Beep Beep Beep

My current sensor and transmitter location is on the right side of my mid-section. My last sensor and transmitter was on the left side. Location, location, location. It had a big impact the amount of sleep I managed to get last night.

I found out, that I like to sleep on my stomach. I knew sort of knew this, but what I didn’t realize is that I tend to lie at an angle with my right side down and my left side slightly elevated.

Why is this important you are asking? Maybe you are not asking, but I would like to think that you are. So, Let me explain……..

Beep, Beep, Beep. My low BG alarm is going off. What time is it? I was sleeping so well. It is only 11:30PM. I have only been asleep for an hour. Let me check it, I can’t be low this early in the night. My CGM BG is measuring 70. My finger stick BG is measuring 103. I enter this into the CGM and then head back to bed.

Beep, Beep, Beep. What is it now? What time is it? I am getting a “weak signal” alarm from the CGM and it is 12:30AM. I managed to sleep for 45 minutes between alarms. I move the CGM from the bed side table and I clip it to the bed headboard. This is about a foot closer to me and more importantly closer to my right side. It is now directly above my head and not on the left side of my body. Now that I am thinking about this during the day light hours, I am amazed that I was able to come up with this solution in a manner of minutes while being half asleep. I then drift back to sleep.

Beep, Beep, Beep. What now? Another weak signal alarm! I don’t really care what time it is. I grab the CGM and put sit it beside me in bed. I clear the alarm and go back to sleep.

Beep, Beep, Beep. The alarm clock is now going off. I hit the snooze button.

9 minutes later. Beep, Beep, Beep. The alarm clock again. Why is it 9 minutes and not 10 minutes? A question to explore at another time. I sit up and pick up my CGM. I stumble into the bathroom and turn on the light. I look at the CGM to see what my BG is. To my surprise I see that I have no signal. I must have slept through the lost signal alarm. I click on the Sensor function and select “Find lost Sensor” function and stick the CGM in my robe and head to the coffee pot. The CGM should find the sensor without me interfering. I make a cup of coffee, turn on the TV to check the weather.

Beep, Beep, Beep. I have an “enter meter BG soon” alarm. It is 6:21AM. I get my med kit and pull out the Freestyle Flash BG meter, stick my finger, enter the BG of 236 into the CGM. Wow, is that high! I then grab my fast acting Humalog pen and inject 3 units to get my BG down.

I check my BG at 8:25 to see where I am and to also check the delta between Finger stick and CGM. The CGM is reading 144 and the Finger stick is 124. Looks like things are running normally.

Ring, Ring, Ring. Now the phone and the work day starts.