Know what kills more than breast cancer and aids combined? Diabetes. Hello, I'm Roxanne. Many of you will know me and maybe some of you will not. I'm here to tell you what a Dexcom is and why it is specifically important to my life.This is going to get long but I am asking for a lot of money so I feel you should be well informed about where it is going. For starters I am and have been a type one diabetic for 16 years. Some doctors don't use the word, but most call me brittle. Meaning hard to control. Even when staying in the hospital the doctors have issues keeping me level. On top of a long list of other health issues I'd like not to list I'm also gaining a long nasty list of diabetic complications. One of them being gastroparesis. I don't digest food well anymore. Sometimes not at all. Want to really screw up your blood sugar? Take insulin for something you ate but your stomach not do anything with it. You end up not knowing till it's almost too late and you're on the floor drinking juice repeating don't pass out over and over hoping your stomach at least does something with the juice so no one has to give you the really big emergency shot you'd do anything to avoid. This is where the Dexcom comes in. Lets be clear here. Low blood sugar kills. So does high, but lows happen fast and out of no where. Plus I don't feel them till I'm in the danger zone anymore. It's called hypo unawareness. I can't tell I'm low till I'm at the really scary point. The Dexcom is a diabetics guardian angel. It checks your blood sugar for you every five minutes with a sensor in your skin. The needle is removed and a small plastic tube stays under your skin hooked to a patch that holds the wireless G4 transmitter that can talk to the Dexcom upto 20 feet away. Anything goes wrong and a alarm sounds to let you know. It always has a play by play graph you can look at to see what your sugar is doing. You can see the high or low before if happens and fix it before you get sick. Using one on loan for a week from my doctors office has made me sure I can't live without one. Dexter (yes I named him) could not only tell me when my stomach wasn't working right and I was going to be in big trouble but he also woke me up twice for lows in the night and told me I was dropping in the shower when I didn't know it. He also woke me up when I fell asleep before taking my night time insulin and my numbers started to climb. I'm not sure the last time I have slept so peaceful. Knowing that I had something there to wake me if something went wrong was a unimaginable relief. Right now I ride my numbers higher than you really should but even my doctors are ok with that from the way I drop out of no where. With a Dexcom watching over me I could keep them lower safely. The price is very high though. It would all be 100% out of pocket. I talked to Dexcom today for prices. For a Dexcom and transmitter it's $1200. That's a one time price unless something breaks. For a 4 pack of sensors from them it's $350 but I've seen them online for $250-$300. A 4 pack lasts a month but I'm reading that with good tape and against doctor's orders people are getting them to stick and last a little longer. At $1500 I would be able to order the dexcom and one round of sensors. Anything more than that would go to buying sensors and $3000 total would give me 6 months of supplies. This being a on going expense any and all would be greatly appreciated. I am in line to get a insulin pump. Hopefully with both I can save what little is left of my eyes, kidneys, and nerves. I'm really no good at asking for help but I am good at saying thank you.