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How often do you download and analyze your own diabetes data (from pumps, sensors, pens, or glucose meters)? Select all that apply!
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Weekly, downloading the data every Saturday or Sunday morning. I do check the 3 week or monthly data groupings also for trends, since the weekly data can sometimes reflect equipment failure effects. ლ( ͡~ 𝆒 ͡°)ლ
I keep a lot of data on charts of my own making. I get all I need from those charts. I am old fashioned. I don’t need the newer methods.
Mornin’ Richard, I’m almost as old “skul” as you, still use written ( of which contains tons more detail than any device can provide ) along with all the new methods. For instant results, new is much easier, for better control, written is the only way.
We could use some articles on how to analyze CGM/pump data and how to apply it!
I use Glookco to track my numbers from Dexcom G6 and Tandem t:slim and I only import the t:slim data every couple of weeks but look at the CGM data at least twice a day for inspiration and motivation.
Sorry, that’s Glooko 🤦♂️
I don’t have to download a thing. Between Tandem and Dexcom, everything flows to the websites which my endo has access to. I frequently look at the Tandem app on my phone but if I want to look at more data, I simply go to the Tandem webpage. This has made it so easy for me to tweek ratios and not wait for a doctor visit. But the doctor visits often help me look at the bigger picture rather than doing the crazy nitpicking I’m bent on doing!
I make my own adjustments as necessary. But, I only view my data a few times a year.
I do a glance through once or twice a month to review patterns and problem areas, and tweak as needed. At endocrine provider visits, her staff does a full data download for the past 3 months, but we really only focus on the most recent and current trends from the past 2 – 3 weeks when I see her. We look at spikes and valleys, discuss what may or may not have been going on and recognize the past data is past data and may not be of concern any longer. Unless of course it is – then we make changes.
I am participating in a study evaluating the benefits of regular virtual counseling for T1D control so I speak with a counselor every 2 weeks for a detailed review of my data. I also look at my data every few days.
@Steve Rumble can I ask how you found such a study? Can you direct me to a particular website?
I upload for my use every month, although I use T-Connect so it ships off to the ENdo office as well. I do my own tweaking and my monthly data shows me that – for me- where my infusion sets are makes a difference. So while some people have profiles set to workdays vs weekends etc mine a based on infusion set placement and labeled as such (eg legs, belly etc)
With automated upload of Omnipod DASH and Dexcom G6 data, it is very easy to take a look at my data—every day if I wish.
for my Endo appts only.
Sporadically
I don’t download anything as we use night scout and dexcom. It all happens automatically. I more just adjust as things happen. If I notice something is happening routinely, then will make an adjustment.
Only review the actual reports during my tele health visits. Otherwise I check the apps on the phone daily just to have a make sure that I’m staying on my goal.
My diabetes team has only been doing telehealth and no in person visits. It’s convenient when we are just checking reports since I do my own adjustments to the pump but I feel it’s now a bit “overboard” that my endocrinologist is trying also not to do in person appointments. I feel is a waste of my time, but still have to do it every 3 months as per Medicare requirements to get my insulin and pump supplies.
I said rarely, but I do look at the Clarity reports once a week.
To be honest, I don’t know if I glean much out of the data by observing weekly. One can get obsessed with numbers about diabetes, speaking about myself, but on occasion I do tweek settings to try to improve things a bit.
I DONOT”DOWNLOAD”data…I keep a journal with me at all times and record every dexcom reading, exercise, water intake, and food sometimes every hour sometimes every 5 minutes.
Fortnightly, though I do check on what my pump says directly more frequently than that.
During in-person visits with either my endocrinologist or Diabetes Specialist Nurse we always download the data from the Medtronic website and discuss what’s happening based on the viewable results.
access to the data is an obstacle that stresses the effective evaluation of daily management. There is no easy way ti view the data other than reviewing the printouts in person. I even got kicked out of my Endo’s practice in Dec of last year because I insisted on reviewing the data for the pump and the medical center he works for refused to allow access to the data due to it being outside the organization. The access process Tandem pump data is poor for the providers.
I have been keeping a diet and activity diary along with my Dexcom and Tandem reports. This gets looked at at least monthly.
My profiles often need changing or reversing for a short amount of time. I currently have about four of them on my pump.
I am trying to understand why my diabetic needs for the same activity and foods can change without any obvious cause. Some inside stress I am unaware of most likely.
Weekly, every Saturday morning. I review my pump data that has been uploaded daily via tconnect app. I often look at the data reports on my Dexcom Clarity and Tandem TConnect app as well.
Every couple of days