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High numbers

Sasha1! said:
Numbers now 18.1 ‍ drinking lots of water
I live in a very cold cottage - heating not exactly great
Would this be affecting my blood. Sugars?
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I wouldn't see numbers as high as that with the cold, but I need more insulin when it's cold than in summer. With the very cold weather we're currently having, and the house being colder than normal, I'm needing more insulin than I usually do in winter. I know others need less when it's cold, and more when it's warm, so we're all different.
 
Evening
So I am attaching screenshots
Honestly I don’t know what has happened this afternoon - all I had was a cup of tea then I was disconnected from the pump for about 40 mins
I’m wondering if I have some sort of infection
My sugars have never been this crazy
I just can’t seem to stay in range??
 

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That is crazy, an infection would definitely be an option and it could be your immune system working away fighting something you don't know about.
Clutching at straws ... Don't suppose there is any chance your pump overheats at night next to/under a hot water bottle? I only asked as this happened to mine recently and next day I had insulin like water and sugars sky high until I changed the cartridge.
 
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I don’t know about a transmitter, is that part of the Guardian
sensors. I have a ketone Blood monitor given to me by my hospital when I had DKA. Keep on at your diabetes team for guidance. Good Luck.
 
So spoke with my nurse today, we’ve strengthened my insulin to carb ratio & also my insulin sensitivity
This am, again have correct insulin, numbers went as high as 23
So I am really hoping these changes make a difference
Thanks for everyone’s advice
 

Hopefully with the changes made it might take a few days to settle down. Are your levels better during the day?
 
Ann48 said:
Hopefully with the changes made it might take a few days to settle down. Are your levels better during the day?
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Well this morning was ‍‍‍‍
Needed up changing my set as surprise surprise the pump was offering no correction even with me sitting at 20??? I am really struggling with the diabetes at the moment - felt so ill this am
I just don’t know what on earth to do
I e got work tomorrow & really don’t need it like this again
 

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Out of curiosity as to why do many medronic users seem to have this issue ( including one of my close friends ) I did some googling and found this.
So you can't manually set the TDD like you can on tslim and its based on the last 6 days needs, so for arguments sake, if you average about 25 units a day and suddenly need a massive correction ( like say 5 units ) it isn't going to let you have that much as it won't go over the 25 limit. The only way I can see around this would to be to give a few ' ghost ' units at the end of each day, that would give you a higher TDD and more insulin available for correcting.
Closed loop is fabulous but none of them are perfect yet but I'm sure over time tweaks will improve them.
 
I've asked my DSN about the fact that I get the 'max basal reached' warning on my Minimed 780g, when I've managed to reduce my daily basal from 45 units to 15 units a day (over the last 12 months), this usually happens to me in the middle of the night btw.
She really couldn't explain it so I've got into the habit of testing my BG before I go to bed to make sure I don't drop out of Smartguard overnight but your attachment sort of makes some sense to the warns I get.
 
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Hi Sasha,
I hope your infection is getting better, how are your levels now!
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Numbers have still been sticky through the day
The pump had given 29 corrections in 5.5 hours & I was still out of range ‍‍ honestly I just don’t get it!! So incredibly frustrating
Numbers are ok now - in the 6s but time in range not been great
 

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