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If you’re at an event that asks guests to “silence devices,” do you adjust the alarms on your CGM and/or insulin pump?
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As we all know, once these alarms get going you can a dozen of them. In my case, I get input from 2 apps on the phone (pump and cgm) and the pump itself. By trial and error I have found it’s easiest to turn off my phone completely and set the pump alarms and alerts to vibrate. I would welcome other suggestions.
I have never been to an event that asked to silence devices. My pump is set on low alarms already. But, I would have no problems turning off my alarms on my pump and phone, if asked. I can look at my pump occasionally to check my blood glucose levels. Phones have those “Amber Alerts” that are very loud. I don’t know if those turn off.
Honestly, I panic! I never know how to completely shut it down where I’m not going to get an alert! I usually set my range so that my alerts are not likely to get triggered. I was so panicked at my daughter’s wedding but it was fine! Phew.
I leave mine on….but I do silence my phone so the alert won’t be heard by anyone but me.
And I check my BG on my watch (Bluejay GTS) more frequently.
I usually turn off bluetooth on my phone and set the pump to vibrate only. Then I check BG via my pump. I am a musician who performs frequently so it comes up often.
I wish I could silence my emergency warnings on the Tslim w/ Dexcom cgm, but I can’t
I guess I am an #$$hole but I never shut my low alarms off. I do try to make sure I am not going to go low but if it happens it happens and I can usually silence it before anyone can figure out its me. Glycemic unawareness can be dangerous. Just don’t feel it changing anymore.
I silence my phone and set Tandem:tslim pump to vibrate, but the pump will still provide a loud alarm with low BG that I can’t silence. Advice is welcome! Thanks.
A new wrinkle for me… I switched to Omnipod 5 and the Pump now makes a warning alert when I go below 55 mg/dL. This is not a bad thing, but there seems to be no way to ‘comply’ and silence this alarm. Not complaining! I think it a good thing that the pump sees the Dexcom with no other electronics in the picture!
With the new Dexcom G7, I can silence or have them all vibrate. However, I can still monitor my sugar on my Apple watch
I turn off my phone. I can go without GGM for an hour or so with no problem.
I TRY to silence my alarms (vibrate or off) on my pump and phone, but they still sneak through they do, too often tend the annoying repetitive ones. Most recently during my son’s band performance and parent teacher conferences. It’s disruptive.
I turnoff my Cell, but you can’t silence a Tandem X2 Pump.
I make sure _as best as I can_ (it’s a good but not foolproof method) to not need an alarm during an event that needs silence.
I can turn off my phone, but I put my pump on vibrate
It’s impossible to turn off alarms for very lows, otherwise would just leave on vibrate.
This is also a huge concern for me if my kid was ever in an active shooter situation at school. Can’t completely silence his pump and CGM alarms.
I set my phone to airplane mode, so I will not receive calls or messages, but alarms will still work
Never. My need for the alarm SUPERCEEDS by 10,000% anyone’s need for “silence”. So no, if it goes off, I cannot afford to miss it doing so not ever! I would prefer it violently pulse and flash franky such that I cannot even ignore it
I cannot silence the pump’s low alarm, but can make it vibrate. I set the number of alerts to a minimum, but prefer to keep vibrate mode active to avoid a severe low. I am now on the Dexcom G7 CGM which now includes a ‘Quiet Mode’, so I can silence those alarms and just use the pump alarms.
I also wear an Apple Watch that vibrates if I have a problem.