Type 1 Who hates low blood sugar?

[Danielle Rafter]

It annoys me when it keeps dropping after how much galleons on coke I drink to try and boost it up like go up and stay up and never go down

 

[Strongmomma1987]

Low blood sugars are the worst i hate it when my sons bloodsugar drops its like he is not himself like he is a monster trying to find sugar i cannot get him juice fast enough it seems like

 

[Danielle Rafter]

Low blood sugars are the worst i hate it when my sons bloodsugar drops its like he is not himself like he is a monster trying to find sugar i cannot get him juice fast enough it seems like

Awh bless him, I'm like that but with coke because it's a fast acting sugar and orange juice doesn't really make the blood rise as fast as coke. That's what my nurse/doctor said to me and my mum and dad

 

[Scott-C]

@Danielle Rafter , hi, Danielle, and welcome to the forum, I see you've just joined today!

As you've got dexcom, have you read Stephen Ponder's book Sugar Surfing? It's on kindle. William Lee Dubois's Beyond Fingersticks is good for cgm as well, although a bit out of date now.

I read both after getting cgm a couple of years ago. They've got lots of good tips on getting the most out of cgm, letting you steer your bg, instead of it steering you.

The idea behind Sugar Surfing is to pay a lot of attention to what the cgm is telling us and then fine-tune things when we can see the line starting to go out of range - a couple of dextrotabs to nudge it up, a unit or two of insulin to drop a little. And bigger picture things like getting basal sorted, figuring out pre-bolusing times, that sort of stuff.

Sure, it means I have to spend a bit more time with it, but overall, it's time well spent, because just giving those little nudges here and there to stay in range when it looks like it's going out of range is a heck of a lot easier than the time and bother involved sorting out a serious high or low.

Maybe also have a look into the android app xDrip+ . It works with dexcom sensors, but gives way more info than the dex app does, makes life a lot easier.

 

[Danielle Rafter]

@Danielle Rafter , hi, Danielle, and welcome to the forum, I see you've just joined today!

As you've got dexcom, have you read Stephen Ponder's book Sugar Surfing? It's on kindle. William Lee Dubois's Beyond Fingersticks is good for cgm as well, although a bit out of date now.

I read both after getting cgm a couple of years ago. They've got lots of good tips on getting the most out of cgm, letting you steer your bg, instead of it steering you.

The idea behind Sugar Surfing is to pay a lot of attention to what the cgm is telling us and then fine-tune things when we can see the line starting to go out of range - a couple of dextrotabs to nudge it up, a unit or two of insulin to drop a little. And bigger picture things like getting basal sorted, figuring out pre-bolusing times, that sort of stuff.

Sure, it means I have to spend a bit more time with it, but overall, it's time well spent, because just giving those little nudges here and there to stay in range when it looks like it's going out of range is a heck of a lot easier than the time and bother involved sorting out a serious high or low.

Maybe also have a look into the android app xDrip+ . It works with dexcom sensors, but gives way more info than the dex app does, makes life a lot easier.

Awh thank you Scott and thank you for welcoming me to the forum I've met a bunch of lovely people who I can give them advice about the omnipod and the dexcom G5.

 

[Dixon1995]

Awh thank you Scott and thank you for welcoming me to the forum I've met a bunch of lovely people who I can give them advice about the omnipod and the dexcom G5.

Any particular reason you think you get hypos? Too much insulin? Too much basal? Just wondering

 

[Danielle Rafter]

Any particular reason you think you get hypos? Too much insulin? Too much basal? Just wondering

I've noticed that the heat has been making me go low a lot more at home and I'm trying to eat more to stop that from happening.
It's working a bit but I sometimes go higher than I should and it's a pain to put it back down.

Why does it have to be so complicated

 

[Dixon1995]

I've noticed that the heat has been making me go low a lot more at home and I'm trying to eat more to stop that from happening.
It's working a bit but I sometimes go higher than I should and it's a pain to put it back down.

