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On average, how many lows would you estimate you have per week?
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Except mu Lows are below 90. I use Smart IQ; however, I don’t like the Tandem 70-180 numbers. When i am going down, it’s like falling like a rock, fast.
Lows are what I absolutely do not want. There are times when I get lower thanI want but this has been when I am eating later than normal or I have had more exercise than normal or even I have estimated my carbs wrong – all of which could have been avoided if I had been watching my CGM more frequently and/or had a snack.
Fortunately wearing a CGM warns me of errant levels, I think it’s all part of attempting to have “tight control.” I’ve always done physical work which has the same effect as any physical activity. Rarely are the levels from just overdoing insulin but that happens at times (an odd meal in absence of activity).
On checking the tConnect / CGM Hourly / Logbook notes over the last 3 weeks, the numbers were 1,4,1. So . . . I assume the average is about 2. ( ^ω^ )☀️
CGM alerted me to the length of time I was spending lo! Now I’m able to correct even before approaching the line. CGM has changed my life even as I approach 80 and over 55 years as T1D
For my response, I defined low as 65 or less since that’s the point at which I start to feel low.
I tend to have a lot of lows as defined by my pump (70 or below). Most of them are mild, staying in the upper 60s before I can correct it. I have far fewer real lows (below 50) than I used to. I’m still try to work on staying above 70 but it’s hard. Once my pump alarms it’s already too late, but I also hate alarms and don’t want to set it higher.
My CGM alerts at 80. I get quite a few but am able to address it easily enough.
In the last week I have had 93% in range, with 5% low and less than 1% high. It’s been a rough week with a flood in our apartment. But that is how it’s been going for the most part. Also there is a big difference between a low of 69 and a low of 55. I used to do better on Basal iQ. I wish Tandem would let me choose.
I currently have lows daily, but this is not the norm for me. I am pregnant so I have my targets set lower than I normally would and lower than I’m comfortable with to be honest! But I know it’s best for pregnancy/the baby. My targets will be adjusted higher once I deliver the baby.
I have multiple lows daily, a vast majority don’t have an effect on me. I try to keep my blood glucose around 100, and the daily roller coaster often falls below 70, which I am not concerned about. I am functioning well.
It would be a total guess
I don’t have a guess
Counting lows misses the fact that many other times, I ingest carbs to prevent it before it occurs. So it is better w closed loop, far better w CGM, but I still have to attend to this regularly.
I would rather do this than have a higher BG level and lower TIR. It is a tradeoff I accept because I want high Time in range and lower average to protect me long term, but also I find I feel far better when TIR is high. I feel rotten above 200 now since I don’t spend much time there.