#27 Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer answers your questions
When the news broke that Dexcom and Google entered into a business agreement that would allow Dexcom to have access to Google technology that will produce smaller, cheaper continuous glucose monitors... word spread quickly on the Internets. I posted the press release highlights on Arden's Day and the blog exploded with page views, Facebook 'likes' and comments from excited CGM users.
There hasn't been a more popular topic on my type 1 diabetes blog since Kris Freeman allowed me to use a shirtless photo of him from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi to illustrate that a person with low body fat could successfully wear an insulin pump and CGM. If you're wondering what a four time Olympian looks like with his shirt off. Go ahead and click over to see Kris wearing his OmniPod on his chest and Dexcom sensor on his side... this page will remain open.
Anyway, when I saw how excited you all were about the Dexcom/Google announcement I contacted Dexcom and setup this podcast episode with their CEO, Kevin Sayer. Not wanting to waste the moment, I asked on the Arden's Day Facebook page if anyone had a question for Kevin, as it turned out, you had a lot of questions and I was able to get to almost all of them during this conversation because Kevin was kind enough to stay on 30 minutes longer than we scheduled. I think you'll find this episode of the Juicebox Podcast a CGM users dream come true, Kevin was an open book who dished about things that I thought for sure he'd decline to speak about. Huge thanks to Kevin for his time and candor!
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#008 John Costik Interview Nightscout and Dexcom
Fresh from his appearance at SXSW (South by Southwest) John Costik spends the evening talking about the Nightscout Project with me on the Juicebox Podcast. Find out how a single idea turned into a type 1 diabetes community movement that has changed lives, effected the FDA and continues to grow by leaps and bounds with the help of it's passionate volunteers.
What is the Nightscout project?
Nightscout (CGM in the Cloud) is an open source, DIY project that allows real time access to a Dexcom G4 CGM from web browsers via smartphones, computers, tablets, and the Pebble smartwatch. The goal of the project is to allow remote monitoring of the T1D’s glucose level using existing monitoring devices.
John Costik and a very large squirrel at SXSW
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#007 Dexcom Share2 Review & CGM Talk
There are more Share2 unboxing pictures on the blog.
Podcast review of the new Dexcom Share2 continuous glucose monitor plus CGM talk and news of the FDA submission for the next generation Dexcom G5. It's an all Dexcom podcast.
For those who still read my written review is over on the blog, Arden's Day.
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