Season Part 3

Resources

Seasons Part III

Keeping in Time to the BGL Beats

[Make sure to check out Part II if you haven’t already…]

Background

Time in range is one of those things t1ders with CGMs know all too well (or could

Season Part 2

Resources

Seasons Part II

Coloured Steps

[Make sure to check out Part I if you haven’t already…]

Patterns: Normal, Hyper & Hypo

I use felts to colour highs, lows (uncoloured for normal) BGLs

At bottom-right I TOTAL the patterns.

Counting

Season Part 4

Resources

Season Part IV

It’s called a BrainSTORM

[Make sure to check out Part III if you haven’t already…]

Background

Trying out different things is the heart of discovery. After all, Thomas Edison took hundreds of goes to work out

Season Part 1

Resource

Seasons Part I

Small Beginnings

Background

“Seeing is easy; observing is hard.”

I think Sherlock Holmes said something like that to Watson. Watson walked up some steps every day, but Sherlock actually counted how many there were. When Sherlock

Insulin Action Part 2

Resource 3

Insulin, Part II

Handy Table of the Action

Background

(Check out Part 1 if you haven’t already.)

In engineering/maths, it’s handy to have tables to look up. Well I find it useful, being a maths-y kind of guy,

Insulin Action Part 1

Resource 2

Insulin, Part I

Working Out The Action

Background

I read a book years ago that went into some detail on how insulin works in the body after an injection. It was a new idea to me. There are

Meal Resource

Resource 1

Meals

Graph Method

Background

I did a carb-counting course a few years back at the hospital. I still use the info I learned, but it can be tricky to do the maths for meals. And protein/fat can throw

12-4 Hyper

World 12-4

Insulin on Board (IOB)

The Secret Stash

It's good to know how much is on board

Basal and Bolus

Basal and bolus insulins are different but the same.

Of course, they are the same in that they are

11-4 Exercise

World 11-4

Hypo Predict

With Unexpected Exercise

It might be nice if I knew some things ahead of time. In particular, it would be easier to manage type 1 diabetes.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve injected my

10-4 Basal

World 10-4

Four Seasons

Not the Hotel

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Changes in the seasons usually means changes in a few things, like:

Temperature differences
Time Spent Outdoors
More Exercise When Weather Nice
Lazy Activities on Cold Winter Days

Affecting Basal

I adjust