Thankyou, and yes its hard to no if shes hypo as she shows no signs at all ive tested her and shes been 2.8 and shown mo symptoms ots only when i test her that i find out, hence why i test a lot in the night and its a good job i do as shes always 3.1 or below in the night when i test her but it varies as to what time so i cant do it by time... but thankyou for thatNo problem!
Reading your last post and now knowing that she is 2 and recently diagnosed you may be witnessing what is actually going on during the 'honeymoon' period. She likely still has some insulin being produced but in sporadic bursts at strange times. This would cause a lot of flux in her sugars and would probably result in very 'random' looking readings on a CGM due to the lag and frequency of change she is probably experiencing.
I would stick with it, and just fight through the 'random' times. Use it as your doc suggests, and do your best. Over time the honeymoon period should fade and things will become more linear and predictable. You're in a strange time right now with her diabetes.
As for symptoms - she is really young, and the symptoms of a low can be fairly subtle, she may just not know how to describe it yet. As adult the best I can do is 'I feel off' lol until they are into the low 3s then i just feel slightly faint, and have a mild tension headache at the top of my head... I would imagine this would be hard on a 2 year old to notice and describe.
Best of luck - things will get better!
Apologies for misreading!The dumb I can assure you was not referring to Layah it was in reference to the dsn who set the CGM and pump up in the first place.
When she goes to bed she is around 14.0 usually as she has her supper at 7pm and i test het around 11pm to give the supper time to be out her system.but i dont correct on that as her dsn said to leave at that so she goes to bed a little higher to see if that helps, but the other night she was 14.2 at midnight and by 1.30 am she was 3.2, she drops really fast, this is why i test through the night as it can happen at any time, and i will ask about her having 0.00 at certain times, i would just like it to get under control a bit more, im doing everything i can in regards to precise carb counting, she has regular set meal times i weigh all her food, its just a whole new life to get used to ..Hi @ Layah2013
When yr daughter goes to bed, how long after he eve meal bolus is that and also how high are the bg levels before bed? It might be ok to go to bed with higher bg esp as the level falls over night. Also, you say that the pump is on the lowest basal but you can do a TBR if you want to to reduce the basal a bit more or even set some of the basal rates to 0.000 about 3hrs in advance of the first low bg level. There's lots to find out about pumping but remember it's just an insulin delivering device and not something super dooper. Well.....not yet.
Thankyou, i have now set it to 5.5, but it has just alerted me at 5.5 but when i tested her finger she was 2.9, so im still not managing to catch it before shes hypo, i guess its because she falls fast, as 1hour before this hypo she was 13.2.. which was after her tea which she had 20g of carbs and she ate it all so not sure why she went hypo..@Layah2013 do you have the fall rate alert set to on? If you go into alerts, then advanced, then select fall rate, turn it to on and select level 0.11mmol/L/min - that way if your daughter is dropping quickly (by 0.11 per minute or quicker) it will alarm.
As others have said, set the low alarm to 5 or 5.5, go into alerts, select low alert and tell it you want it to come up - that will move your red line up.
How long before her meal are you blousing and what is your daughter eating?Thankyou, i have now set it to 5.5, but it has just alerted me at 5.5 but when i tested her finger she was 2.9, so im still not managing to catch it before shes hypo, i guess its because she falls fast, as 1hour before this hypo she was 13.2.. which was after her tea which she had 20g of carbs and she ate it all so not sure why she went hypo..
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She has cereals for supper at 7pm either coco pops or weetabix or sometimes toast, she has her bolus rite before her supperHow long before her meal are you blousing and what is your daughter eating?
And she has her bolus right before she eats her dinner and tea,She has cereals for supper at 7pm either coco pops or weetabix or sometimes toast, she has her bolus rite before her supper
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Yes i do her blood sugar work out her carbs and within 5 mins shes eating it, before she had her tea earlier tho she was 17.5 so did a correction with that and then her meter asked for another test 1 hr later as it does wen she gets a high reading and the next reading 1hr after her tea was the 13 one no correction with that one and an hour later she was 2.6, so not sure if it was the correction that sent her hypo or notAnd she has her bolus right before she eats her dinner and tea,
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2.9 sorryYes i do her blood sugar work out her carbs and within 5 mins shes eating it, before she had her tea earlier tho she was 17.5 so did a correction with that and then her meter asked for another test 1 hr later as it does wen she gets a high reading and the next reading 1hr after her tea was the 13 one no correction with that one and an hour later she was 2.6, so not sure if it was the correction that sent her hypo or not
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She doesnt like jelly or fruit or i would give her that, she doesnt have them everyday she mostly has weetabix or rice crispies or cheerios, she has always had these from starting solid foods as do the other 3, none are over weight or unhealthy they are all very active, her diatician said she can still eat the things she has before diabetes asling as shes having insulin for this and she told me not to restrict her foods, they all have a cooked meal everday with meat, potatoes, and plenty of veg, so get a varied diet at there ither meals, so i dont restric a bowl of cereal at supper,A good low carb substitute to use is a bowl of sugar free jelly with no cream etc or fruit and then see how bg levels go. For getting the basal okish, this is better than coco pops.
I would suspect you need to give her insulin at least 20 mins before she eats, things like coco pops are not very healthy for either a non diabetic or diabetic as laden with sugar.
What kind of protein based thing would you suggest, i will try her with anything if she will eat it, its just that her dsn said while shes having the night time hypos to make sure shes having carbs before bed to keep her bg up a bit, but i will give anything a try@ Layah2013
would yr daughter eat something just low protein based as a bedtime snack? This isn't forever, it's just to allow for the basal rates overnight to be set a bit better....that's all. At the moment you are going round in circles not getting anywhere by the sounds of things.
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