Soccer practice! (short post)

Tonight we had soccer practice at 6:30 PM. We typically eat dinner very early (4:30 or 5PM) on these nights to avoid having too much insulin on board during activity and then dealing with a subsequent low blood sugar.

But today was crazy. I had an after school obligation that kept me from getting home till after 5:30. Husband was at Lowe's trying to purchase a new fridge after ours died from the power surge after Hurricane Dorian. It was just NOT a relaxing afternoon where we could fix an early dinner and get it done in plenty of time before practice.

So about 30 minutes before practice, Cat had a quick and easy dinner consisting of a grilled cheese sandwich, baby carrots and a fruit cup. This might be our "go-to" dinner on soccer practice nights, just sayin'.

Instead of the normal 50g of carbs that I would normally bolus for that meal (25 for the grilled cheese, 20 for the fruit cup, and 5 for the carrots), we bolused 40g and then right before soccer practice started she turned on the "Exercise mode" on her pump. This mode on the t:slim with Control IQ keeps her blood sugar at a higher target range in order to prevent lows. I believe Exercise Mode range for blood sugars is 140-160.

And she had practice for about an hour and a half (it ran over because of a scrimmage with another team). I had forgotten to remind her to bring her phone (not really a phone because it's only used for sharing her Dexcom numbers). So I really wasn't watching her blood sugars at all during practice.

When soccer was over and we were in the car on the way home, I told her to turn off Exercise Mode. And when we were back in the land of Dexcom Share, I saw that her pump did a BEAUTIFUL job of keeping her in range during some pretty strenuous activity! Winner winner chicken dinner! I felt really good about how things worked out and how she was able to remain stable during activity! Especially with insulin on board!

I will say, as far at the graphics on this pump compared to the Medtronic 670g, I'm not a huge fan of how it looks on the t:slim screen. I don't love the big red lines that show insulin was suspended. For some reason, that looks punitive to me....like I did something wrong and now a big red line is reminding me about my wrongness. I much prefer the LACK of pink dots on the Medtronic 670g graph when basal is suspended. I also prefer the blue shield of the Medtronic 670g that just displays the current BG value. I don't care to see the graph unless I want to see the graph. It does not need to be on display all the time.

I do like the touch screen to enter values or change delivery settings on the t:slim though. That is a REALLY nice feature rather than pushing buttons to scroll up and down.

Not unhappy with this graph at all! See how the insulin was suspended during the period of major activity, but no rebound high blood sugar!