Re: [IP] Low Blood Sugars
I have been a T1 diabetic for 54 years, on a pump for 10 with tight control and
have suffered no complications yet. Yeah!! However, for some time I've suffered
lows in the night - especially around 5AM. I suspected that my night time basals
needed adjustment, but was too lazy to do the testing every 90 minutes
throughout the night to figure out just what was happening. I just made sure my
BG was about 140 going to bed and that guaranteed I would wake up at about 90 -
110.
Then I started CGMS - what an amazing technology!!! By running Daily Summary
and Daily Sensor Overlay reports, I could see that my BG began to plummet at
4AM. After two successive nights with this pattern, I changed the 4AM basal from
.75 to .70. That definitely helped; the plummet turned into a gradual decline,
so today I further lowered the 4AM basal to .65. I will continue to monitor this
until I get it right.
I recommend CGMS to everyone!
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> My worst lows have always been at night. Its hard to recognize that
> your blood
> sugar is going low when you arent even awake. I got tired of torturing
> my husband that way and got a CGM.
Figured out that if my daughter ate late (8-9) and went to bed within
about 3 hours, she would have alow at around 2. Guess the food sits
around and does not digest when sleeping. If she ate earlier, no
low.
Michael
>At first we were being woke up
> constantly because of the beeping (going too low) but now I am able to
> sleep the whole night without any problem. It turns out that I needed
> totally different basals. Now that they have been reset my bg stays
> stable all night long and we sleep a lot better. For me it was worth
> every penny.
>
> --- On Tue, 2/9/10, Ted Ringelheim <email @ redacted> wrote:
>
> > From: Ted Ringelheim <email @ redacted>
> > Subject: [IP] Low Blood Sugars
> > To: email @ redacted
> > Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 10:19 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I been a diabetic 27
> > years...on a pump since
> > 2002...have had some lows recently
> > in middle
> > of night....once rescue squad had
> > to come....right
> > now for last week using a CGMS
> > system..using
> > Dex
> > Com....I would love to hear what people think
> > of CGMS
> > ....I am thinking do I need another
> > attachment to my
> > body??? Would love to
> > hear
> > your
> > opinons on this...thanks
> > Ted
> .
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