Received my first sensors yesterday and it seems to be working fine. Not sure how accurate readings are but after reading it can take sensor as long as a couple days to fully calibrate I’m hoping my readings will start being closer to what my finger sticks are. Like others, would be nice to be able to look back previous days to see patterns. I’m getting extended periods of time with “below 70” readings, would be really helpful if it told me what the actual level was for these low readings. Last night while sleeping readings showed 3-4 hour period of continuous low readings. No way to know what actual levels were. I’m sure if I told my doctor I’m “below 70” 23% of a 24 hour period his first question would be “how low “. This app is new and has tons of potential, hopefully will see additional features on near future. Also hope sensor calibration completes soon and readings are more in line with my finger sticks. Really nice not having to stick 7-8 times a day. UPDATE- My readings are coming closer to my finger sticks. More importantly, after doing some research I learned that the Dexcom Clarity App is compatible with the Stelo sensor. This app incorporates all the information from the Stelo and provides a wealth of information including reports that can be downloaded and saved on your computer or even shared with your health provider. The Clarity app used in combination with the Stelo sensor is a game changer.

I have been using Stelo for a month after using another CGM. I find Stelo much more flexible and user friendly. Ordering is easy and promptly delivered. Applying the sensor is painless and not intimidating at all with the straightforward instructions. The thing I like most is how easy it is to navigate. I love love love the weekly summary for both my % in range chart and my average glucose for the day and the week. It has helped me make informed decisions about when I eat, what I eat that spikes or doesn’t spike, and seeing the timeline for how long those spikes take to come back to normal. I’m learning a lot! I’m thinking about getting an Apple Watch so I’m not tethered to looking at my phone throughout the day as I learn about my body’s response to foods. To Stelo Developers: I would like to see an enhancement that gives more than just the high number of the green range and the low number of the green range. sequential numbers in increments of maybe 10 or 25 in between the high and the low would be extremely helpful. (70, 80, 90, 100 etc). Usually I get “shakey”when I dip below 80, so I set my low to 80 but it didn’t show 80 on the green range. I had to guess when it went below 80, or slide my finger over the dots to see the actual number and time. I started Rybelsus this week so this CGM is now helping me see each day’s activity to keep myself in the healthy zone.

Love the info I am receiving from the sensor and the app. I am learning things that are very helpful to me. I have two suggestions. 1. Is it possible to have the green shaded graph area lined and labeled every 10 points from 70 up to 250? Then I could see if my glucose was around 70, 80, 90…180, 190, 200, etc. Before the v.1.4 update I could easily drag my finger along the bottom of the chart and see the exact number at 5 minute intervals. But it is very difficult to get that to work now that we have so much historical data. And I absolutely love the historical data, so thank you for that. 2. Is there a way to increase communication through messages or posts on a website or a blog or something? When I did the recent app update I started getting invalid data. It was showing my glucose to be 30 to 120 points lower than my finger stick tests. I reported this and only received auto email responses to acknowledge my case. I never heard if I was the only one to have this issue, if I should insert a new sensor, if this issue was being worked on, etc. After five days I received a new sensor in the mail and the app told me my sensor was no longer working and instructed me to insert a new one. Thankfully that worked and thank you for the new sensor. But a note to me personally or a post someone that this was being worked on would have relieved my five days of frustration.

I’m using Stelo to monitor my glucose levels during my pregnancy after a GDM diagnosis. I did a trial with Freestyle Libre 3, which I found to be rather clunky. This app has been a game changer, though. I appreciate the spike notifications, the insightful articles, and the ability to go back and look at specific times and measurements. Also love the syncing with Apple Health. I’ve been able to not only see my levels in real time, but, as opposed to 4 finger sticks a day, I can see when my levels drop between meals and address it. The only things I’d like to see added are a setting for Gestational Diabetes maybe with some more guidance and information on it, and maybe an option to “Sync Now.” I don’t mind it spacing out the syncs to every 15 minutes, but for GDM I have to do a reading 2 hours after I eat. If that falls in between 2 sync cycles, I have to decide which reading I’m going with, and sometimes my levels can jump in 15 minutes! Great app overall, though! I’m finding it to be very helpful in managing this diagnosis, and baby is doing well because I can monitor more closely!