My Dexcom Sleeps Nude.
During the day, my Dexcom wears clothes because it's a modest little machine:
But at night, it strips down nude and sleeps in a "hyperbaric chamber" ...
... because the glass makes the high and low alarm vibrations easier to hear. I just have to remember to make sure the glass doesn't have water in it before I go dropping the receiver in.
This is real life with diabetes: awkward, a bit strange, and always on the move. :)
Comments
Great idea!
Posted by: Amanda | November 15, 2011 12:43 PM
Your end table is freakishly clean and dust-free. That is all. :)
Posted by: Lindsay R. | November 15, 2011 12:51 PM
TWIN!
Fraternal though. Mine is pink during the day and on a glass coaster at night. I started doing it about 2 weeks ago, and it is the first time my DexCom has woken me up during a high or low.
Posted by: Sara | November 15, 2011 12:52 PM
i have 2 girls that share the CGM, that cup thing is a very good idea! and i like your blue cover, ours is clear, where did ya get it?
Posted by: Lucy Grubbs | November 15, 2011 01:22 PM
Though I'm using the Revel combo now, when I used my Dexcom, I would have it on the ceramic coaster at night for this same reason. It's cool how we diabetics think outside the box. (Or inside the glass?)
Posted by: Sarah K | November 15, 2011 01:22 PM
Kerri: This is very helpful, for 2 reasons. One, that nightstand is incredibly clean and it makes me want to make mine look as awesome). But 2, I'm getting a Dex and think this would be a great way to go. Never had to do that before, since my Minimed pump/CGM combo just allowed me to wear it all in one. But with the dual devices, it's a new thing to think about. And your way sounds like a great plan! So, thanks!
Posted by: Mike Hoskins | November 15, 2011 01:34 PM
Totes Brill.
Posted by: George | November 15, 2011 01:46 PM
Funny...and a good idea!
Posted by: Jim | November 15, 2011 01:53 PM
Put a couple of coins in the glass to get even more noise to help you wake up.
By the way, great tracing.
Posted by: Jeff Hitchcock | November 15, 2011 02:30 PM
That's so clever, I would have never come up with that. Here's to hoping the makers make the alarms louder!
Posted by: Sysy | November 15, 2011 02:53 PM
Such a good little post. It's snippets like these that are the real diabetes. Fun post -- thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Roselady | November 15, 2011 04:23 PM
I'm trying to get my love to do this - he sleeps right through the Dexcom alarms :( I told him to throw a few pennies or something in the glass, too, so it'll REALLY make a raucous.
Posted by: Ashley | November 15, 2011 05:41 PM
How funny...I'm the opposite. Dex is a nudist by day and fully clothed at night. For some reason he likes to short out at night and his clothes keep that from happening. Then again, I keep him in my pillow. Maybe if I kept him in a glass he could sleep bare and be a full out nudist...hmmm.
Posted by: Amy R | November 15, 2011 05:46 PM
After that title, I wasn't sure where you were going with this ...
Posted by: Link | November 15, 2011 06:28 PM
What an awesome idea! I shall try it tonight, if I can find the right size glass.
Posted by: Jana | November 15, 2011 06:33 PM
When we start having an insulin pump (tentatively planned for February), will we have this too? What does a boy in a loft bed with no night stand do with a Dexcom? Or is the Dexcom the insulin pump with the tube removed to make your night stand look even more excruciatingly clean? Or is this an additional, extra piece of equipment that we will not have unless we become spokesmodels? I need to get googling.
Posted by: katy | November 15, 2011 08:39 PM
My glucose monitor sleeps nude, too. Well, sleeps in the fur he was born with. No techonology here. A few weeks ago my little pug woke me with his violent shaking, as you would if you had chills/fever. I must have been in deep sleep, tried to reach him to pull him next to me and warm him up but he moved beyond my reach. Reached further and he jumped on the floor. I stood up to get him and I knew, glucose is low and I mean low. Scarf 20 sugars and wait 10 minutes and test says I'm all the way up to 43. Holy cow, where was I before?!? I take more sugar and go back to dog who is now sitting on bed looking fine. Hmmmm. Low-glucose-alert dog or coincidence?
Posted by: e-i | November 15, 2011 08:43 PM
I'm going to try the glass idea tonight. One of the reasons I first went with the Dexcom was that after 25 years on a pump, I can sleep through any beep it puts out. Now, after all these years with the Dexcom, it no longer wakes me up either. I worry about sleeping through the alarms when the DH isn't home. Thanks for the idea.
Posted by: Debbie Kaufman | November 15, 2011 09:10 PM
Aaah! I love it! I was just thinking I need to do something differently with Dexy at night, and this is perfect.
Posted by: Meghan | November 15, 2011 09:45 PM
We keep Ella's in an glass, too! With glass beads - even LOUDER! WOO HOO!!!
Posted by: Jenn | November 15, 2011 10:08 PM
Hello!
I just found your blog and I love it! I am also a type 1 diabetic who is on the insulin pump and CGM system. I am also a mother of one and pregnant with my second..so encouraging to find other healthy diabetics! Keep up the great blog!
Posted by: Lindsay @ Delighted Momma | November 15, 2011 11:46 PM
Oh goodness, this is such a good idea! Between this and wearing it in the arm, reading SUM has dramatically improved my (already pretty good) Dexcom-wearing experience. :)
Posted by: Claire | November 17, 2011 10:12 AM