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I’ve been using Dexcom for about 6 months, and it’s taught me that the situation was utterly hopeless without it. I’ve figured out a few patterns like the huge
by thejohnconway 8y ago
I’ve been using Dexcom for about 6 months, and it’s taught me that the situation was utterly hopeless without it. I’ve figured out a few patterns like the huge nighttime sugar spike with fatty dinners, but overall I have unpredictable reactions to food and even moderate activity. Like you, I have usually spikes in the morning without eating, but sometimes dips.
The CGM has allowed me to be more like a reaction machine. Going up? Injection. Heading close to to low? A few sips of juice. I can be more aggressive with my dosing know I can see those lows coming. It’s a huge cognitive load off, and has taking my control from poor to excellent.
But yeah, those night time alarms, huh? I’ll close the loop when it’s all done with my phone.
- pimeys 8y agoOh yeah. More than two beers in the evening: hypos in the morning, either 4am or sometimes when I woke up around noon. Also instead of taking sugar when going low, try using a system that counts your basal rates to the IoB. Then after a meal you start going down a bit too early, you turn the TBR to 0%. Loop or AndroidAPS helps with this a lot.