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CGM or random testing?

How often would you go below 4 do you think ? setting it at 5.5 is a bit high even a non diabetic would have their alarms going off all day , unless you do that to give you warning to take some carbs to get it up again which is what I do at 4.5 .
 
jaywak said:
How often would you go below 4 do you think ? setting it at 5.5 is a bit high even a non diabetic would have their alarms going off all day , unless you do that to give you warning to take some carbs to get it up again which is what I do at 4.5 .
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Hospital set mine to 5.0 and 10 I soon changed that after couple of weeks of alarms going off all the time. I changed it to default
 
Hello @grantg, @saucequery, @Tony337, @JoKalsbeek

Thank you all for your advice on BG targets. Whan I look at what I have been doing over the past months I can see that the low carb diet puts me into a good position to start with. The control I have is with my Fiasp insulin, and with that I can bring up or down BG levels as a trend. I know it cannot be perfect control, as I had an 11 at the begining of March, when I had a chinese without insulin.
As Tony said there will be an alarm if I go outside my targets, so I would not go for close control. Thanks to Grant for the screen shots, they could show where I am.
Royjk
 
Hello @jaywak

So going below 4 was what started this last week when I was suddenly ill. Before I adjusted my Fiasp I had 6 times tested below 4 mmol/l. By if I see that again, I now know what to do.
Royjk
 
A CGM is a great tool.
But any anomalies still need backup with the trusty meter..

I see the meter like a road speed camera.
A CGM more like a dashcam documenting the journey for review or in real time?
Where as an HbA1c is more like a motorway average “speed check.”
 
I use Libre 2 plus currently. I have used CGM for a couple of years and I was able to better control BGL armed with knowledge about the interaction of food with my endocrine system. Sadly, unless I go quasi-carb-free I won't get below a Hb1ac of 58. I am now hovering on the commitment whether to use insulin (DVLA rules are off-putting). CGM will satisfy DVLA for ordinary car driving but you still need to carry a finger-prick test if you get at all close to hypo levels. I am Type 3c DM, ie due to pancreatic disease. I also must use enzyme therapy for digestion.

I certainly recommend CGM even for a month or two, because you can learn so much about the dynamics of BGL vs foods and activities.
 
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