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Dexcom G6 System User Guide
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Chapter 10: Alarm and Alerts
10.5 Customizing Your Alerts
Check In With Jake
It seemed like all I ever did I was clear alerts! I was often running high. My High alert
was going off all the time. It was making me so crazy, I was thinking about turning all
my alerts off!
Thank goodness, I spoke with my doctor before doing anything. He asked me if I ever
changed my alerts after first setting up my G6. I hadn’t. We took a look at where my
alert settings were and made some changes. I understand it’s important to try and
spend time in my target range. But my doctor told me sometimes I need to make
changes based on my own situation. My doctors’ advice? Set the alert higher… at the
level where I need to do something.
It worked! I don’t get High alerts all the time, and when I do, I know I probably need to
act.
Takeaway
You can customize your alerts to fit your situation.
The receiver and app come with default glucose level alert settings, but maybe they
don’t reflect the glucose level that works best for you. Perhaps you’re in a meeting
and can only confirm an alert yet want to make sure your alert repeats, or continues,
until you’re able to take corrective measures. Maybe you’d like to get a Rise/Fall Alert,
but they’re off by default. How do you turn them on? And you might prefer a different
schedule during the night.
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