The alert fatigue is _very real_; I have a dexcom and consistently see it:
- mis-calibrate (first day's readings are garbage after new sensor insert)
- UI on the app will sometimes mis-render by 10-15 minutes. On several occasions I have been watching the graph while dosing, didn't see any change whatsoever after 30/45 minutes, and gave more insulin because of that information. 5 seconds later the screen changes and displays 15 minutes of BG going steeply down as I would expect, but now I have 2x the dose in me -_-
While I'm swimming in sensor readings the actual impact on my treatment quality has been close to nil, but it does make the people around me feel better. I feel as if my ability to sense my own levels has worsened because I default to trusting the graph over how I feel.
I think you’d benefit from an app like InPen that lets you save your novolog settings and graphs the insulin remaining in your body for you. It sounds like you don’t understand the curve. It also warns you if you’re doubling doses to dangerous levels of stacking. You really need to learn not to do that no matter what the graph says. Can you get an appointment with a diabetes educator?
- mis-calibrate (first day's readings are garbage after new sensor insert)
- UI on the app will sometimes mis-render by 10-15 minutes. On several occasions I have been watching the graph while dosing, didn't see any change whatsoever after 30/45 minutes, and gave more insulin because of that information. 5 seconds later the screen changes and displays 15 minutes of BG going steeply down as I would expect, but now I have 2x the dose in me -_-
While I'm swimming in sensor readings the actual impact on my treatment quality has been close to nil, but it does make the people around me feel better. I feel as if my ability to sense my own levels has worsened because I default to trusting the graph over how I feel.