Why does it have to be so complicated

Ive said the same in the other thread but can't you adjust your insulin so it releases less if you don't eat at much

 

[LooperCat]

I’d second @Scott-C and recommend Sugar Surfing - just remember to divide all the American BG values by 18 to get UK ones. I got so much out of the kindle version that I got an American friend to send me a paper copy, it’s that good.

If you’re dropping so badly, might it be worth lowering your basal rate for that time frame? I’m on Omnipod too, btw.

 

[Danielle Rafter]

Ive said the same in the other thread but can't you adjust your insulin so it releases less if you don't eat at much

Yeah but sometimes I just drop like oblivion at Alton towers that's how fast I drop in the night and it's scary

 

[Danielle Rafter]

I’d second @Scott-C and recommend Sugar Surfing - just remember to divide all the American BG values by 18 to get UK ones. I got so much out of the kindle version that I got an American friend to send me a paper copy, it’s that good.

If you’re dropping so badly, might it be worth lowering your basal rate for that time frame? I’m on Omnipod too, btw.

Then my sugar will go high a lot more I did that once and it screwed my BG and the hospital told me not to unless it's summer where it's hot and I drop more than I do in the UK

 

[kitedoc]

Hi @Danielle Rafter, Artiste extraordinaire, and welcome again.
Night hypos are the worse because one is less aware and thus the level can fall lower before recognition and treatment can happen, compared to when one is awake.
And the heat in the Aussie summer does not help ? warm skin absorbing insulin more quickly as cause??
At the 45 year mark on insulin and 8 + injections of insulin per day the night hypos pre-pump were horrendous.
Being placed on an insulin pump stopped those happening and 6 years later I have not looked back.
My specialist and diabetes educator nurse both emphasise that avoiding hypos is more important hour by hour than avoiding high BSLs.
Checking that my BSL is > 5 mmol/ (90 mg/dL) before setting out to drive a car is also part of the drill.
Hypos are not only fear-provoking, dangerous and potentially harmful, they can leave scars caused by embarrassment, which scars only time and development of a good sense of self humour may heal.
Did I tell you of the time I, a male, become hypo at a local community swimming pool and was found repeatedly trying to push an imaginary token into the slot of a turnstile device leading to the female change rooms??
48 years later I still shake my head and wonder. At least no-one else was harmed or embarrassed!!

 

[Danielle Rafter]

Hi @Danielle Rafter, Artiste extraordinaire, and welcome again.
Night hypos are the worse because one is less aware and thus the level can fall lower before recognition and treatment can happen, compared to when one is awake.
And the heat in the Aussie summer does not help ? warm skin absorbing insulin more quickly as cause??
At the 45 year mark on insulin and 8 + injections of insulin per day the night hypos pre-pump were horrendous.
Being placed on an insulin pump stopped those happening and 6 years later I have not looked back.
My specialist and diabetes educator nurse both emphasise that avoiding hypos is more important hour by hour than avoiding high BSLs.
Checking that my BSL is > 5 mmol/ (90 mg/dL) before setting out to drive a car is also part of the drill.
Hypos are not only fear-provoking, dangerous and potentially harmful, they can leave scars caused by embarrassment, which scars only time and development of a good sense of self humour may heal.
Did I tell you of the time I, a male, become hypo at a local community swimming pool and was found repeatedly trying to push an imaginary token into the slot of a turnstile device leading to the female change rooms??
48 years later I still shake my head and wonder. At least no-one else was harmed or embarrassed!!

Awh bless you, that's horrible. I dropped low in the actual pool when I was 8 and I tried not to panic because I could of drowned but good job I had sugar because I gave it to the life guard in the local public swimming centre and I look back now thinking that I should of had sugar before hand.

Thanks for welcoming me again hehe, I woke up low again this morning and I had to drink loads now because of my body getting bigger and it's tiring because I have to force my self because sometimes when I'm not thirsty I have to make myself drink it even though it makes me feel sick Ugh it's horrible