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In the past week, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
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There have been some lows and quite few highs
I never get good sleep due to diabetes and/or the pump.
I don’t get alerts a lot but I usually wake up once and I check BS on my watch.
For the first time this recurring question has come up, my CGM alarms did not wake me at all. I think it a convergence of the pump learning my evening patterns and how I can set up for a restful evening.
Tandem Control IQ keeps me in range most nights, but I seem to have my sensor in a place that’s given me a couple of compression lows this week.
Not a good week for me. I had a bad cannula, and left it in too long. Also, lots of stressful days with looking for reasonably priced home and auto insurance, and numerous expensive home repairs.
Nearly impossible question for me to answer since I normally sleep DAYS instead of nights since I work night shift from before sunset to after sunrise. The only times my sleep at night could possibly be interrupted by anything would be on my nights off from work, in which case I’m still usually awake for all except the last 2 to 4 hours of the night.
I treasure my sleep, so I set my nighttime alerts higher than daytime alerts.
My cats or needing to pee wake me up lol
We are traveling on a visit to family and I am having more BG management issues than when I am at home. Oh well…
Just once in the past week. Control IQ does a good job of keeping my glucose level stable during the night.This past Friday I fell asleep watching TV, woke up after midnight with a 42 bg level on my CGM. Drank some juice to correct the low and went to bed. At 4 AM a high alarm woke me with two arrows straight up. Had to get up , go to the kitchen, test on my meter and inject a correction dose of insulin. My activity roused Sunny Cat, who then insisted that she be fed. Felt like I was sleepwalking. Fortunately, I was able to actually fall back asleep for several more hours.
Three actual alerts but I wake once almost every night to pee and then I check my bG.
I said 4 but really don’t know. I know at least the past 2 nights but don’t recall being that 🤣. It’s been a rough-ish week and CIQ can’t handle it alone.
I said two. Once m
I got a low alarm that was false. The other time my infusion said was absorbing on and off and my sugar kept going high and then dropping low. It was a crazy night.
My range is 70-130, using insulin pens can’t vary my basal and knowing I require less Lantus over night have to average it so levels don’t go way high in the day. I get an alert after 4-5 hours of sleep but retired that’s okay. Hopefully get a pump soon.
Losing blue tooth connection alarms are on the rise. Sporadic and unpredictable.
Sometimes 3 nights, sometimes 7. But that is most likely due to my aggressive T1D mgt. I have my devices set at a range of 60-120 for alerts – tighter the desire range, the more frequent the alerts. It’s the price I pay.
In the past week my sleep was disrupted 3 times. All were due to glucose variations (1 low and 2 highs) The cause has been traced back to food poisoning in all 3 episodes. Having to rely on food donations to survive now is very scary. Along with everyday threats of rental increases and reduction in support for disabled seniors and diabetes control/management make up the majority of my life these days.
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In the past week my sleep was disrupted 3 times. All were due to glucose variations (1 low and 2 highs) The cause has been traced back to food poisoning in all 3 episodes. Having to rely on food donations to survive now is very scary. Along with everyday threats of rental increases and reduction in support for disabled seniors and diabetes control/management make up the majority of my life these days.
Technology disrupting our sleep is NOT improving our quality of life. Worse causing us anxiety so badly some wake up solely in order for the purpose of said testing, is NOT an improvement. Once in a blue moon, for a “surgical” purpose maybe, but habitually/regularly being woken is not acceptable….
I’ve slept very well the past 4 nights. The previous 3 were not so good. Stress, cranky sensor and fatigue contributed to the nighttime BG fluctuations.