Does anybody have or know somebody who has a Continuous Glucose Monitor (probably used in conjunction with an insulin pump)?
I would like to make contact to find out where/how they got it, and whether the costs (purchase and ongoing) were/are covered by medical aid.
Thanks.
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Started by flymango, Jan 12 2012 08:13
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 08:13
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 08:36
Hi
Our daughter is on a medtronic cgm with her pump.
We got ours through medtronic. Payment by amedical aid is dependant on plan. We are on classic comprehensive of discovery and get most paid.
Brgds, Peter
Our daughter is on a medtronic cgm with her pump.
We got ours through medtronic. Payment by amedical aid is dependant on plan. We are on classic comprehensive of discovery and get most paid.
Brgds, Peter
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 08:39
pga, on 12 January 2012 - 08:36 , said:
Hi
Our daughter is on a medtronic cgm with her pump.
We got ours through medtronic. Payment by amedical aid is dependant on plan. We are on classic comprehensive of discovery and get most paid.
Brgds, Peter
Our daughter is on a medtronic cgm with her pump.
We got ours through medtronic. Payment by amedical aid is dependant on plan. We are on classic comprehensive of discovery and get most paid.
Brgds, Peter
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 10:06
My wife is also on classic comprehensive and has the medtronic cgm and pump. AFAIK the rep arranged everything for her. I know she had to upgrade to comprehensive to get the cgm + pump approved. She's been on the cgm for about a year, I can put you in contact with her if you need. It's definitely made diabetes management a whole lot clearer.
Protip: If you're close to groote schuur at the UCT hospital they have a diabetes management program which you can join via discovery for assistance in management; Also, you get your monthly insulin and glucometer testing strips (Not the medtronic stuff though) from them.
Protip: If you're close to groote schuur at the UCT hospital they have a diabetes management program which you can join via discovery for assistance in management; Also, you get your monthly insulin and glucometer testing strips (Not the medtronic stuff though) from them.
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 10:15
Hey
Drop my mate Darol Howse a mail. He is a diabetic and runs an organisation called diabetes adventure. He has completed 2 epics, several paddling races and now runs a race called the lesotho sky race. He has done a lot of researh into continous blood glucose monitoring and is a great inspiration. Pm me for his email and I will pass them on.
Cheers Damon
Drop my mate Darol Howse a mail. He is a diabetic and runs an organisation called diabetes adventure. He has completed 2 epics, several paddling races and now runs a race called the lesotho sky race. He has done a lot of researh into continous blood glucose monitoring and is a great inspiration. Pm me for his email and I will pass them on.
Cheers Damon
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 03:20
Contact Paul via his blog below - he is a cyclist too.
http://thethirstthat...e.blogspot.com/
My training partner just started using cgm and a pump - still early days on the learning curve - if you want to contact him, let me know your details via pm, and I will put you in touch. As far as I know, Discovery paid for the pump, but do not pay for the cgm ongoing expense - about 2k a month, he funds that himself.
There is also a fair amount of information about the pumps and cgm here:
http://www.facebook....ps/43436510663/
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http://thethirstthat...e.blogspot.com/
My training partner just started using cgm and a pump - still early days on the learning curve - if you want to contact him, let me know your details via pm, and I will put you in touch. As far as I know, Discovery paid for the pump, but do not pay for the cgm ongoing expense - about 2k a month, he funds that himself.
There is also a fair amount of information about the pumps and cgm here:
http://www.facebook....ps/43436510663/
Best
Guy
