Your Hcp Is Your Partner - Dexcom G6 User Manual

11.3 Your HCP Is Your Partner

Your HCP is your partner in personalizing your diabetes management plan and
treatment decisions.
Before you start making treatment decisions with your G6, work with your HCP and
learn the basics:
• When do you need to use a meter instead of relying on your G6?
• How can you avoid insulin stacking?
Creating Personal Guidelines
Working with your HCP, define your target glucose range and your alert settings.
Discuss how to stay within your target using the G6. Let your HCP guide you through
the system features, including adjusting your alert settings to match your needs
and goals, working with G6 readings and trend arrows for treatment decisions, and
managing your diabetes with the system.
Learn from your HCP how changes:
• To your insulin routine should be made cautiously and only under medical
supervision
• To insulin strength, manufacturer, type, or method of administration may result in a
need for a change in insulin dose
Make a List
Before meeting with your HCP, make a list of questions you have about treatment
decisions and how to use your G6 in your decision-making process. Use the following
list as a starting point for topics you may want to cover:
• What's your plan if your blood glucose is falling or rising rapidly?
• Discuss different situations. When should you:
• Take more insulin
• Eat fast-acting carbohydrates
• Watch and wait so you don't stack insulin
• How can you use G6 to make better meal dosing decisions?
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