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      If you have never participated in a diabetes research study, what stops you? Select all that applies to you.
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      If you have never participated in a diabetes research study, what stops you? Select all that applies to you.
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      I fill out every survey I get and am currently participating in a phase 2 study of a new insulin. Note: I am 67 years old and I am seeing studies that allow up to age 89. Check out tektonresearch.com They have some exciting studies coming up. 😊
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    On average, how many lows would you estimate you have per week?

    Home > LC Polls > On average, how many lows would you estimate you have per week?
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    31 Comments

    1. Joan Fray

      I said 7, about one a day. Nut my lows are mild, in the 6o to 70 range. Never feel them, but alarm warns me. 1 to 2 glucose tabs fix the problem. T1d 61 years, age 73 , 90% TIR . Prett active, still kickin’!

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    2. Lawrence S.

      If you define lows as below 70, I usually average about two each day. So, I answered “14”.

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      1. Lawrence S.

        Not having serious lows often. Most lows are hardly noticeable.

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      2. cynthia jaworski

        My answer is similar. I would count 14 if you count when I am around 70 and need to top up. If you only count when I go below 60, my answer would probably be never.

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    3. Janice Bohn

      My lows come primarily from exercise. I use the exercise feature on my OmniPod but the algorithm is not robust enough. Tandem did a better job – I would suspend my insulin and that would mostly keep me from dropping.

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    4. Nicholas Argento

      I said 4-5, but they are mild and infrequently at night on Dexcom G6 w Control IQ…

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    5. AimmcG

      I swing low but to the point where I need a a glucagon shot. That happens once every 4 years or so . Otherwise I have a low requiring juice or something 5-6x a week

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Karen Tay

      But there really is no consistency from week to week for me

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    7. Maureen Helinski

      Sometimes I sleep on the sensor and get compression lows. I don’t count hose.

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    8. Nevin Bowman

      It would be nice to have a numerical value attached to “low”. I work with another diabetic whose low is my normal range.

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      1. Trina Blake

        Good point – we need a definition of low to accurately answer

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    9. Pauline M Reynolds

      I put 2/3 times, but I have wanna be lows daily. I catch them in time, though.

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      1. Trina Blake

        Like your term “wanna be lows”

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    10. Eva

      It really depends on what you consider “low.” If you mean between 65 and 70 then at least two or three times everyday. If you mean between 54 and 65, then about once everyday or every other day. Below 54, I experience about two or three times a week.

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      1. Eva

        My lows (around 54) happen during exercise. I lose concentration and strength. So, I have a juice box.

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    11. Jian

      I have lows but the. sensor catches most all of them.

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    12. George Lovelace

      1 or 2, on ICQ Dex G6, A1c usually Low 6 but hit 5.4 a few weeks ago – Working on TIR to 85 -91% T1 59 yrs, 74 YO

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    13. Daniel Bestvater

      I often run my BG down to 3.6-4(65-72) before eating. I use CIQ and prebolus by 30-45 minutes. My A1c is is usually around 6.

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    14. Mig Vascos

      I choose 7 per weeks but they’re mild. It depends what hits my blood stream faster whether the food or the insulin. Usually just annoying but inconsequential.
      Im on a tandem with IQ and Dexcom 6 sensor so the alarms beep, otherwise they’d go unnoticed
      I never need any assistance or have any serious problem.

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    15. Annie Wall

      I answered 0-1. It’s easy to find them on t:connect. But don’t ask me how many highs. I’ll actually have to count that!

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    16. Patricia Maddix

      Since I switched from Medtronic 723 pump and Dexcom a year ago, my incidence of lows has gone down dramatically. I checked two or three per week that are actually below 70. Sometimes I will eat a bit of something when I’m between 80 and 100 and dropping very fast and this along with control IQ generally prevents me from actually getting low.

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    17. Phyllis Biederman

      Mild or predicted low by pump/cgm. No severe lows.

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    18. sweetcharlie

      I have my G6 set to alarm at 70… It buzzis at least once a day.. I usually feel it before alarm, even while sleeping..

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    19. KCR

      If lower than 70, probably 2-3 times per week. No lows under 55 in recent weeks, thank goodness.

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    20. RegMunro

      If my definition is 5 / 90

      The number drops if I adopt a lower definition

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    21. TEH

      Since switching to Dex 6 & t:slim earlier this year, Clarity is reporting 1%. Thats a big improvement

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    22. StPetie

      Assuming that a low is anything below 80, I probably have 2 per day or so. So I put 14 or more. But for a low that has even a minor physical impact (below 65 or so) I would say one every 2 or 3 months.

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    23. T1D4LongTime

      I said 6-7 because I am a brittle diabetic. Mornings are a very rapid rise (100 points in 15 minutes regardless of type of breakfast (small cup of whole grain cereal with almond milk), then just as rapid drop 45-60 minutes later. My endo says it is a pattern with me (even if I don’t eat breakfast). Adjusted basal rates, carb factor and prebolusing do not control the problem. Dexcom’s trend arrow does not recognize a slow (< 2.0mg/Dl per minute) drop so continues to give basal until I reach BG of 90). Although adjusted basal is not going to stop a rapid drop. Hot showers after bolusing drop the BG immediately and rapidly so I'm low before the shower is complete.

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    24. Wanacure

      Some weeks I have no readings less than 70. Another week I might have 2 lows.

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    25. Bonnie Kruger

      2-4 EACH DAY

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    26. Jeff Balbirnie

      On principle, I refuse to do so. Looking back is not living…. Patterns sure, but worrying, fearing, not useful so I do not and will not.

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