Just be aware that the libre is notoriously inaccurate outside the 4 to 7 range. I'd honestly recommend keeping a glucometer around as a backup for hypos. If you've got time, test with the glucometer first before you treat the hypo. (Obviously, if there's any chance the hypo is real you treat first, but a back up blood test might keep you from overdosing the hypo treatment if it turns out the libre is inaccurate.)10 mins later I checked and 3.2. Checked again after another 3.4. It took me nearly an hour to get it back to over 5.
I've noticed my Libres take way longer than that after a hypo to show a rise. I suspect after a shortage of glucose the body sends available glucose to the important body parts first, leaving the back of my arm for last. I have no clue if that's true, thoughAnd it will take the Libre 15 to 20 minutes to detect the rise in BG
The other thing to remember with Libre (or any CGM) is it reads 15 to 20 minutes behind finger pricks. Therefore, it will detect hypos 15 to 20 minutes after they start.
And it will take the Libre 15 to 20 minutes to detect the rise in BG.
I am too impatient to wait that long so always test with finger pricks after a hypo.
Last night I was driving home from work and was about five minutes away when I felt the symptoms of a hypo. There was no where to stop safe and legally as double yellows or residents parking or too narrow streets or all three. So knowing I was so close to home I made the decision to carry on knowing as well when I got home I wouldn’t have to worry. Obviously if I had further to go or driving down a motorway I’d have stopped long before. I’d tested before I left work 20 mins earlier and was well above 5 so don’t know why it dropped suddenly.
Just wondering what others would have done in that situation?
This sounds so familiar to me. Sometimes it defies all logic!That happened to me at work the other day. I was 3.6 so I shouted to my colleague to get me some small cans of full fat lemonade I keep in the fridge at work while I dug out the biscuits and started munching. 10 mins later I checked and 3.2. Checked again after another 3.4. It took me nearly an hour to get it back to over 5. Luckily this time it was well before driving but when I got home 2 hours later it was still only at 6.9! Then next morning shot right up to 20 lol.
Buy Dextro energy tabs and eat at least 3 they go straight into the systemLast night I was driving home from work and was about five minutes away when I felt the symptoms of a hypo. There was no where to stop safe and legally as double yellows or residents parking or too narrow streets or all three. So knowing I was so close to home I made the decision to carry on knowing as well when I got home I wouldn’t have to worry. Obviously if I had further to go or driving down a motorway I’d have stopped long before. I’d tested before I left work 20 mins earlier and was well above 5 so don’t know why it dropped suddenly.
Just wondering what others would have done in that situation?
Last night I was driving home from work and was about five minutes away when I felt the symptoms of a hypo. There was no where to stop safe and legally as double yellows or residents parking or too narrow streets or all three. So knowing I was so close to home I made the decision to carry on knowing as well when I got home I wouldn’t have to worry. Obviously if I had further to go or driving down a motorway I’d have stopped long before. I’d tested before I left work 20 mins earlier and was well above 5 so don’t know why it dropped suddenly.
Just wondering what others would have done in that situation?
Worth testing just before you drive then as a lot can change in that hour.My levels were at 7.8 an hour before I set off so thought I was ok. Thank you for your comments.
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