[maximegarcia]

Having high glucose levels won't kill you in the sort term, yes. But we cannot compare pre-diagnosis high blood sugar level (the body had that for months so it is accustomed to it) to the suddenty of it with cutting off insulin. In fact, things can spiral out quite quickly.

You see false low glucose figures, that last, you start reducing your slow acting insulin, you skip some fast acting insulin. Within 24h, ketoacidosis starts and you can start feeling nauseous. At some point, if you eat, you vomit. You are cornered: you don't have the carb intake to inject insulin, and you can't eat. Even worse, at some point, if you drink, you vomit, so you dehydrate, and it's a matter of hours to live. Shit happens fast, things can get critical is a few days.

Diabetes management is complicated, this is far from exact science, and having a good knowledge of everything is hard. I was already bitten by this cycle of nauseous feeling with slow acting skipped a few month after my diagnosis. I learnt to never ever skip slow acting insulin, even when blood sugar is through the floor. Prepare some apple juice and still go on.

I have Freestyle Libre 2, and it is quite a disappointing thing software-wise. I have to reverse engineer another app to get an API for my data, I have to go through Internet to get my blood sugar level (for a standalone display for example, so I can't make one that works "off grid", like... in my plane), they do sparse updates, they lag behind OS version by dizains of month for their apps, they have 10s of apps/websites, it is hard to understand. So I'm not surprised by poor bug management.

I wish some big names invest in a CGM device. Don't make it medical (even medical grade ones like Abbott & co say you have to check with a finger thingy device, so why bother), make it $500 one time plus $10-20/month, make it open about the data and you'll get everyone. Maybe no one want to invest because in 10/20 years Diabetes will be a thing of the past?

[pixl97]

>say you have to check with a finger thingy device, so why bother

So you don't die in the middle of the night.

I sometimes wonder when typing this if you ever remember life before a CGM?

[maximegarcia]

I did the finger only for one month at the beginning. I'm glad CGM exists despite the limitations.