My Pharmacist hasn't seen any new list as yet. She did say that once it's released that they'd be happy enough to switch me with a script from my GP. I thought that was odd as AFAIK, CGMs need to be prescribed by Consultant endo. She said that as the initial script was from hospital that repeat and amending same was ok via GP.
I'll talk to him in the next few weeks and let the thread know.
That's odd that there was a charge. Mine was just a straight exchange. I'd query that with HSE live tbh. She's doing well, thanks for asking.
Yes the health center took them and I'd to then pay 5€ for a 2ltr one I'm baffled, thanks for the reply and I hope your wife is ok.
Worth a go but I can't see getting a new script being trouble. They likely want us on the G7 because it's a sealed unit that consumers can't mess with to get longer life out of the sensor. I'm using the G7 now and it's very similar to use. Much harder to knock loose as it's lower profile and has a ring-shaped overpatch to help keep it in place. The warmup time is reduced also.
I exchange my Sharps bin at my local Health Centre/Primary care centre. I only changed my most recent one on Thursday.
There is a smaller bin that I only become aware of recently(local nurse dropped it off as part of my wife's cancer treatment) that is returned to a pharmacy for disposal but not exchange AFAIK.
Dexcom G7 has now been added to core list F in the October update. Well it has been according to Diabetes Ireland. The October list has yet to actually be uploaded to the HSE website 🤷♀️🤦♂️
It's very odd I got the hse to take 3 and now I've to pay for bins in the chemist! He attends Naas so I'll go to the next appointment.Thanks
And you will be refraining from all the extra food and drink (soft & alcohol) that generally flows between now and January?
Because without that level of control and better too, given your at a 9avg now? It's virtually a given that you will be put on Ozempic in January.
That's not necessarily a bad thing, many folk really do see a marked improvement on GLP-1 drugs. There is also evidence supporting concurrent weight loss with those drugs.
I haven't used Ozempic myself but I have used a similar drug in Victoza. It kept my control tight.
If memory serves? You were given diet advice on this thread when you you were diagnosed a few years back? (Apologies if I'm mistaken) but that advice still stands.
Manage carb intake, reduce sugars where you can and move more. Sounds easy when it's said like that. It's all too easy to struggle with it tho.
Good luck with whatever you do and don't be too worried about ending up on Ozempic or similar.
do be under 9 , but not much
back watching my food end bloods now
but your daily readings are still over 11?
on thursday it was 81
but in my defence and not an excuse , i wasnt watching myself at all tnh , ate everything i wanted
2 close suicides de-railed me for 3 months , back watching my food end bloods now
so what was your hba1c?
nope
other than if same in jan he wants to put me on ozempic
and he didn't say anything?
only with him on thursday
well what worked for me was a change in medication. The best thing you can do is go back to your doctor.
type 2
My plan is to wait until it appears on the LTI list and then ask my Pharmacist to swap. Likely to fail and will probably need a new script, but don't ask? Don't get.
My new one arrived last week and it was the G6 not the G7, sad times.
Type 1 or 2?
struggling to get my daily under 11 at the min
any tips folks lol
how do you define disastrous? My last one in June was 70 which prompted a change in medication. haven't had one since but my daily numbers are much better than they were. Actually they are better than when my hba1c was 50.
has anybody ever has disastrous blood sugar levels when they had the HBA1C ?
If he needs to pay, he should just get a Drug Payment Scheme card. It will keep any monthly coat for prescription meds to a max of €80 per month.
I got the G7 prescription to replace a G6 I already had. I assume other G6 users are getting the same. I got the G6 originally because of seizures. If it's not everyone with the LTI book yet I can't see it being much longer. The NHS decided everyone should get sensors of some sort, Ireland can only follow.
Meanwhile in the USA:
Hi folks, my younger brother was just prescribed Ozempic, he is not diabetic yet (he's pre diabetic with insulin resistance) so he won't be on LTI and we will have to pay out of pocket. His Endocrinologist's secretary advised us to shop around as the price could widely vary between different pharmacies. Anyone know where we can get the best price for it in Ireland?
One for those folks on here who've been moved to Dexcom G7?
Were new prescriptions issued? I'm curious as I can't see it on the LTI list so I'm assuming there is a new Core List F? The newest I can find is the April 2022 and it's not on there.
If it's anything like the current ones Dexcom will replace them for free if there's any problem, so I wouldn't worry too much about it as long as it's not the last sensor of the month that dies on you.
You can buy a 3d printed tool for doing that. Maybe they realised they were losing out on revenue and that formed part of the decision to make the whole thing one unit.
Wont be able to do the hack where you could pop the transmitter out and reuse the sensor for some additional days with the G7's.
