I hear you. In the interests of saving my poor partner's sleep patterns I have the high alarm on vibrate rather than sound but that's not an option for the low one. While I do appreciate the warning for night lows my dexcom has a bad habit of under reading for the first night of a sensor ....Alarms are great until it gets to bedtime!
Absolutely carrying High carb fluids. I have to carry about 200g CHO for my longer rides, and I'm not even that long distance a cyclist. Works very well with the trends on libre as you can adjust intake fairly acutely. Given the delay I now have my alarm at 5.5 for rides as if it gets that low its almost always accompanied by a down arrow.I agree with @barrym, it’s helpful to set a low sugars alarm a little higher so you’ve time to sort it out, especially if you’re cycling; a hypo on a bike, on the road, isn’t a good idea. If your brain is impaired through lack of glucose, and your reaction time is slower, plus the risk of impaired balance, then you’ll not be enjoying yourself.
I set mine at 4.8 and 8.2, but I’m not cyclist.
I’ve encountered a one cycling T1s and most of them also carry a bottle of sugary liquid so they can easily treat impending lows.
Drivers need to be 5 to drive if that’s a useful comparison.
It’s great that you’re looking to use alarms to go well. I wish you many years of happy T1 cycling.
Only had my libre 2 for a week. Set at 5.5 and 13.
Will alter this once I have improved my control. Alarms don't always go off when it drops below 5.5. Alarm isnt always reliable.
I had loads of problems using my android phone, got fed up relying on alarms that weren't responding. In the end I got Abbott to send me a Libre 2 reader, I know start each sensor with the reader so I get the alarms on that, then use the Librelink on my phone so my consultant can access my results.Just got my sensor 2... anyone else constantly having signal issues with the alarms?
Hi all,
Am i right in saying if I set overnight alarms to go off if my blood sugars drop/rise above a certain level. An alarm will go off? Even if my phone is on the bedside table a metre away? I always thought it could only read your blood sugar when the phone was scanning your sensor a few inches away!
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