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I have had people thinking my receiver was phone though. Which if slightly awkward because that means I may looked rude to them if I was looking at it.
Ah, same with the Libre reader. A supervisor told me "don't use your phone now!" Tho she realised quickly it was not a phone when I showed her and understood (they know I'm diabetic and have the sensor). It does look a bit rubbish for a phone. Actually a chef at my workplace asked if it was a "dealer" phone! He was confused why I would have one of those. Might have thought I have a lil side hustle lol.
Ah, same with the Libre reader. A supervisor told me "don't use your phone now!" Tho she realised quickly it was not a phone when I showed her and understood (they know I'm diabetic and have the sensor). It does look a bit rubbish for a phone. Actually a chef at my workplace asked if it was a "dealer" phone! He was confused why I would have one of those. Might have thought I have a lil side hustle lol.
It did worry when I worked when the alerm sounded when I worked customers thought it could have been a phone going off(I wondering if peherps that had caused issues but that's just be speciteclatly) I mean the team knew i was diabetic but customers didn't.
I am guessing that because it wasn't on the arm like a Libre which I imagine most doctors will be familiar with and the Dexcom has a transmitter attached to it so it is a bit more bulky than a Libre so I don't think it is unrealistic for a doctor in A&E to ask if it was a pump. The tubeless pumps are pretty small and the abdomen would be a common place to site a pump.
Athough saying that I changed it in a and e due to a chest and found myself using one hand to clipp the transmitter i must be getting better as frist it would take me ages with too hands.
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