POLL.Has continuous glucose monitoring changed your out look?

[TorqPenderloin]

Had a very unusual success story today with my CGM.

My Accu-Chek Aviva expert kept telling me that my blood sugar was 118-130(about 7.0) no matter how much insulin I gave myself.

I have strong hypo awareness and started getting the shakes and losing my ability to speak. Look down at my Dexcom and I'm at 48 (2.7mmol/l)

Turns out I got a bad batch of test strips and it was my meter that was wrong rather than my Dexcom.

 

[richyb]

Since I fitted the freestyle libra the information I gained has changed my view of diabetes. I am now able to tightly control my highs and lows before they bite. This means taking small corrections when my levels rise or the odd fast acting carb as my sugar starts to dive.

My biggest change is my Lantus. It appears that this stays active and useful for 9 hours (peaking after 6 hours) before my levels start to rise. This led me to splitting my dose. As Lantus is a 24 hour drug this is not licensed to take more than once. Before I would take a large night time dose and go low at 3am followed by a high at around 9am. I would check my sugars at 7:30 medicate for breakfast and the get the high at 9-10. This does not happen now.

I am now wrestling with the fact that my nighttime requirement has changed after having a near perfect line with no apparent changes in diet or exercise.

Please let me know how you are getting on?

just bought a libre and 3days on my control has improved already. They should be half paid for on the nhs as I am now using less blood test strips

 

[steveo4]

Yes I agree with you I am tempted to get one it is just the cost that is stopping me from doing so.