I sucessfully met with the DexCom trainer at my endo’s office this morning. I was quite relieved when she walked in, after last week’s false start.  The training was very straightforward and within about 30 minutes I was on my way, sensor inserted, awaiting the end of the ‘warm up’ period and the beginning of actual data.

Lunchtime arrived during that two hour warm up gap, and I found myself actually looking up the carb value of my Wawa hoagie.  I’ve had diabetes long enough to realize that the honeymoon phase of a new gadget should be milked for all it’s worth!  So rather than taking my usual lazy approach to lunch, I paused for the extra 60 seconds it took to look up the carb count.  As a result, my first hour of data showed a strong and steady blood glucose value of 165 mg/dl, give or take 5.

Within an hour, I experienced my first bout with ‘noise’, a graphic demonstration of why you don’t panic at the first out of range number.  I jumped up to 261 for a few readings, then settled back down to ‘real’ data.

I’ve set my high blood glucose alarm at 260 for now, in part because I don’t want to whip my diabetes in to shape too quickly.  Sound odd? Maybe, but I want to ease my body back in range.

DexCom day 1: I love it.  I love new technology, it’s painless to wear and nearly painless to insert.  The prospect of actually seeing a high number (that I could previously ignore by not testing, or by testing around it) was enough to motivate me toward better lunch choices.  All in all, a good start!