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<blockquote data-quote="therower" data-source="post: 1646031" data-attributes="member: 47983"><p>Hi [USER=380756]@TheBigNewt[/USER] . Bearing in mind I've only been hooked up to the dexcom for 3 weeks, things are still new to me.</p><p>A few things I've found.........</p><p>Having a reading every 5 minutes displayed as a visual flow line is unbelievable informative. Observing what my bs does throughout the night as made me realise I don't actually suffer with dawn phenomenon. A few tweaks to bedtime eating and basal and I'm now staying on a straight line throughout the night and wake with bs levels in a much better place.</p><p>Being able to see how different foods spike my bs and for how long, resulting in the option to experiment with different pre bolus times. Surprising to see food affect bs and cause a sudden increase and then see insulin kick in and start to bring bs level back down again.</p><p>A quick glance at the reader and to know that it will say 7.8 followed by a direction arrow, informing that it's 7.8 and has been at that level for the past 50 minutes or it's 7.8 and falling rapidly 20 minutes prior I was at 9.2. Enabling me to take evasive action to prevent a possible low. Obviously the reverse of this would be rapidly climbing and being able to take evasive action.</p><p>In all honesty I'm a techno phob and really suspect anything like this, but taking the plunge, albeit a bit costly, has proven to be a really good move for me so far.</p><p>Good luck if you choose to invest in a CGM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="therower, post: 1646031, member: 47983"] Hi [USER=380756]@TheBigNewt[/USER] . Bearing in mind I've only been hooked up to the dexcom for 3 weeks, things are still new to me. A few things I've found......... Having a reading every 5 minutes displayed as a visual flow line is unbelievable informative. Observing what my bs does throughout the night as made me realise I don't actually suffer with dawn phenomenon. A few tweaks to bedtime eating and basal and I'm now staying on a straight line throughout the night and wake with bs levels in a much better place. Being able to see how different foods spike my bs and for how long, resulting in the option to experiment with different pre bolus times. Surprising to see food affect bs and cause a sudden increase and then see insulin kick in and start to bring bs level back down again. A quick glance at the reader and to know that it will say 7.8 followed by a direction arrow, informing that it's 7.8 and has been at that level for the past 50 minutes or it's 7.8 and falling rapidly 20 minutes prior I was at 9.2. Enabling me to take evasive action to prevent a possible low. Obviously the reverse of this would be rapidly climbing and being able to take evasive action. In all honesty I'm a techno phob and really suspect anything like this, but taking the plunge, albeit a bit costly, has proven to be a really good move for me so far. Good luck if you choose to invest in a CGM. [/QUOTE]
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