I'm going to fight. I want a CGMS and even though the universe may have spoken, I'm still going to fight. (Perhaps I misunderstood what the universe was saying.)
I put a lot of emphasis on thinking that the primary benefit of using a CGMS is to detect lows. There was a time when I had some pretty serious hypoglycemia unawareness. I remember taking a walk with the family once and not feeling low until we returned. I was 35. I didn't feel it until I was 35. That's scary stuff.
More lately I've been thinking that one of the better benefits of using a CGMS is to ward off highs either between meals or before the two-hour post-prandial check.
While those two reasons are pretty good ones, I think for me what I will really benefit from most is the ability to watch patterns and to have tighter control.
Let's face it, in an ideal world I'd be able to check my sugar two hours after every meal, eat a balanced diet at regular intervals and have perfect control. But with three kids who have extra curricular activities, a one-hour commute, freelance work and hobbies, sometimes that ideal world just isn't within grasp.
Thanks to soccer and flag football practice, there are days when I don't sit down for dinner until 8 or 9 p.m. Others I eat by 6 p.m. Some days I'm so busy that I sit down at the end of the day and realize I've only checked my sugar once or twice the whole day.
Life gets in the way of having ideal control. When I started on the pump people asked me what I liked about it; for me it was the precision of the pump over injections. Having a CGMS will complement my pump offering me the tightest control I can have without literally checking my sugar every 10 minutes. Learning how my body reacts to different foods, different activities and all of that at different times of the day will allow me to be as close to ideal control as possible.
Because it's about diabetes fitting into my life, not squeezing my life into diabetes.
I'm going to fight.
Hello all, this is my first post here. Was Dx'd as a T2 in 1998 and it took approximately 3 years before full time medication (orals) was needed to help control my DM. In early April 2008 I had a triple bypass and have been recovering since. One of the complications after the surgery was that my kidney function was not very happy and with a lot of work to lose weight and exercise post surgery, the kidney function has returned to values prior to the bypass surgery. Have been looking for information related to good coordinated diets for diabetes and kidney disease. Would appreciate any references any one can share. Thanks in advance.
Hi Michelle, I too am a Type I diabetic. My lowest recorded low was 29 which I double-checked at 5 minutes after the first. I continued to walk until I felt-the-low along with confusion. At that point I found a bench and sat down to finish the sugar-free latte I was drinking. It took about 1/2 hour before my BG came up sufficiently for me to continue walking around the Fair grounds.
OOPPS; forgot = Diagnosed at 5 years old in 1950 and have been injecting insulin since then (now Novolog at meals and Lantus at 9pm). My last HA1c was 5.9. This morning my Break Fast Test was 105. Four hours after eating my test was 55 and all my activity for the morning was sitting at my laptop and visiting with our 11 year old grandson while our 6 year old grandson and my husband played in the basement.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL Type I Diabetics. God is not finished with us but the work Jesus Finshed on the cross covers us too. TYJ
I don't have diabetes yet,although I have low blood sugar and they tell me that it could change at any time.My bestfriend is and even one of my pets has canine diabetes,so I also have to watch what she eats and I give her insuline shots twice daily,(my dog Ginger so I guess as far as the shots in case mine changes I at least now know how to do them.I did not know even a pet could be diabetic.I cook and exchange recipes and food with my best friend and sometimes she eats things I know she should not eat now at least I will be able to make good food for her and not feel like I am hurting her.Thankyou I can not wait to try the no flour choc.cake
I don't have diabetes yet,although I have low blood sugar and they tell me that it could change at any time.My bestfriend is and even one of my pets has canine diabetes,so I also have to watch what she eats and I give her insuline shots twice daily,(my dog Ginger so I guess as far as the shots in case mine changes I at least now know how to do them.I did not know even a pet could be diabetic.I cook and exchange recipes and food with my best friend and sometimes she eats things I know she should not eat now at least I will be able to make good food for her and not feel like I am hurting her.Thankyou I can not wait to try the no flour choc.cake
The real benefit of CBGM has been a dramatic reduction in A1C and no more really low or high blood sugars. The downside the constant beeping when it wants my attention which it does very often (low blood sugar, high blood sugar, calibration needed, sensor end, calibration error, sensor failure...).
While these things are a blessing they require constant baby sitting.