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Alert before low

Pigeon said:
So, I thought I would give it a month of my new active insulin time and adjusted alert before low settings and.... It's loads better! Thanks for all the tips. Helpful to review what settings you can change and what effect it might have.

Next step,adjusting my target down from 6.7!

Thanks all for the tips!
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So pleased that the change has worked for you.

I have finally got my target down to 5.5, by making the changes to the alerts that @everydayupsanddowns suggested. When I reduced my target I had alerts all the time as I still had alert before low on. Now alert on low is set at 4.8 during the day, and 4.4 at night. I now have very few alerts, but when I do get one I now I have to react, and remember that it is time to offset a hypo. Just woken on 5.5 and 95% even though I am messing the HCl a bit as I am in pain and so on painkillers which usually confuses things a bit.

Let us know how the next change works for you.
 
It sounds like you've really got the hang of the HCL system you're using! I'm still in the first few months and only just starting to make changes to the settings. Apart from the initial set up, I haven't had any input from my diabetes team so I'm just trying to work it out myself. You mentioned a DAFNE course in one of your earlier posts, would you recommend it? I would like to learn a little more about how it works and what settings to change and how to know what to change. I've got the basics already so it's more information about fine tuning that I'm looking for. I assume I need to go through my hospital for this?
 
Oh the wonderful world of looping. I remember discussing this with you @SB2015 and @everydayupsanddowns when we all met in Taunton before I set off on the adventure myself. Although I have tried on Omnipod 5 and Libre 2+, and now CamAps Ypsopump and Libre 3+ reading the settings etc in this thread you may as well be speaking Zulu, my current system is so different. I'm pleased to say though that I was just getting to grips with CamAps and seeing those flat lines when I broke the pump. Biggest lesson learned with CamAps was trust it to learn and leave it alone. Never mind, will get back to it.
 
PattiEvans said:
Oh the wonderful world of looping. I remember discussing this with you @SB2015 and @everydayupsanddowns when we all met in Taunton before I set off on the adventure myself. Although I have tried on Omnipod 5 and Libre 2+, and now CamAps Ypsopump and Libre 3+ reading the settings etc in this thread you may as well be speaking Zulu, my current system is so different. I'm pleased to say though that I was just getting to grips with CamAps and seeing those flat lines when I broke the pump. Biggest lesson learned with CamAps was trust it to learn and leave it alone. Never mind, will get back to it.
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Looks like we're on the same system. Mine is a bit too harsh with me at the moment, I need to tell it to back off somehow but I don't know which settings to change first and how long between each change I should wait to see an impact. So far I've increased my personal glucose target to 7 from 6 and increased my active insulin time to 3 hours from 2.5. No hypos yet today (yay!) but 1 instance where I had to snack to prevent one. I'm still thinking that it's over correcting me. The corrections seem to be sending me well below the 7 I set as a target. I'm aware that this is kind of my own fault because I decided to start exercising which has obviously changed my insulin requirements!
 
Natalie123 said:
So far I've increased my personal glucose target to 7 from 6 and increased my active insulin time to 3 hours from 2.5. No hypos yet today (yay!) but 1 instance where I had to snack to prevent one. I'm still thinking that it's over correcting me. The corrections seem to be sending me well below the 7 I set as a target. I'm aware that this is kind of my own fault because I decided to start exercising which has obviously changed my insulin requirements!
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I'm really not one to dispense advice on this system as it's too new, but if it were me I do not think I would have lowered my personal target if I wanted to avoid hypos. Or do you mean you raised it to 7.

What insulin are you on? They all have different levels of activity. I an on Apidra which seems reasonably comfortable at 3 hours, but I think Novorapid may last longer. Lastly I would personally look at my insulin to carb ratio.
 
PattiEvans said:
I'm really not one to dispense advice on this system as it's too new, but if it were me I do not think I would have lowered my personal target if I wanted to avoid hypos. Or do you mean you raised it to 7.

What insulin are you on? They all have different levels of activity. I an on Apidra which seems reasonably comfortable at 3 hours, but I think Novorapid may last longer. Lastly I would personally look at my insulin to carb ratio.
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That's ok. I meant I raised it to 7. Sorry, I didn't word that very well! I'm on Fiasp so similar to Apidra.
 
Ah, might be worth looking at insulin to carb then.
 
Natalie123 said:
It sounds like you've really got the hang of the HCL system you're using! I'm still in the first few months and only just starting to make changes to the settings. Apart from the initial set up, I haven't had any input from my diabetes team so I'm just trying to work it out myself. You mentioned a DAFNE course in one of your earlier posts, would you recommend it? I would like to learn a little more about how it works and what settings to change and how to know what to change. I've got the basics already so it's more information about fine tuning that I'm looking for. I assume I need to go through my hospital for this?
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We were required to do DAFNE before going onto a pump. When I did it (before sensors) it was excellent and the first chance I had to meet others with T1. There is an updated version specifically for looping, which was also very good. Well worth doing if you get the opportunity. I was referred to this through DSn at hospital. Definitely helped with fine tuning and how test whether you need to make adjustments to settings.
 
Great, thanks. I'll ask next time I see my DSN. It sounds useful especially testing to see if settings need to be changed.
 
Thanks @helli I've not heard of Bertie! I'll have a look
 
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