That was an interesting morning.
Had my "3 month follow up part of the 6 month Libre trial", she was pleased with the way things are going but interestingly it seems that the goals have changed for "for being in the green", school of thought is now 4 - 10mmol.
At that setting I have been 87% in target over the last 90 days. Some.
She changed the setting on the official Libre reader (not a fan of that device) however, I have set my Libre App and MySugar to 5-9.5 mmol.
Also I have a new insulin pen one of the SolStar Child pens which does 0.5 units which means Apidra carts instead of the all in one disposable pens and I am getting moved to Tresbia, which fits my current Nova pens. Should be fun, nice to have a change from Lantus as I have been on it for nigh on 20 years
Oh course getting up late and being on the low side before I set off in the car, meant, 2 jaffa cakes, 2 glugo tabs, 1 jelly baby, just to even things outand as expected paid the price with a 13.4 later on.
No worries, back down to mid 5's so all OK
@Cumberland sound like you had a god day as well, hope a cancelation comes in quick.
That was an interesting morning.
Had my "3 month follow up part of the 6 month Libre trial", she was pleased with the way things are going but interestingly it seems that the goals have changed for "for being in the green", school of thought is now 4 - 10mmol.
At that setting I have been 87% in target over the last 90 days. Some.
She changed the setting on the official Libre reader (not a fan of that device) however, I have set my Libre App and MySugar to 5-9.5 mmol.
Also I have a new insulin pen one of the SolStar Child pens which does 0.5 units which means Apidra carts instead of the all in one disposable pens and I am getting moved to Tresbia, which fits my current Nova pens. Should be fun, nice to have a change from Lantus as I have been on it for nigh on 20 years
Oh course getting up late and being on the low side before I set off in the car, meant, 2 jaffa cakes, 2 glugo tabs, 1 jelly baby, just to even things outand as expected paid the price with a 13.4 later on.
No worries, back down to mid 5's so all OK
@Cumberland sound like you had a god day as well, hope a cancelation comes in quick.
@Mel dCP and @porl69 Before today the "official" reader was set to low 5 upper 9 and I think, at that, I was like between 50 - 60% in target range, I think anyway, I'm not 100% sure but changing the values to 4 and 10 now make me 87% in target.
In the old days we used to call it "manipulation of the data"
The other apps I use on the phone I have left the low at 5 but moved the upper to 9.5 but as far as I am concerned once I hit 10 I'm in Hyper land
But originally the settings were made by another member of this particular DSN team, who at the moment is off long term ill. So what happens on the next meeting is.....well... no idea
As for starting the Tresiba, I don't know, maybe next week I will either get and email or just drop the surgery and ask i there is any there for me.
@Mel dCP thanks for the code had only just changed it back the I changed from the Nova Echo to these disposable pens and now once there gone, I'll change the reader back to half units again
Out of interest what are the bloods for legal limits for driving?
If you are on insulin T1 or T2 you have to be 5.0 minimum, under this then it breaks the law
Guidelines for journeys is to test every 2 hours
Hi fellow Type 1 r's hope is all going well for you all today
had a pretty **** day yesterday with fairly high BG all afternoon and night, around 11. Took small correction dose before bed and I stayed fairly flat all night, unfortunately that was around 11 all night
Even this morning with correction dose still at 11 ish. Now dropped slightly before lunch, to 8.1 , but no doubt after lunch this will go back up again.
Ah well tomorrow I have my post ADAPT course, session, 2 hours of what benefits we got from course
Was that after you corrected the hypo from a walk in the park? That's a bit disappointing, walks in the parks should be nice events, not ones that generate a long run of high blood sugars.
Looks like the T!D gremlin has flagged up for you an experience of what benefits you didn't get from the course. Which, whether they like it or not, is also useful feedback for them.
Hi Alison, to be fair probably a lot of it was my fault. Miscalculating carbs and insulin causing the low. Now as I was out and about when hypo happened and do not want to take any chances, so probably overdid the fast acting carbs, coke and chocolate. Rightly or wrongly I would rather go high than end up having to have someone phone an ambulance
Not strictly true - you have to not be hypo. 5.0 is recommended, because it means in the two hours between tests (because DVLA haven't caught up with technology yet) you're less likely to go under.
See eg https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/life-with-diabetes/driving - if under 4, don't drive, if under 5, eat something before setting off but you can still drive.
Yep, but it doesn't say it's the law. If you go to the government pages, you won't find the numbers mentioned. The law just says not hypo, and if you were pulled over and tested at say 4.5, a prosecution would not go anywhere if you can demonstrate that isn't hypo for you. I'm not disagreeing with the advice that being above 5 is a good idea, just pointing out that it is advice and not law.
In our house any mention of Stone Henge results in repetitions of "stone enge" and giggles. Even from the child who has not yet seen the film.There’s a running Spinal Tap joke in my house that when my bloods go out of my range (3.8-7) that I should just make 7 louder
i thought only politicians manipulated the data !!@Mel dCP and @porl69 Before today the "official" reader was set to low 5 upper 9 and I think, at that, I was like between 50 - 60% in target range, I think anyway, I'm not 100% sure but changing the values to 4 and 10 now make me 87% in target.
In the old days we used to call it "manipulation of the data"
The other apps I use on the phone I have left the low at 5 but moved the upper to 9.5 but as far as I am concerned once I hit 10 I'm in Hyper land
But originally the settings were made by another member of this particular DSN team, who at the moment is off long term ill. So what happens on the next meeting is.....well... no idea
As for starting the Tresiba, I don't know, maybe next week I will either get and email or just drop the surgery and ask i there is any there for me.
@Mel dCP thanks for the code had only just changed it back the I changed from the Nova Echo to these disposable pens and now once there gone, I'll change the reader back to half units again
Out of interest what are the bloods for legal limits for driving?
Probably too inconvenient to do a BSL to see whether you had rebounded top a sufficient level (or more) via adrenaline ??Hi Alison, to be fair probably a lot of it was my fault. Miscalculating carbs and insulin causing the low. Now as I was out and about when hypo happened and do not want to take any chances, so probably overdid the fast acting carbs, coke and chocolate. Rightly or wrongly I would rather go high than end up having to have someone phone an ambulance
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