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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2522847" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>Lol...........I am OCD about checking my readings on my cgm, even though I have a narrow window for alerts set. That is also why I now purposely go a few days off and on of not wearing one. I wake up when I run low so I don't have to worry about that. But when it looked like I had a transmitter failure on my Dexcom and I was going to be out of a cgm for at least a few days, I was really upset. But I kept thinking I did fine before my CGM, why am I so bothered by it? So then I decided, first get a back up of a transmitter to keep on hand lol, and then I will purposely go without so I can make sure I do okay without one, just in case. So that's what I do and I probably finger prick more than I ever did before my cgm. I am so used to knowing 24/7, I constantly check. But I go without about once a month now.</p><p></p><p>Now I have been having more issues with my pods failing on me for my pump. So I decided I will try to give MDI shots for any dose over 1 unit to see if that helps. I really suck now lol............wow how quickly we can forget what we did. First I remember I notoriously would give more to cover everything at once..........but now I have been used to splitting my timing of doses more, giving myself little correction doses, the pump keeping track of what insulin is on board etc. I found myself wanting to give extra, then not eating everything and then having to eat something else to make up for it, to give a correction when I already took enough to cover and just needed to give it a little more time. Needless to say I said ***** that and went back to full dosing with my pump and pod. But I am wondering if I need to do the same thing and relearn MDI! That was eye opening, who would have thought?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2522847, member: 475037"] Lol...........I am OCD about checking my readings on my cgm, even though I have a narrow window for alerts set. That is also why I now purposely go a few days off and on of not wearing one. I wake up when I run low so I don't have to worry about that. But when it looked like I had a transmitter failure on my Dexcom and I was going to be out of a cgm for at least a few days, I was really upset. But I kept thinking I did fine before my CGM, why am I so bothered by it? So then I decided, first get a back up of a transmitter to keep on hand lol, and then I will purposely go without so I can make sure I do okay without one, just in case. So that's what I do and I probably finger prick more than I ever did before my cgm. I am so used to knowing 24/7, I constantly check. But I go without about once a month now. Now I have been having more issues with my pods failing on me for my pump. So I decided I will try to give MDI shots for any dose over 1 unit to see if that helps. I really suck now lol............wow how quickly we can forget what we did. First I remember I notoriously would give more to cover everything at once..........but now I have been used to splitting my timing of doses more, giving myself little correction doses, the pump keeping track of what insulin is on board etc. I found myself wanting to give extra, then not eating everything and then having to eat something else to make up for it, to give a correction when I already took enough to cover and just needed to give it a little more time. Needless to say I said ***** that and went back to full dosing with my pump and pod. But I am wondering if I need to do the same thing and relearn MDI! That was eye opening, who would have thought? [/QUOTE]
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