#890 Best of Juicebox: Dexcom Calibration Practices

Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes

Scott Benner

Type1, Diabetes, Insulin, Medicine, Health, Health & Fitness, Celiac, Cgm, T1d, Nutrition, Parenting, Ardensday, Omnipod, Type1diabetes, Dexcom, Juvenilediabetes

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🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Originally aired on Sept 4, 2020. Scott and Jenny talk about how to calibrate a Dexcom G6.

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome to Episode 890 of the Juice Box Podcast.
0:16.0	Welcome back everyone to the best of the Juice Box Podcast series. Today we're going to revisit
0:21.2	Episode 375 DEXCOM Calibration Practices. This episode originally aired on September 4th,
0:29.3	2020 and it features Jenny Smith and I talking about when we calibrate our DEXCOM G6s.
0:37.3	It's still something I see people ask every day. So here it is. While you're listening today,
0:43.2	please remember that nothing you hear of the Juice Box Podcast should be considered advice medical
0:48.3	or otherwise. Always consult a physician before making any changes to your healthcare plan
0:54.0	or becoming bold with insulin. Are you a US resident who has type 1 or the caregiver of someone
0:59.9	with type 1? Please go to t1dexchange.org forward slash juice box. Join the registry,
1:06.2	complete the survey when you complete that survey. You are helping type 1 diabetes research to
1:11.3	move forward right from your sofa. You also might be helping out yourself and you're supporting
1:15.8	the podcast t1dexchange.org forward slash juice box.
1:25.0	This episode of the podcast is sponsored by KozyEarth. Now you can get 35% off your entire order at
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2:03.0	35%. My daughter Arden began wearing the OmniPod tubeless insulin pump on February 4th 2009.
2:11.9	That was 5,093 days ago. Or another way to think of it, 1,697 pods ago. At that time she was
2:22.8	4 years old. Hang out with me for a moment while I tell you more about the OmniPod. OmniPod.com
2:28.8	forward slash juice box. Today Arden is 18 and still wearing OmniPod. Back then there was one
2:35.0	choice, just one pod. But today you have a decision to make. Do you want the OmniPod 5?
2:40.3	The first and only tubeless automated insulin delivery system to integrate with the Dexcom G6?
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