes it easier.
QEEN. TO YOU
:) thanks!
Human
Yes. I am a human! Lol
Insurance companies suck
I agree