Thank Goodness for CGM Technology
After another low blood sugar in the middle of the night, I am again so glad that I have a CGM. My continuous glucose monitor (CGM) started to vibrate at 3:10 am last night, awaking both me and my boyfriend.
I have it set so that if my blood sugar reaches 60 mg/dL, it alerts me. It also vibrates/alerts twice as much if I continue to drop below 55 mg/dL. When it began to vibrate at 3am, the CGM said my sugar was at 60 mg/dL. When I actually checked my sugar level, I was at 51 mg/dL. Time to run for a snack and some juice!
If I wouldn’t have had my CGM on last night, I wouldn’t have woken up in the middle of the night. I would have probably slipped into a diabetic coma or have seizures of some sort. Yes, CGM technology isn’t ever 100% correct, but the alert and wake-up call was well worth it. I am very pleased to say that I woke up with a blood sugar of 102 mg/dL. I was awake, coherient and able to start another typical day as a Type 1 Diabetic.
I am glad your CGM got you up too!! So dangerous, Calla. My wife and I have been in California for 16 days now, going home tomorrow. In that time, and being out of my normal eating routine my glucose has crashed twice, sending me for the chocolate bar in the fridgy and other sources. It caught me off guard. Stay well!
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