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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2505283" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>[USER=277410]@Japes[/USER] Sometimes I would agree with you when a brand new sensor is reading low and waking me up or reading too high. I calibrate it but those first couple of days can be wacky. Tech is wonderful and it does seem to have more pros to me than draw backs. But I go days now in between sensors to take "breaks". At least once a month. It feels liberating and although I check with finger pricking all day long, more than I did before my cgm, it's sometimes just is really nice to not know what my BG levels are doing 24/7. As long as my finger pricking is falling where it should, I figure I'm doing pretty good.</p><p></p><p>Given that, a cgm can tell you and warn you that you are trending down, before you are too low, and in my case with a pump, a pod failing. It can help give you alerts, which really are invaluable, especially to some. It allows me to snorkel for hours and not worry about how far I swim because conditions vary, so my BG levels can vary. Driving, I know what I'm at as the beeps tell me if I am straying from my desired range. The trending can really tell you a lot. So more pluses than minuses to me.</p><p></p><p>But annoying beeps at times when you don't want it to........and it not even being right...........yea, sometimes you want to......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2505283, member: 475037"] [USER=277410]@Japes[/USER] Sometimes I would agree with you when a brand new sensor is reading low and waking me up or reading too high. I calibrate it but those first couple of days can be wacky. Tech is wonderful and it does seem to have more pros to me than draw backs. But I go days now in between sensors to take "breaks". At least once a month. It feels liberating and although I check with finger pricking all day long, more than I did before my cgm, it's sometimes just is really nice to not know what my BG levels are doing 24/7. As long as my finger pricking is falling where it should, I figure I'm doing pretty good. Given that, a cgm can tell you and warn you that you are trending down, before you are too low, and in my case with a pump, a pod failing. It can help give you alerts, which really are invaluable, especially to some. It allows me to snorkel for hours and not worry about how far I swim because conditions vary, so my BG levels can vary. Driving, I know what I'm at as the beeps tell me if I am straying from my desired range. The trending can really tell you a lot. So more pluses than minuses to me. But annoying beeps at times when you don't want it to........and it not even being right...........yea, sometimes you want to...... [/QUOTE]
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