Last night looked like this:
And today I feel like this:
Which translates into a low blood sugar that Basal IQ couldn’t fully pull me out of, most likely the result of … I have no idea because I didn’t exercise more than normal, didn’t eat anything that required a shit ton of insulin, wasn’t feeling extra stressed, wasn’t possessed by hypo-demon (that I know of), didn’t grow new pancreas.
At 1.30 am, I ate the box of raisins from my bedside table and waited. They didn’t work. Out of bed and down to the kitchen, where a glass of milk and one of my son’s Sesame Street snack bars were consumed (and spilled – milk on the floor and the snack bar crumbled into a pile of crumbs next to the kitchen island … fumbly hypo hands for the win). It took a good hour for my blood sugar to go above 70 mg/dL. This morning was a foggy one because of the visit from the HypoFairy and also because of course I over treated by just enough to be at 180 mg/dL upon waking, meaning I had to pee the instant I woke up.
You don’t often think, “Hmmm, people with diabetes might not sleep through the night all the time” unless you are or care about a PWD. Diabetes requires blood sugar checks and doctor’s appointments but oh man, some of those non-billable hours come in the form of stolen sleep.
… on the up side, people with diabetes function super well on four hours of sleep. That’s got to be some kind of superpower.
After 2 months on the Artificial Pancreas Trial I haven’t had a single night time low. I sleep better than I ever had and never worry about lows. The Tandem/Dexcom partnership that is running this trial has hit a home run and everyone needs to hold on for the final product to get through FDA approval, fast if I can advocate my hardest as a trial participant. The final product is the home run I’ve waited 35 years for. It’s coming, it really is.
That sounds amazing. Let’s hope its fast in the states and super fast to the uk. I think I’ve had four full nights sleep in the two years of Medtronic pump and cgms. The algorithm just doesn’t quite suit me.
Is this “Control IQ” that is supposedly coming in 2019?
This is Basal IQ, which was released over the summer. I can’t wait for Control IQ!
I love your poetry!Well described! Thank you Kerri!
I use the 670g and have wonderful results. Regardless I wake up without fail every morning between 2:45 and 3:15. I stumble out of bed, check my blood sugar and roll toward the chair in the family room. Somethings are just second nature, tech be damned, I have been doing this so long, I do not think I can stop.
Every time I have one of those “hypo party all night long” excursions, it’s a double iced coffee day the morning after. Which, considering my love of the cold Joe, isn’t the worst thing about nighttime low sleep loss. If Diet Coke or coffee ever run out, THAT will be an emergency!
I can feel the torrent of criticism I will evoke with the statement that in over 70 yrs. of using insulin, taking six measured shots a day, I have been very little tempted to use a pump of any type. Just getting calibrated for it overwhelms me! Having difficulty with a pump attachment when I swim two hours 3x a week makes me choose the pool over the “convenience”. My question is: didn’t your CGM alert you to approaching BG low during the night? and didn’t your immediate response with dextrose or other resolve it so that you could snuggle into your pillow? I would probably be better off using a CGM. If I am ever alone I will definitely get one or whatever is sold then. …Yes, I certainly do see how a pump is good for working people; practical. I am lucky to be in a family business. Rarely, I have said, in public area, “I have to take a shot of insulin; kindly avert your eyes”. Sort of theatrical, ha ha. …Honestly, I am impressed with how young, attractive, fun-looking you look when I do know the internal chemical upheavals that occur. ..Also , have you ever tried CBD capsules? I just did for arthritis shoulder pain. The ones made from hemp help. Do not take too much; it slows reactions. But a little, like one or two mg., helps with mobility. You are too young hopefully for arthritis.