JonathanGi
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Where do people set their GCM alarms?
Mine is mostly set at 3.7 for low and 7.3 for high.
Mine is mostly set at 3.7 for low and 7.3 for high.
4.5 and 15.0.Where do people set their GCM alarms?
Mine is mostly set at 3.7 for low and 7.3 for high.
I do too. (Well, I have two, but one's my watch so it's really easy and convenient to see. Except at night, but I just have to press a button then, so pretty easy.)Got multiple at a glance readouts.
As much as I like the idea of setting a low alarm in the 4.5 to 5.5 vicinity is that I can on most occasions hit that mark & stay there.It varies but at the moment 4.7 for Low and 12 for High. Interestingly @Bruce Stephens my consultant suggested pretty much what you’ve set as your alarms when I first got the Libre 🙂 I change mine occasionally but my Low is always between 4.5 and 5.5. My G7 has an Urgent Low alarm too but to my mind the Low alarm is to warn of an impending low so you can ward it off.
I light up a widget on my phone Home Screen. (On charge next to the bed.)I do too. (Well, I have two, but one's my watch so it's really easy and convenient to see. Except at night, but I just have to press a button then, so pretty easy.)
I'm fairly sure I saw a DSN suggesting those alarms (not particularly recommending them, but suggesting why they might be good choices). At the time I had my high at something lower (10.0 or something) and it was annoying rather than useful. Having it higher means the alarm goes off much less often and when it does happen I know something unusual has happened. (Similarly I'm trying not to hit the low alarm, though I hit that one much more often than the high.)Interestingly @Bruce Stephens my consultant suggested pretty much what you’ve set as your alarms when I first got the Libre
These all seem rather high to me. Surely BG should be between 4 and 7. I make 5.5 exactly down the middle. I feel at my best at around 5.5. Even when I am running 10 miles, as I did today. If I ate lots of jelly babies at 5.6 my BG would go far too high. I went up to 8.3 today. Too high for my liking. What should the numbers be?