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Libre alarm

Looks like we've done the internal hacks and are moving into external hacks :D
1. Place the phone face down to avoid covering the speakers
2. Put the alarm on vibrate and put the phone in a glass bowl
3. Get a Bluetooth speaker or Snoozeband headphones (you won't sleep through an alarm with these on but it's not for a dicky heart!)
 
Jasmin2000 said:
Looks like we've done the internal hacks and are moving into external hacks :D
1. Place the phone face down to avoid covering the speakers
2. Put the alarm on vibrate and put the phone in a glass bowl
3. Get a Bluetooth speaker or Snoozeband headphones (you won't sleep through an alarm with these on but it's not for a dicky heart!)
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Thank you
 
Woodywoodpecker said:
No was ringing just not loud enough, hubby said it went off 4 times, he was still up and in next room and when he didn’t hear me up he woke me up. I was about to do a finger prick when it went of
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If your husband heard it ok in the next room but it was too quiet for you to hear, do you think your hearing is an issue?
 
Lucyr said:
If your husband heard it ok in the next room but it was too quiet for you to hear, do you think your hearing is an issue?
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Don’t think I have a hearing issue, but Mibi worth checking. He said when he came into bedroom I was sound asleep and snoring
 
Woodywoodpecker said:
Thank you do you have low alarm 5.6 at night. Doctor at hospital told me to have it at 4.2 all the time, but I did not feel comfortable especially at work as I work a machine with hot bar, it’s now 4.8 day 4.4 night. When hubby woke me it was 4 took couple off glucose pills, bit later went off again still wznt loud but I herd it 4.3, did finger prick was 6. 5
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Yes, @Woodywoodpecker, I have mine at 5.6 and often higher (which my Dexcom G7 allows). I'm far more concerned about ensuring I don't get into the low 4s, never mind the 3s, to protect myself against future cognitive decline.

I find it deeply worrying that any Doctor could tell you to use 4.2 all the time. There is strong reason why the widely approved "Time in Range" is only 4% of time below 4.0, but 25% for above 10. Damage arising from time below 4.0 is both potentially serious and cumulative. With settings in the low 4s there simply is not enough time to take corrective action to prevent anyone from going below 4. There is absolutely no harm in being at 6 or 7 - so why should any Doctor try to position any patient to use 4.2? It's akin to telling you its OK to walk on a railway platform 10 cm from the edge of the platform. Why would anyone do that, unless they have a death wish?
Newbie777 said:
Regarding what is low, the Diabetic Consultant told me that 4.0 or lower at anytime is not good at all!
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This comment from @Newbie777's Consultant, makes far more sense. When we have technology that can keep us away from 4.0, why blatantly select 4.2 as acceptable? The accuracy of our test meters and our CGM is simply not that accurate that anyone can assume 4.2 is somehow safe - knowing that 4.0 is not good at all.

I reiterate, before CGM became widely available, people did the best they could using the tech that was available then. But with CGM the opportunity to stay well away from low 4s has become real and mid 5s are now sensibly possible.
 
Proud to be erratic said:
Yes, @Woodywoodpecker, I have mine at 5.6 and often higher (which my Dexcom G7 allows). I'm far more concerned about ensuring I don't get into the low 4s, never mind the 3s, to protect myself against future cognitive decline.

I find it deeply worrying that any Doctor could tell you to use 4.2 all the time. There is strong reason why the widely approved "Time in Range" is only 4% of time below 4.0, but 25% for above 10. Damage arising from time below 4.0 is both potentially serious and cumulative. With settings in the low 4s there simply is not enough time to take corrective action to prevent anyone from going below 4. There is absolutely no harm in being at 6 or 7 - so why should any Doctor try to position any patient to use 4.2? It's akin to telling you its OK to walk on a railway platform 10 cm from the edge of the platform. Why would anyone do that, unless they have a death wish?

This comment from @Newbie777's Consultant, makes far more sense. When we have technology that can keep us away from 4.0, why blatantly select 4.2 as acceptable? The accuracy of our test meters and our CGM is simply not that accurate that anyone can assume 4.2 is somehow safe - knowing that 4.0 is not good at all.

I reiterate, before CGM became widely available, people did the best they could using the tech that was available then. But with CGM the opportunity to stay well away from low 4s has become real and mid 5s are now sensibly possible.
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Thank you
 
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