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Libre - so close!

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My levels have been absolutely c**p this last few days, even correcting and still having a rise so looks like my basal may be needing upped again :( xx
 
I've been through a period of having to adjust my doses quite a bit lately so this has been the first week in a while of being reasonably settled 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I've been through a period of having to adjust my doses quite a bit lately so this has been the first week in a while of being reasonably settled 🙂
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Well done @Nottherner.
The changes in the weather play havoc so often.
 
Well done Northie. 🙂 I'll never be anywhere near that. As part of the 6 month trial started a month ago we had to set the range between 4 and 10. I managed to get it up to 82% in target at one point. A c**p (normal?) week and back down to 69% (21% over and 10% under 🙄 ).
 
Northerner said:
I've been through a period of having to adjust my doses quite a bit lately so this has been the first week in a while of being reasonably settled 🙂
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going to up my basal to 15 units tonight, may well need reduced next week as sorry for the TMI but I seem to always run higher a week or two before my contraceptive injection is due! and seen as they are having problems with supplies of the new self administering one I had to make an appointment for getting the old one done by a trained nurse 🙄, I think we all pretty much envy your control though! 😛 xx
 
Matt Cycle said:
Well done Northie. 🙂 I'll never be anywhere near that. As part of the 6 month trial started a month ago we had to set the range between 4 and 10. I managed to get it up to 82% in target at one point. A c**p (normal?) week and back down to 69% (21% over and 10% under 🙄 ).
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I do have the advantage of being weird 😱 I do wonder what they (HCPs) expect though, when they ask 'are you having any hypos?' - according to the Libre I have had 54 hypos in the past 90 days (none in the past week, hence only showing you the 7 day reading!) 😱 although quite a few of those were from the sensor that failed.
 
Wow! Congrats on a great week of results. Do you feel that the Libre has helped you achieve that level of stability rather than just monitor and record it.... ie do you make significant adjustments to the timing of food and insulin based on the info it has provided you?
 
Northerner said:
I do have the advantage of being weird 😱 I do wonder what they (HCPs) expect though, when they ask 'are you having any hypos?' - according to the Libre I have had 54 hypos in the past 90 days (none in the past week, hence only showing you the 7 day reading!) 😱 although quite a few of those were from the sensor that failed.
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I don't know why they say it. Do you have hypos? 🙄 Do bears sh*t in the woods? This is T1 we're talking about. A 3.9 is technically a hypo but with the accuracy of the Libre/meter could be 4.3. I can understand the concern if you're constantly in the low 3's or 2's but a 3.5 here and there is not a big deal.
 
I must say that my naïve expectation when I was started on insulin was that a couple of hypos a year would be par for the course. I am not sure where I got that notion from but it would help if DSNs had a more realistic approach to hypo occurrence so that newbies don't panic when they have several in a week/month. Yes they are not nice but they are a part of being Type 1 or perhaps I should say, using insulin and accepting that they happen more regularly than any of us would like, might be helpful to those who are new to it and find it all rather frightening. Knowing that what is happening to you is part of your new normal helps to make it less scary in my opinion, just like sticking a needle in yourself is scary until you get the hang of it.
 
rebrascora said:
Wow! Congrats on a great week of results. Do you feel that the Libre has helped you achieve that level of stability rather than just monitor and record it.... ie do you make significant adjustments to the timing of food and insulin based on the info it has provided you?
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I've definitely adjusted my behaviour i.e. timing of insulin, what sort of snacks I go for and when etc. With blood tests I could never be bothered to 'bolus for a biscuit', but with the information from the Libre I can see when it's a good idea to have a carby or non-carby snack 🙂
 
Matt Cycle said:
I don't know why they say it. Do you have hypos? 🙄 Do bears sh*t in the woods? This is T1 we're talking about.
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Maybe we need to have a poster for this Matt which can then be circulated to all DSNs!!! And Newbies.
 
Northerner said:
I've been through a period of having to adjust my doses quite a bit lately so this has been the first week in a while of being reasonably settled 🙂
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I like it that this is your idea of being "reasonably" settled :D - it's my idea of miraculous! I'm closer to Matt's figures, though my target is set to 4-9 - normal weeks are between 70-80% in target, usually 10-15% above and 10-15% below.
 
Benny G said:
Are you mostly in range, or do you run your levels a bit higher on purpose?
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About 80% in range, but I use 3.9-10.0 (so slightly looser than @Northerner ), so over 90 days I was 20% above, 79% in range and 1% below. I'm not deliberately aiming to average at 9.0 or anything. I am deliberately trying to avoid hypos, and being a bit more relaxed about going higher.
 
I might try a range of 3.9 to 9 or 10 instead of my tighter range at present as I have no realistic chance of being within the tighter range for long periods of time. (T2 but insulin). Also agree with hypo's being common, though not frequent and not actually scary unless you don't have the awareness of them. Mine normally come about by not getting doses right compared to running and food.

We will see if the wider range makes me feel more in control or too relaxed about things!
 
BigMalc said:
I might try a range of 3.9 to 9 or 10 instead of my tighter range at present as I have no realistic chance of being within the tighter range for long periods of time. (T2 but insulin). Also agree with hypo's being common, though not frequent and not actually scary unless you don't have the awareness of them. Mine normally come about by not getting doses right compared to running and food.

We will see if the wider range makes me feel more in control or too relaxed about things!
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I think that's fine for a range - my levels often spike above 9 after eating, however clever I try to be with the timing of the insulin, but overall it's pretty irrelevant if I'm in range most of the remainder of the time 🙂
 
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