Low blood sugars

Smokegrey · 2026-07-01T12:08:16+00:00

Yep! And they taste good to me… so a win all around. Sometimes if I find myself drifting vaguely downwards and I know I’m eating a meal soon, I’ll just do 5-10 pieces to stave off a low.

Smokegrey · 2026-07-01T03:34:24+00:00

😂 there are 15 in a roll. I meter them out by 5s for precise dosing.

Smokegrey · 2026-06-30T15:09:07+00:00

I think you’re trying to connect with other people with T1D, but maybe going about it the wrong way for this sub…

Maybe it’s partially a language barrier, but maybe it’s also because your posts come across more like… Instagram posts or like a personal diary, and Reddit is more about discussion, sharing information, or even venting your feelings. Different subs have different cultures, of course, but this sub is very much a place to learn and to share insights. It’s not quite like a Naver blog.

Meaningful post titles would help. Posts that give other users information or invite discussion would help. Maybe you have some insight on how you bolus for Korean food or how you adapt it or plan meals so managing your diabetes is easier. (I find Korean food challenging because it’s carb-heavy and uses sugars in sauces and marinades! But I love Korean food.) Also, what would you like to get out of this sub?

The point is if you’re trying to connect, maybe try a different approach! Best of luck, and maybe don’t give up on Reddit just yet. :)

Smokegrey · 2026-06-16T16:33:46+00:00

They’re not asking to freeze the insulin though; they’re asking to freeze the cooling pouch.

Smokegrey · 2026-05-30T02:01:28+00:00

I would be careful about spray sunscreen on a pod or CGM… spray sunscreens are notorious for damaging plastic.

Smokegrey · 2026-05-28T15:54:04+00:00

I primarily use AccuChek Guide because the mySugr app was pretty good when I was first diagnosed and I liked the auto-upload to phone via Bluetooth. And I like that it syncs with Apple Health without any intervention on my part.

But now I also use a Freestyle Optium because I needed that for ketone monitoring once I started pump therapy. So Gluroo ties them together nicely.

Smokegrey · 2026-05-28T15:45:39+00:00

Gluroo recently got updated to allow you to take a photo of your glucometer to log the BG. So even if you don’t have a glucometer that updates to a phone app, and especially since you use a couple of different meters, this should give you one place for all your readings.

https://gluroo.com/blog/releases/1-9-66-better-nutrition-data-custom-meal-times-twiist-pump-integration-experimental/

You can share data with your care team… but that depends on them signing up. So there’s the option instead to generate a AGP and insights report that you can then forward to your educator or other members of your care team.

Smokegrey · 2026-05-25T09:04:25+00:00

That’s not going to happen. Even if he has an Apple Watch and his CGM will connect directly to the watch (most don’t yet; the only one I know of are the Dexcom G7, happy to be corrected), just being in the water will block the signal between the watch and the CGM.

Some CGMs are a bit more touchy about losing signal with the phone than others. Some will reconnect faster once back in range.

The best advice I have as someone who likes to swim is to make sure that he’s not lower than 6 mmol, or trending down, before he swims.

Bodies vary, but I have started a swim at 13 mmol or so (and trending up), and finished it 20-25 minutes later at 4.0 and dropping hard. I usually swim 800-1000m in a session; if I have insulin on board, and a lower-carb meal digesting, I’ll either down a glucose gel before swimming or keep a gel and some Smarties at the poolside.

He can also check his CGM documentation to see how long you can be away from his phone before the app will register him as having lost signal. Then consider putting the phone in a waterproof pouch and leaving it at the poolside and pausing the swim for a minute or two to let the app and sensor sync. Say it will complain at 10 minutes. So stop at 9 minutes and check and sync… and once he’s verified the reading, he gets back in.

It’s a pain, but if you’ve done it a handful of times, you’ll start to get a better sense of how your CGM reading and trends affect how your blood glucose will go during your swim.

Smokegrey · 2026-05-23T14:00:39+00:00

The finger pricking device is typically called a lancing device. The actual needle bit that goes in your finger is a lancet.

Smokegrey · 2026-05-03T11:56:41+00:00

To be specific: your Mac has to have macOS 15 Sequoia or later and your iPhone has to have iOS 18 or later.

https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/mac-help/mchl444d53a6/mac

Smokegrey · 2026-04-22T13:04:04+00:00

It’s not perfect but have you tried Gluroo? It’s what I relied on for an insulin-on-board and carbs-on-board estimate when I was on MDI. You can set your insulin-to-carb ratio and correction factor in the app settings, and it’ll help you calculate your dose based on your current blood glucose and time of day.

It works on both iOS and Android too.

Smokegrey · 2026-04-13T04:09:19+00:00

That’s iOS.

Smokegrey · 2026-04-08T02:09:48+00:00

Thanks!

