Profile – Jim Cobbe – T1D Exchange

Activity
- 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk likes your comment at
  Outside of CGM or insulin pumps, are there any other T1D related technologies that have helped you better monitor your T1D? Share in the comments what they are!
  I still find finger prick meters very useful.
- 2 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Bret Itskowitch likes your comment at
  Outside of CGM or insulin pumps, are there any other T1D related technologies that have helped you better monitor your T1D? Share in the comments what they are!
  I still find finger prick meters very useful.
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  TEH likes your comment at
  If you were to go on a 7-day trip away from home, which of the following supplies would you bring, in addition to what you would normally use in 7 days? Select all that apply to you.
  Additional (i.e. beyond what I usually carry with me) glucose tablets and a dose of Baqsimi.
- 11 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  sweetcharlie likes your comment at
  If you use a CGM that requires a “warm-up period” before the sensor is active, how often do you need to check your blood glucose level with a glucose meter during the warm-up?
  Depends entirely on circumstances. Travel across time zones or other complications with eating times (meetings one cannot leave, etc) can produce a need to eat during the warm up period, especially if travel means the warm up time moves relative to mealtimes, Then I use meter before meal (or sometimes after) during warm up. Otherwise, only if I experience the signs I recognize as likely to be going low or super high during the warm up. G6 which has 2 hour warm up; I did not know G7 warm up was only 30 minutes, another reason to want to get it -- but as a current G6 user who got it via Medicare, I'm not even allowed to buy it myself until they decide I've had it long enough!
- 11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Kris Sykes-David likes your comment at
  When do you usually bolus for a meal? If multiple options apply to you equally, please select all that apply.
  Depends entirely on circumstances, i.e. Dexcom/meter reading plus expected CHO consumption. All, of course, are approximate or pure guesses. I am not always able to be as precise as some fanatics might like. But I've survived 47 years as type 1 without any serious complications, and things were much worse when I was started on one shot a day of NPH and only Testape for blood sugar estimation!
- 11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Lindsey Whitnell likes your comment at
  When do you usually bolus for a meal? If multiple options apply to you equally, please select all that apply.
  Depends entirely on circumstances, i.e. Dexcom/meter reading plus expected CHO consumption. All, of course, are approximate or pure guesses. I am not always able to be as precise as some fanatics might like. But I've survived 47 years as type 1 without any serious complications, and things were much worse when I was started on one shot a day of NPH and only Testape for blood sugar estimation!
- 11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  cynthia jaworski likes your comment at
  When do you usually bolus for a meal? If multiple options apply to you equally, please select all that apply.
  Depends entirely on circumstances, i.e. Dexcom/meter reading plus expected CHO consumption. All, of course, are approximate or pure guesses. I am not always able to be as precise as some fanatics might like. But I've survived 47 years as type 1 without any serious complications, and things were much worse when I was started on one shot a day of NPH and only Testape for blood sugar estimation!
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Wanacure has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  By not placing my Dexcom too far to either side of belly avoids those annoying “compression” low alerts. I tend to sleep on my left or right side, not on my back. And now before adding food or insulin responding to CGM alert, I doublecheck with my meter. I’m on multiple injections, not a pump.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  JuJuB has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Have you ever used glucagon? If so, when is the last time used it?
  53 years with T1D - never used glucagon; never hospitalized beyond diagnosis. Most recent A1c registered as "non-diabetic." Until my first pregnancy (age 34; 30+ years with T1D), I just considered myself lucky. Now I consider myself a hard worker (because I am). It's amazing what some effort and change in mindset can produce.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Brad Larson has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  1-2 times per week, the alarm goes off for "loss of signal." 1-2 times per week for highs or lows.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  PamK has commented in the same post you commented in :
  Have you ever used glucagon? If so, when is the last time used it?
  It's been over a year since I needed to use it, but I still keep some on hand just in case!
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Bea Anderson has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  4 nights disrupted. Schedule and holiday eating still in play makes for later evening eating that makes corrections come at night. Since I generally eat keto, I’ve become a bad guesser at many foods. My nighttime disruptions are usually less. 1 or 2 times a week, rarely none.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Liz Avery has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  I said 4. Medtronic 770g and CGM. I get a BG required notice 4-5 nights/ week, sometimes I can ignore it, sometime it repeats, then I get up and check. I want to stay in auto mode so I get up. usually I have to add a small amount of insulin .
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  RegMunro has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  Wow I thought i was out of pattern badly, but sorry to see so many wake so often. This past week’s four was a bit higher than usual for me
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Flo Bachrach has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  Even if I don’t have alarms in the middle of the night, I still wake up at least once or twice every night to look at my BG on my smart watch out of fear that I’ve missed an alarm. I am thankful I can just look at my watch and not have to do middle of the night finger sticks anymore.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Mary Ann Sayers has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  Mostly I get up to go to the bathroom.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  I chose 2, one was for a low alert that my meter disagreed with and the other was a continuation of a pump/transmitter issue that occupied a major portion of the previous afternoon. Tandem had me do a hard reset on the pump that eliminated the IOB count that combined with the first 12 hours inaccuracy of the new sensor to mess up my dinner. That continued on waking me in the middle of the night with a widely inaccurate glucose reading.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Kris Sykes-David has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  Me, too. I am so thankful that I go back to sleep so easily, my husband, not so much.😬
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  ELYSSE HELLER has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  I know! I got woken up with a low of 40 by Dexcom. Just wanting to get back to sleep I had a box milk (13 grams carbs). I then checked with my meter and I was actually 156. Then the high alerts started so I had to wake up again to treat the high.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Mark Schweim has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  None of my nights were interrupted, but mainly because I work nights and sleep days. My day's sleep was disrupted a few times but I don't keep score. Might have been as few as two or as many as 5 days.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Glenda Schuessler has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  I don't consider the alarms a disruption, more an opportunity to maintain my levels where I want them. Thankfully, when I silence an alarm and make necessary adjustments I roll over and go back to sleep.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  gary rind has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  before getting CGM (2 years), would never wake up during night. now wake up most nights. had to turn off low alarm on Libre2 because it's so inaccurate. had it set for 65 last night and it alarmed when it stated that I was 64. checked with a strip & was actually 82. ugh!
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  TomH likes your comment at
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  Entirely because of bad sensor-transmitter combination on my Dexcom -- 'normal' weeks are 0-1 response, usually 0.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  P-O Heidling has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  Never happens anymore after switching to a lowcarb diet (LCHF) 14 years ago.
- 1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Sherolyn Newell has commented in the same post you commented in :
  In the past 7 days, how many nights was your sleep disrupted by device alerts, checking blood glucose levels, or treating a high or low?
  I came off a period of never getting alerts to one of my periodic always going too high few days. Since, for me, the insulin doesn't work as well when I'm sleeping, I was getting high alerts every hour for several nights last week. I seem to be back to normal again now, thank goodness.
Clear All

Jim Cobbe

101 Federal Street, Suite 440
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-892-6100
Email: admin@t1dexchange.org

© 2024 T1D Exchange.
All Rights Reserved.

© 2023 T1D Exchange. All Rights Reserved.