Your journey of empowerment
Explore what your Dexcom G6 can do and use this page as a guide each day. Watch your email for reminders and additional tips
Days 1–2
Observe, Watch, Learn: What are my actions telling me?
Your Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System lets you keep track of insulin, carbs, exercise, and health-related events that affect your glucose levels. On Day 1, try to follow your normal routine and watch how your glucose levels behave after meals or insulin doses. Notice how your symptoms align with the Dexcom G6 app data, keeping in mind that you may not be used to seeing your levels change in real time*.
On Days 1 and 2, try to follow your normal routines, logging your meals, insulin doses, and other events – and watch how your glucose behaves. Details on entering Events in the Dexcom G6 app can be found in the "Using Your G6" guide.
Days 3–4
Adjust your preferences: Customise it for you
Dexcom puts you in control and empowers you to make more informed diabetes management decisions.*
Now that you’ve had a few days with your Dexcom G6, review your preferences and make any desired adjustments. Options like high and low threshold alerts and alert sounds are customisable, and described in the "Using Your G6" guide. †
Days 5–6
Learn from your meals
Everyone miscounts their carbs sometimes – but how do you know if you did? Dexcom G6 makes it possible to watch how food impacts your glucose numbers in real time†, with readings as frequent as every 5 minutes.*
Days 7–8
Get valuable insights: With Dexcom Clarity, you can set your time-in-range goal and turn on notifications
Dexcom Clarity is a valuable diabetes management and reporting tool that automatically1 uses the data from your Dexcom G6 to create easy-to-read graphs and provide downloadable trend reports. You can view trends, statistics, and day-by-day data, and then email them to your healthcare professional right from the Dexcom Clarity webpage or app. There’s also an option to enable clinic-sharing so your reports can automatically† be shared with them.
Download the Dexcom Clarity app from Apple or the Google Play Store with a compatible mobile device or refer to the "Using Your G6" guide for details.
Days 9-10
Well done! Let’s look back – and forward.
You did it! You have been through your 1st 10 days with Dexcom! How do you feel? What did you learn about your glucose this week? What patterns did you spot, and how did Dexcom G6 and Dexcom Clarity help empower you to manage your diabetes? What questions do you have for your next diabetes appointment with your Healthcare Professional?
This was a taste of Dexcom G6. And it can get even better. Dexcom is here to support your diabetes wellness efforts and will continue to provide the tools to make it easy for you to be in control of your diabetes. Watch your email for instructions on learning more about how you can get Dexcom G6.
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* If your glucose alerts and readings from the G6 do not match symptoms or expectations, use a blood glucose meter to make diabetes treatment decisions.
† Stable internet connection required.
1 While connected to the internet with consent to share data.
‡ Compatible device required for Dexcom G6 app. For a list of compatible devices, visit www.dexcom.com/compatibility.
† Stable internet connection required.
1 While connected to the internet with consent to share data.
‡ Compatible device required for Dexcom G6 app. For a list of compatible devices, visit www.dexcom.com/compatibility.
** Notifications and emails are only available for users who opt in and use the Dexcom CGM app. The web-based Dexcom Clarity software is intended for use by both home users and healthcare professionals to assist people with diabetes in the review, analysis, and evaluation of historical CGM data to support effective diabetes management. It is intended for use as an accessory to Dexcom CGM devices with data interface capabilities. Caution: The software does not provide any medical advice and should not be used for that purpose. Home users must consult a healthcare professional before making any medical interpretation and therapy adjustments from the information in the software. Caution: Healthcare professionals should use information in the software in conjunction with other clinical information available to them.
WARNING: Failure to use the Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (G6) and its components according to the instructions for use and all indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and cautions may result in you missing a severe hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) or hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) occurrence and/or making a treatment decision that may result in injury. If your glucose alerts and readings from G6 do not match your symptoms or expectations, use a fingerstick blood glucose value from your blood glucose meter to make diabetes treatment decisions. Seek medical attention when appropriate. Please review the product instructions before using the G6. Indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, cautions, and other important user information can be found on the Dexcom website and in the product instructions that are included with, or accompany, the G6. Discuss with your healthcare professional how you should use the information displayed on the G6 to help manage your diabetes. The product instructions contain important information on troubleshooting the G6 and on the performance characteristics of the system.
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