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<blockquote data-quote="ShadowDragon" data-source="post: 1879220" data-attributes="member: 490350"><p>Hi SamJB</p><p>Unfortunately my CGM is a NFC sensor. It does not alert me of lows or highs. Even though I've been a diabetic for some time, I do not know some of the terms that are being used. I'm assuming BG is blood glucose and Basal is my base dosage of insulin. The thing is, when I returned from overseas, I had a severe hypoglycemic episode. The doctors are saying it was a coma. That was the first time I ever had one. Since then, the symptoms of hypos started changing and then disappeared altogether. I spoke with a specialist and he told me to keep my level elevated at about 12 mmol for two weeks to try to 'reset' my awareness and all that it did was cause hyperglycemia unawareness. Now I cannot 'feel' if I'm having highs or lows.</p><p></p><p>In terms of my basal, if I'm correct in what is meant by it, my level after fasting overnight was roughly 7 mmol before all this started. Another note is that my insulin went through the x-ray machines at the airport. (despite having a letter from my doctor) Now according to some resources, that shouldn't affect the insulin at all but I think it did as I started experiencing different results with my doses almost immediately. I had to halve them. When I returned and had the episode, the pens were discarded as no one was interested in testing them and I got new ones but I've been having problems since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShadowDragon, post: 1879220, member: 490350"] Hi SamJB Unfortunately my CGM is a NFC sensor. It does not alert me of lows or highs. Even though I've been a diabetic for some time, I do not know some of the terms that are being used. I'm assuming BG is blood glucose and Basal is my base dosage of insulin. The thing is, when I returned from overseas, I had a severe hypoglycemic episode. The doctors are saying it was a coma. That was the first time I ever had one. Since then, the symptoms of hypos started changing and then disappeared altogether. I spoke with a specialist and he told me to keep my level elevated at about 12 mmol for two weeks to try to 'reset' my awareness and all that it did was cause hyperglycemia unawareness. Now I cannot 'feel' if I'm having highs or lows. In terms of my basal, if I'm correct in what is meant by it, my level after fasting overnight was roughly 7 mmol before all this started. Another note is that my insulin went through the x-ray machines at the airport. (despite having a letter from my doctor) Now according to some resources, that shouldn't affect the insulin at all but I think it did as I started experiencing different results with my doses almost immediately. I had to halve them. When I returned and had the episode, the pens were discarded as no one was interested in testing them and I got new ones but I've been having problems since. [/QUOTE]
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