NOTE
This is something to consider after 3.4 is released. I just wanted to capture the thought while it was fresh. Glucagon injection was at 8:45 am PDT, 12 July 2024.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have started to use mini-glucagon injections for:
glucose dropping quickly before a meal because I messed up the prebolus timing or amount (and with Metformin, my absorption is slower than it used to be)
today I tried it for glucose dropping quickly during exercise
Describe the solution you'd like
Be able to enter the glucagon dose in the non-pump insulin field with a glucagon selection so that Loop Modeling doesn't trigger the momentum term to give too much insulin.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Not sure enough of modeling effects but wonder if there could be other limitations to glucose momentum effects when coming up from a value well below target rapidly in the absence of carbs entered into Loop.
This may be related to changes that would help for low treatments with negative IOB
Additional context
On a bike ride today, glucose started dropping pretty quickly. Instead of eating glucose tab, I took a mini-dose of glucagon (1.5 u using a U-100 syringe - I'll look up conversion factor later).
glucose bumped up nicely and faster than it would have with candy
Override was 65% insulin needs with target 20 mg/dL higher than typical (110 to 120 instead of 90 to 100)
Loop started giving me extra insulin in response to the rise - more than I needed
Part of this may have been jumpy sensor (G7 about to expire after 10-days of use), but glad my ride ended when it did
NOTE This is something to consider after 3.4 is released. I just wanted to capture the thought while it was fresh. Glucagon injection was at 8:45 am PDT, 12 July 2024.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I have started to use mini-glucagon injections for:
Describe the solution you'd like Be able to enter the glucagon dose in the non-pump insulin field with a glucagon selection so that Loop Modeling doesn't trigger the momentum term to give too much insulin.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Additional context On a bike ride today, glucose started dropping pretty quickly. Instead of eating glucose tab, I took a mini-dose of glucagon (1.5 u using a U-100 syringe - I'll look up conversion factor later).