To flatline, in my opinion, is probably the coolest thing that can happen when it comes to diabetes and a constant glucose monitoring system (CGMS). For me it’s rare, as in, almost impossible rare. It’s quite a feat. The last time I flatlined…actually, I didn’t flatline, there was one stupid little blip in my flat line; I was playing with danger. I was low but I was consistently low so in an attempt to get a 3 hour flatline on my graph, I left it…I didn’t treat it or anything and I didn’t get a flat line either. I got a stupid blip that deviated from my flat line…
I digress. Back to the flatline. Impossible to get.
So when I see something on my graph that looks like it could be a flatline, I get all excited. This is what happened at 11:45 on Thursday night. I looked at my graph and saw a beautiful flat line…a whole 30 minutes of beautiful flatline. And I proceeded to get neurotic about it. Every so often I was looking at the graph, for well over an hour and a half to see that I was still at a flatline. It’s exciting you see, to see that line that says, “hey, your blood sugars, they’ve been steady for several hours now.” That’s exciting. So at 1:07am, I had completed three hours of flatlining. My blood sugar ranged from 106 to 114 and that in Medtronic Minimed CGM terms constituted a flatline.
I was very excited, it’s quite an accomplishment, rarely is it realistic (luckily it’s almost easy to have happen when you’re not eating and your bolus rates are in “perfect” condition and it’s late at night so there’s nothing stressful happening).
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