I used the blue and white checkered fabric that was left over from No. 3's Dorothy Halloween costume. I had just needed a small pouch that I could hang from the hook where I hang my towel next to the shower. I needed a place to put my Dexcom 7 Plus receiver while I was in the shower since the leather case that came with it didn't stay hooked to the shower curtain as well as the Dexcom 7's case.

It's been months -- I can't really remember how many -- since I stopped using Dex. The pouch still hangs from the hook in the bathroom, buried beneath my towels, and Dex lies lonely in the top drawer of my bed-side table along with emergency Sweetarts, juice boxes and grape glucose tabs.

I miss it. And I don't. I think I don't miss it more than I do.

Earlier this year we realized that not enough taxes were being taken out of our paychecks. OK, in reality, a truck ran us over and left us a note that we owed the government a gigantic amount of money. So not only has our income changed, but we also have back taxes to pay. Needless to say a number of extras have been cut and I just can't bring myself to renew my sensors at $60 a box.

I'm doing OK. Mostly. There have been times that I really wish I had Dex. Like yesterday when I went shopping with No. 2 and suddenly felt a little woozy. I sat down and tested; I was 48 mg/dL. That's when the sweating started and the intense urge to sleep hit. Dex certainly would have helped with that situation. And the night that I didn't really have dinner, just picked at some things here and there. I thought I bolused appropriately but apparently not because before bed I was headed close to 600 mg/dL. Dex would have helped with that too.

But I don't miss the extra "thing" to carry around and worry about. I don't miss the sensor on my abdomen and worrying about things like knocking the sensor out of place and how long the sensor can be submerged so I can go swimming with the family. And I certainly don't miss watching a train wreck on the Dex screen.

It's a little weird to feel this way since I fought so hard to have Dex. And I've been here before. On the plus side, I am testing more and not just relying on how I feel or assuming where my numbers are.

I can't decide if I'd go back to Dex right now if I had the funds for it. I probably would. But at the same time I don't feel all that deprived.