Friday, August 24, 2012

A "Good" Phase

Vince feeling his lows seems to go in phases and depends on the severity of the low and how fast he drops etc. If the CGM alerts him far enough in advance, he seems to do pretty good however if he is too drowsy to hear the alarm, he is less likely to be able to respond and take action. We seem to be in a good phase lately with him catching his lows. They have been coming in the wee early morning hours right now and he has been coherent enough to get up and get cereal to catch them before they become severe. I have been finding him up when I get up for work. So glad he is catching them! That CGM alert is doing its job!!! I know these phases don’t last forever (maybe I’m being pessimistic but I know how these things work) so I am enjoying the break from “shoving food and drink in his mouth as he is asleep” phase. Until it returns….. J

4 comments:

  1. Have you talked to the doctor about changing his basal rate at night in his pump?

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  2. Yeah, they have adjusted his basal numerous times. Nightime has always been an issue with him. He will wake up too high and then they adjust it and hes too low. The pump has really helped, but I don't think the probably will ever fully go away. His lows seem to go in trends. Sometimes he will get low at 2PM every day for example, for like a month and then it will switch to 4AM for the next month. Crazy BGs!!! But the craziness really has gotten more under control with the pump.

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  3. That's good. We just got my hubby's on this morning. Of course, he's going low, lol. I'm thinking his body enjoys the insulin through the pump better than the needle. Guess that means less insulin is used!

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  4. Yeah, there is going to be an adjustment period when starting the pump. Vince went a little high which made us nervous but the more he is on it, the better the control will get, with time.

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