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<blockquote data-quote="dancer" data-source="post: 1418678" data-attributes="member: 110569"><p>If I'm dancing or exercising in some other way, I'll leave the pump suspended and make sure I eat something (usually jelly babies). If I'm not doing very much, I eat something and stop the suspension but make sure I keep an eye on my BG, just in case.</p><p></p><p>When the pump alerts you, make sure you test, as sometimes it suspends when the BG is well above the cut off point (once my BG was 8.2!). </p><p></p><p>If your BG is dropping rapidly, 1, 2 or 3 arrows pointing downwards appear and you'll be alerted that you're going low. With your history, I'd test and eat. Trial and error will tell you how much or how little to eat. With 3 arrows, I leave the pump suspended till my BG starts rising then switch it back on.</p><p></p><p>I find that nights are the worst as I fall back to sleep, after eating, and tend to leave the pump suspended (to be on the safe side). If it's off for two hours, I go high later. I just correct and moan about the blasted diabetes, but that's life.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how the pump decides to switch back on again. Obviously it's the BG reading but it seems so variable (with me) that I just keep an eye on it and when my BG has reached a good level, I switch back on. However, sometimes I forget and my BG can be around 10 with 3 rising arrows, and it's still suspended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dancer, post: 1418678, member: 110569"] If I'm dancing or exercising in some other way, I'll leave the pump suspended and make sure I eat something (usually jelly babies). If I'm not doing very much, I eat something and stop the suspension but make sure I keep an eye on my BG, just in case. When the pump alerts you, make sure you test, as sometimes it suspends when the BG is well above the cut off point (once my BG was 8.2!). If your BG is dropping rapidly, 1, 2 or 3 arrows pointing downwards appear and you'll be alerted that you're going low. With your history, I'd test and eat. Trial and error will tell you how much or how little to eat. With 3 arrows, I leave the pump suspended till my BG starts rising then switch it back on. I find that nights are the worst as I fall back to sleep, after eating, and tend to leave the pump suspended (to be on the safe side). If it's off for two hours, I go high later. I just correct and moan about the blasted diabetes, but that's life. I don't know how the pump decides to switch back on again. Obviously it's the BG reading but it seems so variable (with me) that I just keep an eye on it and when my BG has reached a good level, I switch back on. However, sometimes I forget and my BG can be around 10 with 3 rising arrows, and it's still suspended. [/QUOTE]
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