Elizabeth's Blog – June 2011 Archive (2)

Is it tinnitus, or is the CGM alarm going off?

I occasionally suffer from tinnitus -- not uncommon in a woman of my age. But lately, the ringing in my ears is a different kind. I've apparently become attuned to the sound of Eric's CGM, such that I can hear the dang thing even when I'm several rooms away, or when he's on the other side of our farm (a distance of almost 2 acres!) And I kid you not, when I get an episode of tinnitus that is in the same frequency as the CGM alarm... I'm sure it's pretty comical, because even when Eric is not in… Continue

Added by Elizabeth on June 18, 2011 at 6:14pm — 2 Comments

CGM, WTF?

Sitting here checking out other people's blog posts on TuDiabetes, when I heard the distant, but unmistakable, sound of Eric's CGM alert. So off I went, faster than a speeding bullet, to find that his CGM was signaling a low. Not a drastic one, mind you -- CGM was recording 89, and his BG had been running at least 10 points higher than the CGM most of the day. He'd been at 126 on the meter (113 on the CGM) at bedtime so I was a little surprised by this -- standard for 2 hours post bedtime is an… Continue

Added by Elizabeth on June 5, 2011 at 7:32pm — 3 Comments

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