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Advice please

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jessd1

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Please can you advise
Started the morning off at 6, so a good number
Had cup of tea & usual breakfast, gave exact carbohydrate amount
Went to the gym an hour after having breakfast as well as quick walk with dogs
I have attached picture of my graph

I gave some insulin for a cup of tea about 11.30
What is going on?

Should I change my site? Didn’t have a hugely stressful workout just 40 mins upper body & didn’t use temp target
 

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I believe you are on a pump with HCL so I would imagine a cannula failure would be the first thing to check once you have done a finger prick to confirm that sensor isn't somehow malfunctioning.
 
Yep, looks like a possible site failure. Fingerprick to check exactly where you are, depending on your last correction (ie don’t stack insulin and risk a hypo) correct by pen. Change your cannula. I’d also change the insulin in your pump too while you’re at it, just to be safe @jessd1

Why did you give insulin for your cup of tea? Was it like a chai milky tea or something? It’s possible it was more carby than you thought if so.
 
Before changing my pump set/cannula, I would definitely do a finger prick and check the CGM?
With HCL either could be faulty.
 
jessd1 said:
Please can you advise
Started the morning off at 6, so a good number
Had cup of tea & usual breakfast, gave exact carbohydrate amount
Went to the gym an hour after having breakfast as well as quick walk with dogs
I have attached picture of my graph

I gave some insulin for a cup of tea about 11.30
What is going on?

Should I change my site? Didn’t have a hugely stressful workout just 40 mins upper body & didn’t use temp target
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Hi Jess
That is looking like a 780 in closed loop. With a steady rise like that, with no obvious reason, I would definitely be checking my site. It is good to see that the pump was happily sorting you out for the gym and your walk. It is easy to get used to this level of service from our loop and a bit of a surprise when it doesn’t do its job.
Let us know how you got on.
 
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