-
Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
Newbie here Hypoglycemic
- Thread starter Shaggy
- Start date
- Status
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Welcome to the forum @Shaggy
Either the reader or the phone app work well. They should be running the same algorithm, and provide the same results.
The reader allows you to cross-check fingerstick capillary blood glucose levels, which can be helpful, especially if a sensor is reading a bit low. Plus there is often a bit of a lag after hypoglycaemia before sensor glucose shows the rise in levels.
Have you been recommended the ‘15 rule’ for treating levels below 4.0mmol/L? Take 15g of fast acting carbohydrate, wait 15 minutes and recheck. Retreat if still below 4.0.
Either the reader or the phone app work well. They should be running the same algorithm, and provide the same results.
The reader allows you to cross-check fingerstick capillary blood glucose levels, which can be helpful, especially if a sensor is reading a bit low. Plus there is often a bit of a lag after hypoglycaemia before sensor glucose shows the rise in levels.
Have you been recommended the ‘15 rule’ for treating levels below 4.0mmol/L? Take 15g of fast acting carbohydrate, wait 15 minutes and recheck. Retreat if still below 4.0.
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Oh… and I find my iphone a little more temperamental in terms of finding the NFC antenna. The reader seems more forgiving, in my experience.
But it does mean carrying an extra bit of kit! So phone often wins for me on convenience 🙂
But it does mean carrying an extra bit of kit! So phone often wins for me on convenience 🙂
Hello
Thank you for your reply. I have been told of the 15 rule. My issue is I am a lorry driver and i need to keep it above 5.0. I really struggle to do this quite often it can drop to 3.5. My alarms are set at 5.0 and 9.0. I have had to stop my lorry on hard shoulder and 999 for assistance. Many years ago when i lived in the USA i had a glucagon type of medication which worked, but my hospital does not want to give me this, only diet gluco tabs, gel, glucose liquid and plenty of lucozade.
Many thanks
It might be worthwhile considering setting your alarm higher when you are driving.
If you set it to 6.0, for example, this gives you time to get to a convenient place to pull over and treat before you fall below the allowable level.
And when calculating your insulin dose for food, etc. you could set your target higher - again 6.0 - to give you more leeway.
I am not sure if you mean glucagon - I think this is the injection which comes in an orange box which is used when you are unconscious and unable to swallow anything. I have heard it ives you a thumping headache so not something you would want to take when you are heading low.
If you set it to 6.0, for example, this gives you time to get to a convenient place to pull over and treat before you fall below the allowable level.
And when calculating your insulin dose for food, etc. you could set your target higher - again 6.0 - to give you more leeway.
I am not sure if you mean glucagon - I think this is the injection which comes in an orange box which is used when you are unconscious and unable to swallow anything. I have heard it ives you a thumping headache so not something you would want to take when you are heading low.
Hi Thank you for that, i was given it to take when below 4. It also came in a powder form which you mix with water. Setting at 6.0 is a good idea I never thought of that. Doctor told me to set a 5.0. Now thinking about driving HGV it needs to be above 5.0 so makes sense to set alarm higher. Thank you so much
- Status