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<blockquote data-quote="Dazphoenix28" data-source="post: 2329611" data-attributes="member: 531170"><p>I always double check my hypos on my bg machine. Most times it reads a 3.2 on the libre but it's 4.6 or 5 on my machine but my issue is that I can be in a hypo during the day, no symptoms, scan it's 3.1 and machine actually does read 4.1 and then I know I'm actually going into a hypo. I have no awareness anymore and my eyes tend to change where so my vision is dark and I do get confused. The problem is I don't have shakes, sweats, hunger. I just randomly check and confirm with my bg monitor and I'm in a hypo.</p><p></p><p>I need alerts as when I do sleep I tend to dip towards the lower 4s. If I do dip to 4s I know within 30 minutes I'll go hypo but I'm so unaware and still finger prick 8 times a day to make sure my bloods are fine. If I could get a cgm with alerts I would feel more comfortable and like you said, the libre is inaccurate when it reads 3.2 but sometimes it's spot on.</p><p></p><p>I just don't want to sit in a hypo for too long as yesterday matching my sensor and my bg machine it was sitting low for about an hour. Felt fine but noticed my vision was changing. After I tested on my machine with finger pricks and saw it was 3.3 I started to panic.</p><p></p><p>I've become really good at treating hypos. Tend to have 4 - 6 glucose tablets and wait 15 to 20 minutes and recheck again. If bloods are sitting at 4.5 I eat 10g of carbs which will rise my blood levels to 5-6 to prevent it going down again.</p><p></p><p>But yeah, sorry for the long reply. Just would feel better knowing if a alarm would notify me and I can blood test to confirm and tackle a hypo before it happens.</p><p></p><p>I've had high blood sugar for years. HbA1c levels were 99 in February and dropped to 63 in November. Never been over a 14 reading for a month now and tend to be within my target range 80% of the time in a 2 week period. I've adjusting my insulin ratios and my basal is set to the right amount.</p><p></p><p>I'm more sensitive to high bloods now(body tends to tense up at around 10-11 so I have 1 unit of rapid to bring it down to 7.</p><p></p><p>If the libre 2 comes out next year that will be better. Think you can set alarms and stuff so that's good.[ATTACH=full]45338[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]45339[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dazphoenix28, post: 2329611, member: 531170"] I always double check my hypos on my bg machine. Most times it reads a 3.2 on the libre but it's 4.6 or 5 on my machine but my issue is that I can be in a hypo during the day, no symptoms, scan it's 3.1 and machine actually does read 4.1 and then I know I'm actually going into a hypo. I have no awareness anymore and my eyes tend to change where so my vision is dark and I do get confused. The problem is I don't have shakes, sweats, hunger. I just randomly check and confirm with my bg monitor and I'm in a hypo. I need alerts as when I do sleep I tend to dip towards the lower 4s. If I do dip to 4s I know within 30 minutes I'll go hypo but I'm so unaware and still finger prick 8 times a day to make sure my bloods are fine. If I could get a cgm with alerts I would feel more comfortable and like you said, the libre is inaccurate when it reads 3.2 but sometimes it's spot on. I just don't want to sit in a hypo for too long as yesterday matching my sensor and my bg machine it was sitting low for about an hour. Felt fine but noticed my vision was changing. After I tested on my machine with finger pricks and saw it was 3.3 I started to panic. I've become really good at treating hypos. Tend to have 4 - 6 glucose tablets and wait 15 to 20 minutes and recheck again. If bloods are sitting at 4.5 I eat 10g of carbs which will rise my blood levels to 5-6 to prevent it going down again. But yeah, sorry for the long reply. Just would feel better knowing if a alarm would notify me and I can blood test to confirm and tackle a hypo before it happens. I've had high blood sugar for years. HbA1c levels were 99 in February and dropped to 63 in November. Never been over a 14 reading for a month now and tend to be within my target range 80% of the time in a 2 week period. I've adjusting my insulin ratios and my basal is set to the right amount. I'm more sensitive to high bloods now(body tends to tense up at around 10-11 so I have 1 unit of rapid to bring it down to 7. If the libre 2 comes out next year that will be better. Think you can set alarms and stuff so that's good.[ATTACH=full]45338[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]45339[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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