Okay, Okay, I admit, that may have been a little dramatic. That’s not the kind of flatlining I’m wishing I’d do. Although, if someone wants to flatline like that in my presence, I’d be happy to yell “CODE BLUE”, charge the paddles and yell “CLEAR” and shock them back to life. That would be an exciting day for me.
But, if I ever get around to flatlining the way I want to, that will be an exciting day for me too.
No, the flatlining I want to do, is not easy to make happen, in fact, the longest I’ve managed to do it is over a 30 minute period. What I’d really like to see, is for it to happen over 3 hrs or 24 hrs (because that’s what my monitor shows me). (Thinking I might ever see it over a 24 hour stretch, well, that may be a bit of a stretch). Ok, what am I talking about? I’m talking about rock solid, most glorious blood sugars. Consistent, so consistent, that on my pump, the little CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) graph would be FLAT!
The day I get something that looks like this on my pump screen, is the day I celebrate the fact that I flatlined!
Picture by Stinky Harriet
Well, the day I get something like that and the blood sugars are in a prettier range than where I’ve been seeing mine temporarly flatline lately (up in the 200s), that is the day I’ll be jumping up and down excitedly screaming about how I’ve flatlined.
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I am no longer using my CGM, but one afternoon I did flatline, the WHOLE afternoon, but all I did was keep testing on my meter, becasue I did not believe the flatline the CGM was producing.
How sick is that ??!!
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Hey Karend1,
Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog
You know, we strive for things, like the flatline, and then we don’t quite trust what our equipment is saying. I know that in the times I’ve flatlined for 30 min – 1 hr, I’ve checked my blood on several occasions.
For me it could’ve been more of the “why am I stuck in the 200s and not coming down” but really, it does translate into not trusting the technology, especially when I’ve got insulin in my system…
We diabetics are a mess *shrugs* what can I say
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Courtney — hi, Sister! Just found your blog, and am thoroughly enjoying it. I, too, would love to flatline. I only had a CGMS at DTC in Snowmass, but the one flatline I saw that week was in the 200s for few hours — ouch.
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Hi Karen!!!
Yeah, gotta just *rolls eyes* lurv those flatlines in the 200s.
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