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Type 1'stars R Us

DCUKMod said:
Kev - Are you comfortable with your full name on show on that image? It doesn't break any rules, but just pointing it out.
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Yeah no worries, but if you want to remove it it's ok I cba editing it :), it's the insulin I'm exited about and the 'do not swallow' bit I was highlighting :p
 
Alison54321 said:
I just started my new sensor. What am I supposed to do for an hour, with no Freestyle Libre readings to look at?
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The MiaoMiao still reads the old sensor for an hour after it expires, I don’t get a break from the datastream even to read a book ;)
 
Alison54321 said:
I suppose I could read a book, or something..............
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You could spend the time writing an existential book called "The Missing Hour", subtitle it, "How I Learned to Love my Hypos", throw in a couple of obscure references to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Henry Miller, Haruki Murakami, etc. etc., win the Booker Prize 2019 and become a millionaire from the publishing deals...

I just cheat on the Missing Hour. I sometimes just watch telly during it, but another way is that these fancy transmitters like blucon and miaomiao keep on dragging data out of libre for 12 hours after the 14 day cutoff, so I briefly run two at the same time.

Old one times out at 14 days on the dot with libre reader, xdrip keeps on reading it for another 12 hrs. Meanwhile, I've attached new one the previous day to allow some foreign body response settling time, I activate it with the reader sometime during the 12 hour extra run out on the last one, so it's good to go after an hour while the last one is still doing it's stuff with xdrip in that "unofficial" extra 12 hours. Then I just take the transmitter off the old sensor, put it on the new sensor, and it reads from that without any hour gap.

I'll normally go into the "Stop Sensor/Don't Stop, Just Reset All Calibrations" routine: it kinda makes sense to clear out the calibrations from the last sensor and start calibrating the new sensor afresh.
 
Scott-C said:
You could spend the time writing an existential book called "The Missing Hour", subtitle it, "How I Learned to Love my Hypos", throw in a couple of obscure references to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Henry Miller, Haruki Murakami, etc. etc., win the Booker Prize 2019 and become a millionaire from the publishing deals...

I just cheat on the Missing Hour. I sometimes just watch telly during it, but another way is that these fancy transmitters like blucon and miaomiao keep on dragging data out of libre for 12 hours after the 14 day cutoff, so I briefly run two at the same time.

Old one times out at 14 days on the dot with libre reader, xdrip keeps on reading it for another 12 hrs. Meanwhile, I've attached new one the previous day to allow some foreign body response settling time, I activate it with the reader sometime during the 12 hour extra run out on the last one, so it's good to go after an hour while the last one is still doing it's stuff with xdrip in that "unofficial" extra 12 hours. Then I just take the transmitter off the old sensor, put it on the new sensor, and it reads from that without any hour gap.

I'll normally go into the "Stop Sensor/Don't Stop, Just Reset All Calibrations" routine: it kinda makes sense to clear out the calibrations from the last sensor and start calibrating the new sensor afresh.
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I practised a guitar pick I'm trying to get to a playable state, and had a period of contemplation on how pre-freestyle libre an hour of not knowing what my blood sugar was doing would be normal, then I did a finger prick blood test.

Next time I'll start the book.
 
Gulp he says after his first Tresiba injection, I've not changed colour to green, my hair hasn't grown back and the old Lantus is still making my ears stick out :p

That's an odd injector is the Flextouch like! Goes in faster than the Lantus and I couldn't draw up past the amount I think I wanted and purge through the needle down to what I wanted before injecting, but anyway it's done now and the remaining Lantus has been put in the vegetable tray in the fridge, I'm sat with a nervous grin on my face trying to kid myself I'm not scared and failing :p so I'll see what joys the morning brings....
 
Alison54321 said:
I practised a guitar pick I'm trying to get to a playable state, and had a period of contemplation on how pre-freestyle libre an hour of not knowing what my blood sugar was doing would be normal, then I did a finger prick blood test.

Next time I'll start the book.
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It's an interesting question, Alison, which @Fairygodmother raised earlier in the thread.

I love my cgm but are we getting too much info from them?

I've had a few situations late on a Friday/Saturday night where my phone's run out of charge, so I've gone old school strip testing.

It's been remarkably liberating. I've felt free during that time - test every now and then and don't sweat it too much between times, just like the old days.

But that's just for short periods. I've sure as heck plugged my phone in as soon as I'm back home.

If I had to do it, I'm sure I could - extended periods on strips alone, jeesh, I did that for 28 years.

But this last 2 years with cgm has been a revelation.

On top of the obvious things like seeing an imminent hypo, there's the other more subtle things like testing basal, learning how to pin "foot on floor" with 2 or 3u on getting up, learning the correct pre-bolusing times for most meals, and generally just figuring out ways to wing it on the fly in ways which I couldn't have done before with just strips.

There's certainly been times when I've thought, whoah, this tech is giving me too much information here and I'd like to walk away from it.

I've been in a lot of situations where I've used cgm to do some very subtle things which I could never have done with strips, but I've also been in situations where I've totally over-reacted to the info which the cgm is giving me, and ended up stacking way too much.

I reckon we're all still in a learning experience with this new cgm stuff, and we're going to have to find the right way of using it.

At times, as @Fairygodmother says, it would be nice to go back to the days when we could jump on a horse with some sweets, just in case - I've done that with boats.

But I've still got this slight worry that, hmm, maybe those years where I was doing that stuff and not being entirely sure about what my levels were then will catch up with me.

All in all, my take on it is that cgm has significantly improved my day to day life, but I'm still trying to figure out which bits I need to pay attention to and which bits are just too much information.
 
Scott-C said:
It's an interesting question, Alison, which @Fairygodmother raised earlier in the thread.

I love my cgm but are we getting too much info from them?

I've had a few situations late on a Friday/Saturday night where my phone's run out of charge, so I've gone old school strip testing.

It's been remarkably liberating. I've felt free during that time - test every now and then and don't sweat it too much between times, just like the old days.

But that's just for short periods. I've sure as heck plugged my phone in as soon as I'm back home.

If I had to do it, I'm sure I could - extended periods on strips alone, jeesh, I did that for 28 years.

But this last 2 years with cgm has been a revelation.

On top of the obvious things like seeing an imminent hypo, there's the other more subtle things like testing basal, learning how to pin "foot on floor" with 2 or 3u on getting up, learning the correct pre-bolusing times for most meals, and generally just figuring out ways to wing it on the fly in ways which I couldn't have done before with just strips.

There's certainly been times when I've thought, whoah, this tech is giving me too much information here and I'd like to walk away from it.

I've been in a lot of situations where I've used cgm to do some very subtle things which I could never have done with strips, but I've also been in situations where I've totally over-reacted to the info which the cgm is giving me, and ended up stacking way too much.

I reckon we're all still in a learning experience with this new cgm stuff, and we're going to have to find the right way of using it.

At times, as @Fairygodmother says, it would be nice to go back to the days when we could jump on a horse with some sweets, just in case - I've done that with boats.

But I've still got this slight worry that, hmm, maybe those years where I was doing that stuff and not being entirely sure about what my levels were then will catch up with me.

All in all, my take on it is that cgm has significantly improved my day to day life, but I'm still trying to figure out which bits I need to pay attention to and which bits are just too much information.
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Yes, I used to go canoeing for an afternoon on a coastal river complete with a history of shark sightings (and these were not loan sharks, either) with 'anti-hypo' provisions on board. I would watch the horizon and if things were getting a bit wobbly I would have something to eat. This was before glucose meters were available. I would reduce my insulin dose and hope for the best.
I have not lost any limbs so consider myself lucky ( and darned stupid !!!)
 
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