Diabetes

[ArlyA]

For my cgm, all I use id the monitor dexcom supplies. Easy to carry and use.

 

[NorTracNY]

You guys with CGM. Can you post up a pic of your daily average/time in ranges like this of mine? Im curious to see how mine is compared to others.View attachment 1951661View attachment 1951659View attachment 1951658

The CGM plots say a lot. You can see the dawn phenomenon in the slow rise from 3am to 8am. This is your body waking up. I'd venture to say that you don't have breakfast or you are not eating carbohydrates for breakfast. You are having carbohydrates between 11-noon most days for lunch. It then looks like you have a dinner around 7pm and a late night snack just before bed?

I'm in nutritional ketosis. My plot is very boring, so I include the 14days.

You can see my dawn phenomenon from 3am to 8am also. I don't have many carbohydrates, so I rarely spike. My breakfast and lunch are just meat and veggies. I'll sometimes have some fruit with yogurt or HWC for an afternoon snack. The evening drops are from me doing intense cardio. I was playing around with adding carbs just before the exercise to reduce the effect, so sometimes there are small bumps up.

 

[Rmart30]

The CGM plots say a lot. You can see the dawn phenomenon in the slow rise from 3am to 8am. This is your body waking up. I'd venture to say that you don't have breakfast or you are not eating carbohydrates for breakfast. You are having carbohydrates between 11-noon most days for lunch. It then looks like you have a dinner around 7pm and a late night snack just before bed?

I'm in nutritional ketosis. My plot is very boring, so I include the 14days.
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You can see my dawn phenomenon from 3am to 8am also. I don't have many carbohydrates, so I rarely spike. My breakfast and lunch are just meat and veggies. I'll sometimes have some fruit with yogurt or HWC for an afternoon snack. The evening drops are from me doing intense cardio. I was playing around with adding carbs just before the exercise to reduce the effect, so sometimes there are small bumps up.

Almost spot on for me in your observation of intakes. I can make mine flatter like yours but I have to cut out all carbs. My regular doc said "rises" as long as the didnt exceed 180 were acceptable. I was curious as to if with other peoples were more flatter lined as yours, or had more rises and falls.
Im going to get a CGM and put on the wife and see how hers looks.

 

[NorTracNY]

It's not just how high you spike, but how long does it take your body to return to premeal. You can also find that some combinations of food can be better than just a singular food. Everyone's different.

 

[ArlyA]

My dexcom 7's have recently been failing on day 9+-. I'd guess they changed the formula or manufacture.

 

[5030]

Lots of people are diabetic as well as people have high blood pressure, both of which I'd trade for what I'm afflicted with.

 

[Rmart30]

My dexcom 7's have recently been failing on day 9+-. I'd guess they changed the formula or manufacture.

they sale online clear patches that go on over the sensor. That might help keep them on. I have had no issues with the Libre coming off early.

 

[ArlyA]

they sale online clear patches that go on over the sensor. That might help keep them on. I have had no issues with the Libre coming off early.

Failing, not fall off.

 

[Rmart30]

Failing, not fall off.

Old eyes
Ive had 2 Libre quit and they mailed me replacements.

 

[ArlyA]

I've been using Dexcom CGM's for some time and now using the 3rd or 4th generation since I started them. Libre back then you needed to push a button to get it to read, not continuous. Seem they have updated them some. I use overpatches because I've ripped sensors off, while working and carrying things

 

[ArlyA]

It's not just how high you spike, but how long does it take your body to return to premeal. You can also find that some combinations of food can be better than just a singular food. Everyone's different.

Moving around is the the quickest and easiest way to get it back down. Going for a ski or brisk walk I can get a double arrow decent.

 

[ArlyA]

I use a pretty low doze of humalin each day while I don't eat all that healthy while keeping my a1c close to 6. That's done by moving around some and eating some grains and vegetables. Taking a large amount of humalin to keep ones BG in control creates other afflictions.

 

[Rmart30]

Libre back then you needed to push a button to get it to read, not continuous. Seem they have updated them some.

Yes, they are continuous, or at least the model I have is. To me the continuous is a huge plus. I can know withen a few minutes if what I ate runs me up or not. Very helpful in the learning stage of being type 2.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

My type 2 diabetic wife just got Libra 2 sensor and works with her Samsung S24 well. She wants to know how the alarm works or how to activate it. At times sleeping her glucose level has dropped dangerously low.
Thanks.

 

[ArlyA]

The reasons I use the meter's Decom supplied is for these reasons.

Its real small, and fits in any ol pocket and has good battery life. I've not had one fail in 8 years (different models over the years)

When I was on a CGM forum, 90% of the questions was folks having grief with their phone not working with the CGM.. I like simple and stay with the KISS system.

 

[garry1p]

My type 2 diabetic wife just got Libra 2 sensor and works with her Samsung S24 well. She wants to know how the alarm works or how to activate it. At times sleeping her glucose level has dropped dangerously low.
Thanks.

The Libra 3 has a setting for the hi and low alarm. It came with 180 hi and 70 low. My S24 does sound off when hi or low. I mostly go hi. The normal range is in the green area.

If no Libra 2 folks come on I have a friend I will ck with later and see how the 2 works

 

[ArlyA]

The Libra 3 has a setting for the hi and low alarm. It came with 180 hi and 70 low. My S24 does sound off when hi or low. I mostly go hi. The normal range is in the green area.

If no Libra 2 folks come on I have a friend I will ck with later and see how the 2 works

Seems all CGM's today are adjustable that way.

 

[NorTracNY]

My type 2 diabetic wife just got Libra 2 sensor and works with her Samsung S24 well. She wants to know how the alarm works or how to activate it. At times sleeping her glucose level has dropped dangerously low.
Thanks.

I have used the libre 3 a few times. Mine would drop low during the night. I highly question whether it's "dangerously low." I've been told that if you're sleeping on it that it often will report low. You can't turn off the alarm, so I had to shut off the app and learned to leave my phone on the other side of the house. I'd also have mine go low with intense cardio exercise. For me it was just a number, I felt fine. My doctor said it wasn't an issue.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I've heard my wife mumble incoherently at 2-3am, checked her level via test strip and it's in the 30s!!! Twice I had to call 911, otherwise if I can get her to take glucose or sugar soda to quickly bring it up that works.

 

[NorTracNY]

I've heard my wife mumble incoherently at 2-3am, checked her level via test strip and it's in the 30s!!! Twice I had to call 911, otherwise if I can get her to take glucose or sugar soda to quickly bring it up that works.

That certainly sounds real! I've had readings in the 40s on the CGM, but 30s certainly sounds scary. Hopefully they can figure out what needs to be done to avoid it. I'm wondering if a little protein before bed would help?