Friday, October 12, 2007

Singing the Sensor Blues....

First of all, I love my CGMS and would trade it in for no other product. However, I must share the reality of the experiences.

If you've read my blog in the past, you will see my concern with the ability of Minimed to keep up with sensor demand. My last order was on backorder for over a month. Like a broken record, they are again on backorder. However, I will admit, that they have added some additional customer service steps. Now, they promise to call me back every 5 days to provide me an update. Kudos to them, this really saves my time for waiting on hold to ask the same question.

Moving on, I went to use a new sensor the other day. When trying to take off the protective plastic sleeve on the needle, I accidentally pulled the needle out of the unit...it was like in slow motion....as I watched another $35 being thrown into the garbage. I tried to reassemble, but quickly determined it was impossible...arg.

4 Comments:

At October 12, 2007 at 4:28 PM , Blogger Bernard said...

Do you know if other Minimed CGM users are having the same problems? I've not seen any posting on the Yahoo! diabetescgms site about it. I'm just curious.

 
At October 17, 2007 at 3:51 PM , Blogger Dia-Log.com said...

Yes, all minimed CGM users are having this problem. I have been in contact with customer service and management regarding this problem. They simply can not keep up with demand. 2 orders in a row have been backordered. That is why I'm ordering the 10 pack as often as possible.

 
At February 15, 2009 at 2:38 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

My understanding is they hand assemble every sensor in California. I guess that's better than oursourcing it to overseas, but not good that we have to wait for delivery.

 
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