CGM and diving

[bvanant]

I think that you really don’t need an app if you are relatively math savvy. Calculating AUC is not hard. The real issue is getting raw data out.
Bill

 

[monkkx]

Did Abbott replace the sensor?

They did

 

[rddvet]

I think that you really don’t need an app if you are relatively math savvy. Calculating AUC is not hard. The real issue is getting raw data out.
Bill

Its more having an app that you can also log exercise and smart watch readings as well as diet. A one stop shop where you can clearly compare how everything interrelates

 

[bvanant]

Tell my boss to let me finish our CGM app, we are planning on doing most of that.
BVA

 

[extremetito]

I wore Dexcom G7 CGMs for 6 dives in Grand Cayman last week with no issues whatsoever. Deepest dive was 105 ft. I did place a Tegaderm patch over the device, and noticed no water infiltration.

 

[monkkx]

it could very well be a coincidence ... I concur with you and see no reason why pressure would impact the electronic. I'll try again and report

the new sensor did not survive a 50m (160ft) dive using a wet suit

 

[Casey Zwaan]

I am type 1 Diabetic and have used Dexcom G6 for diving for the last few years with no issues. Both in Caribbean and in Lake Superior and other local lakes. I have been down to about 110 feet without issue. I am looking at moving to a Pump and was wondering if anyone on here has experience using a Medtronic CGM for diving and whether they have had any issues diving with it? It may be required based on which pump I go with. In particular the Guardian 4 CGM is what I'm looking at.

Hello there I have also dived with CGM for years I typically go on liveaboards so we are diving 3-5 hours a day. I need to use a series of tape to keep it dry! Are you saying you don’t need to keep it dry? Also I bought a waterproof camera case good to 120 feet and I am able to see what my blood sugars anre doing under water. A game changer I used to say high underwater knowing going low would not be good. I carry some icing in my bc but would probably go up if I saw my sugars were going down. Just got on an Imnipod pump and my understanding it can go to 25 feet for an hour so I wouldn’t be able to dive with it.

 

[bvanant]

The sensors should be waterproof enough, in general it is hardest to seal things at low pressure (water vapor is harder to seal against than liquid water) and going deeper should have not much impact on how things work.
Bill

 

[jpip]

T1 here, who just started diving two years ago. I wear a Libre 3 and never had problems while diving on the ocean with a wetsuit (5mm), always < 30m.

I was wondering if anyone has tried to read from any CGM sensor under water, while wearing a dry suit. I dive mostly in Swiss lakes, so dry suit is a must.

 

[bvanant]

I think that bluetooth might work from a wetsuit (or dry) to a phone in a housing. I am diving this week but can see if it works when I get back to the lab.

Bill