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If you use time in range reports, what BG level is set as your High range? If you have different target range settings depending on time of day, please answer with the High setting at 12 p.m. in your time zone.
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200. And before every vehement zealot weighs in on how “bad” this number is, please peruse one of the best academic articles I have come across: 😋
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dme.14433
Ahh Life, I’ve had to read the article several times & will read it again for fuller understanding. I’m keeping closer track of time spent below 70 per 24 hour day. Too much time below 70 can lead to hypoglycemic unawareness in my humble opinion. I only just started wearing a CGM in 2021. So, hiking, jogging, aerobic exercise? I may have to raise my high tolerance to 180. When younger I was doing at least 40’ swimming laps, jogging 2.8 miles, or interval training on elliptical…I had to reduce long acting insulin and eat extra carbs. Fortunately, I finally found a book for diabetics showing how many calories are burned each minute for many diverse exercises. Call me a zealot. 🙂 Thanks for that article.
I have my “High range” set to 8.4 mmol/l, which is equivalent to 151 mg/dL.
I usually use 155 as my setting, however, if I think my sugar may go up more than normal, I may give a correction at 125-130
180. I’ve always used 180 for my high range, 70 for my low range. Try to stay as close to 100 as possible.
My doctor uses it but I really don’t.
I cheat. I use the “standard” 180 for my uploads that I share with the Endo. But, personally I aim for 130. I’ll run a report with my targets just for me to see and then send the version with 180 to the Endo office. I got tird of being scolded for not having a higher TIR with my setting. No matter what I said, asking them to look at the range for the TIR, I was still told to manage better. I’m in the high 90%’s when using 180, not so high using 120130 as the high.
I support your efforts to keep maximum at 130.
Last year I mentioned to both endo and diabetes educator that after responding to CGM high alarms and taking a correction bolus, it was very annoying to have those alarms continue so frequently. Knowing the length of time it takes for Novolog to actively work, the alarms should be spaced further apart. The response from my endo was to set the high alarm at 225.
Did you mean midnight? 12 p.m. is midnight, p.m. stands for past noon when translated from the Latin. 12 noon is 12 noon, neither a.m. or p.m. Apologies for being a pedant.
Jim Cobbe — Power to the pedants! ☜(ˆ▿ˆc)
Not accurate Jim. In fact, quite the opposite. A.M. means “ante-meridian” or before midday and, hence, 12 midnight. P.M. means “post-meridian” or after midday and, hence, 12 noon.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/what-do-am-and-pm-stand-for/
Noon is neither AM nor PM. Midnight is neither AM nor PM.
So specify, “12 Noon” or “12 Midnight.” Or, use 0:00 to 24:00. In my humble opinion.
70-180. Don’t use a CGM yet but I correct for anything over 120. After 21 years they cannot find any health issues so I must be doing something right. I go to 2 eye doctors, one for vision, one for glaucoma, etc. and I’m told they find no issues related to the T1D.
The range I have set is between 90 and 180, and generally I fall between these amounts. FYI – I do not have a different setting for various times of the day – the range remains the same throughout the 24 hour period.
I have my high set for 160 but my pump/CGM uses 180. So even though I consider myself to be too high at 160 my pump thinks it’s just fine.
Oops. I erroneously answered 200-209. My high range is actually 180-189.