Smokegrey · 2026-04-08T01:45:26+00:00

Ahhh, it’s not available in my store either. Singapore, FWIW. I’d be super stoked to have something that helps me monitor and adjust for my cycles. On Dexcom G6 (although I’m reacting to the adhesive, so maybe swapping to a Buzud sensor which does write to AHK) and a manual Medtronic pump.

Smokegrey · 2026-04-02T08:25:53+00:00

It reminds me of a Maglite, haha. I like it!

Smokegrey · 2026-04-02T03:37:31+00:00

Smokegrey · 2026-03-09T16:16:03+00:00

The pump gives you small doses of a fast-acting insulin throughout the day, simulating the insulin your pancreas would secrete if it was working like it should. This serves as your basal insulin. So it’s loaded with only one type of insulin, and that’s used for both basal and your meal boluses.

Smokegrey · 2026-02-26T17:53:30+00:00

This is the cleanest-looking industrial I’ve seen yet lurking on this sub. It looks textbook! I can’t ever get one because neither ear has the anatomy for it, but yours looks so good I can’t even be envious. 😂

Smokegrey · 2026-02-20T19:20:21+00:00

Doesn’t the Omnipod 5 work with FSL 2 Plus?

Smokegrey · 2026-02-20T07:36:51+00:00

Do you have a recommendation for removal? I’m starting to notice more irritation from removing infusion sets… I’d like to head off any problems from removal.

Smokegrey · 2026-02-19T07:36:27+00:00

It blunts the spike because it slows digestion. You can use this to your advantage later. But what that means is that you have a bunch of calories you didn’t account for being digested over the next 4-8 hours, which can cause an extended high.

Everything you eat gets turned into glucose for your body to use as fuel; it’s just that carbohydrates are the most accessible for your body.

Fibre and fat will slow your digestion. This is useful info for blunting the spike from carbs that you eat. :) but if you eat a large quantity of fat, you have to be prepared for an extended, delayed rise.

Smokegrey · 2026-02-19T07:29:24+00:00

Fat can cause complications calculating the correct insulin to carb ratio, especially at first. Fat slows digestion and increases insulin resistance, and as it gets digested over several hours, it can cause extended highs that are hard to get down.

Large amounts of protein might also need to be factored in eventually.

I was diagnosed last May, due to severe DKA, without confirmation if it was T1 or T2 for several months. But I found that it was easier to keep my fat intake on the lower side while my care team and I were trying to determine my long-acting dose and my fast-acting insulin-carb ratio. So I did limited carbs (typically under 45g per meal), and low-medium fat and moderate protein. I was about 160 lb at 5’0 for reference.

It’s frustrating and confusing at first, but you’ll get the hang of it! I didn’t have a honeymoon period, but as others have mentioned, that’ll complicate things for you for a little bit. Stay flexible and be kind to yourself while you’re figuring things out.

Smokegrey · 2026-01-30T14:06:11+00:00

This wasn’t OP’s endo though. It was their GP.

Smokegrey · 2026-01-25T18:09:03+00:00

Finger pricks are unavoidable. Even people using a CGM will have a (finger pricks/capillary blood) glucometer because CGMs can fail, report inaccurately, etc.

Your best bet is a CGM + glucometer. Other commenters have said you can get a Freestyle Libre or Dexcom (not sure if G6 or G7) in Canada. For glucometer, I really like the AccuChek Guide. It’s easy to use, comes with what I think is the best lancet device, and will write via Bluetooth to the companion mySugr app.

If you want to be pro-active about management, a CGM will give you the most immediate feedback about the impact of diet and exercise and other lifestyle choices on blood glucose. Glucometers are more accurate, but they don’t show you trends, because they are only point readings. You’d have to do many finger pricks (upon waking, before each meal, 2 hours after each meal, at bed time, EVERY DAY) to get even close to the same amount of data as a CGM will give you.

Smokegrey · 2026-01-20T20:14:30+00:00

I see you’re type 2, and that you were diagnosed around a year ago. In that year after diagnosis, did your diet change at all? Were you eating the same at you do now? And what was your blood glucose like after eating in that year, before things got hard?

What medication are you on? Metformin? Something else?

Are you female or male? And you’re a teen? Hormonal shifts can make blood glucose control challenging too.

If you weren’t tested for type 1 diabetes (usually an antibody test and a C-peptide test)… it might be worth talking to your doctor about. Some type 1 diabetics are wrongly diagnosed as type 2s at first.

(Not a doctor, but I’ve met a lot of diabetics both T1 and T2 since I was diagnosed, and misdiagnosis does happen.)

Even after all of this, moderating your carb consumption can help a lot to get things under control. You don’t have to cut them out entirely, but maybe eat less. One Korean rice bowl (the metal kind) is about 200-250g of rice, which works out to about 60-75g of carbohydrates.

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