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@akash-m

How do you handle a partner's severe lows?

My wife has Type 1 and she's had a few really bad lows over the years where she wasn't able to treat herself and needed help. The most recent one happened at night and honestly it scared me more than I expected.

She uses a CGM and I can see her readings on my phone, but sometimes the data stops updating or I don't notice an alert immediately. Now whenever I'm away from home for work I catch myself checking my phone constantly because I'm worried something could happen when nobody is there.

I don't want to become controlling or make her feel like I'm monitoring every number. I just want us to have a better backup plan for the rare times when a low becomes an emergency.

For people with Type 1, or partners of someone with Type 1, what have you set up at home that actually helps you both feel safer?

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@meenal24

My husband follows my CGM too, but we agreed beforehand on when I actually want him to call me. Otherwise every little dip turns into 'are you okay??' 😂 Having rules around it made both of us less anxious.

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@akash-m

That's a good idea. I think part of my problem is that I don't really have a line between 'normal diabetes stuff' and 'I should actually check on her.'

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@rohit17

Please make sure you know where her glucagon is and how to use the specific one she has. My wife and my parents both know where mine is. Hopefully they never need it, but an emergency is not when you want to be reading the instructions for the first time.

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@akash-m

We do have glucagon, but I honestly haven't reviewed it in a while. That's something we can fix immediately.

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@vikramreddy

After multiple severe lows I'd also want her diabetes team involved, especially if they're happening during sleep. Technology and backup alerts are useful, but I'd want the actual pattern reviewed too.

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@akash-m

Yeah, that's fair. I've been so focused on finding a better alert system that I probably shouldn't treat the technology as the whole solution.

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