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In the past 24 hours, how many times have you experienced a low below 70 mg/dL?
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Depends on who you believe, me or Dexcom. Compression low just after midnight. I get way too many and it often results in a poor nights sleep
Oh, dangit! I completely ignored the “past 24 hours” part of the question and answered “More than 4” — doh! The real answer is 1 — post snow-shoveling!
Had a bad night. Kept going low but kept correcting. Not a usual occurrence thankfully.
Four. But, not serious lows. I’m going through seasonal change in the amounts of insulin that I need. It’s hard to find a consistent amount of insulin needed from day to day. But, I’m working on it. Otherwise, I don’t mind going through below 70’s, as long as I catch them and make corrections.
Note to the researchers: This kind of question would be more accessible to non-Americans if a mmol/L conversion were also included. (Ditto, your questions about health insurance — you could include an option to say “I am not in the US” and improve the quality of your results, because there is no applicable answer for people not using that system.)
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None, thanks to Control IQ. It’s probably saved my life ! Total gratitude, every day.
I answered zero late last night because night-time time in range is regularly 98%. Then last evening / early hours this morning I clocked 3 of them. Sometimes life is just whacky, zany, loony. You name it. ☂ ツ
That’s the thing I hate the most about diabetes. Results are not always predictable.
I chose 1, but it lasted awhile. Right as I was about to eat dinner I dropped. I had also done a dual bolus for dinner but gave too much of it up front I guess. It took well over an hour for my BG to get back up to 70 (lowest my CGM went down to was 55 during that time). I don’t feel lows so I felt perfectly fine, plus I had eaten my meal, so I wasn’t too concerned. I was in range the rest of the last 24 hours.
If it wasn’t for testing, I’d have no idea it had dipped – I’m finding my old warning signs from my own body are dimming over more recent years. Not sure if it’s because of being at this for 45 years, or because of having better control in the past 8+ years, due to going on the pump and more recently the CGM (without alarms), allowing me to test more frequently, but it is annoying to be losing the ability to tell without the help of technology.
I’ve experienced changes in how I feel with lows too over the years. My CGM with alarms really helps me ward off too many lows. I’d encourage you to look into a CGM with alarms.
If I answered just from my memory I would have answered 2 because the dexcom woke me up 2Xs last night, but I looked at my dexcom history and was between 80 and 70 both times and I headed off 2 overnight lows with some gummies. Then I had a 68 reading during the day that I forgot about to give me an answer of 1.
It was a very good day with 1 low of 69. I don’t notice a 69 unless it is dropping fast and going lower. This one I did not notice because it rose right after and if I had actually tested with a stick at that time it may have not been that low as in the low range I can tend to run a bit lower on CGM than finger sticks. Not always though.
Thanks to DexCom which is programmed to alarm at 85.
For people on a sensor, it’s a challenge to answer this question compared to people who only test BGs. My sensor sends readings every 5 minutes . . . I had more than 4 sensor results below 70. Would it be possible to have this sort of question answer separately?
Misjudging my downfall sometimes. Also the complexity of the carbohydrates such a fine line at times.
Zero according to both Dexcom and regular finger sticks which is unusual for me. Despite efforts to consistently calibrate my Dexcom, it’s not uncommon for it to read a little lower (or higher) than finger stick. I pay special attention to Dexcom alerts, test with finger stick to confirm, then take action or ignore, depending on situation.
Two – one at work yesterday afternoon before lunch, then a doozey low last night after dinner – after I bolused too much for the amt of complex carbs with protein I ate for dinner – sank to a BG of 42 and had to take a squirt of Baqsimi up my nose to get BG level regulated back in range.
Zero times. I had a great day as I was 100 percent in range (it is not uncommon for me to dip into the 50’s or 60’s on any given day), and amazingly this past week on a few different occasions, I had blood sugars stay right around 100 for 12 hours straight, even after eating a meal. Certainly wish that would happen more often.