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I've been having a lot of lows lately. I've been increasing my insulin, so I'm in that middle stage of fixing highs and avoiding those pesky lows. But it seems like every time I turn around, another low has snuck up on me.

Sure lows are great for my A1c, but they are horrible for my weight, my nerves, and everything in between. I'm trying to treat sensibly, but it seems like if I don't carb load that I'm low again in another hour. And I can't get it out of my head that I'm at risk of lows constantly now (like during a quiz in class, at work, and driving home from Target).

So I've decided that I need to wear the sensor to get a sense of what's going on with me and my blood sugars. I'm hoping that it will enlighten me in some form or fashion (maybe there are highs that I'm missing where I just need to swap out some insulin).

I haven't worn the sensor since last year sometime (I'd say since last Spring) so it's going to be an adjustment again. It's the calibrations, the alarms, the buzzing. All of those lovely things that come along with techy tools that help me stay in control.

There's also the fact that it may not help at all. It may tell me that I'm low constantly...but I do already know that! I'm hoping that it will give more insight into WHY I'm going low so often though...is it after classes? Is it after larger boluses? These are things that I can track if I'm meticulously logging and watching the hour that the lows pop up.

Otherwise, it will at least give me some piece of mind that I can see lows trending before they hit rock bottom and send me running for glucose tabs, juice, or worse...glucagon. Those alarms may be annoying when I'm stable and the sensor is out of whack, but at least they may save my life when I'm seriously low.