CGM

Part of my reason for writing this blog is so I can educate people and address misconceptions about Type 1 diabetes, celiac sprue and JRA (known as Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.  I would like to hear your questions, comments and perspectives, but Please keep them positive. Thanks!

Soon I will be testing out a device called a Continuous Glucose Monitor. It is not an insulin pump, though at some point in the future I will probably use one of those.  A CGM is about the size of a pager  which will receive signals from a sensor that I will be wearing all the time. My endocrinologist and I  are hoping this will be able to help track my sugar levels better to see patterns or sudden changes.  

One very important reason for my getting a CGM is if my sugar drops suddenly in the middle of the night the CGM will alert me in case I don't wake up. So far, I've been lucky. But I have woken up to sugar levels in the 3o's!! Not my favorite thing in the world......