# What would your custom Dexcom alerts be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun\ **Created:** [August 23, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686 "2017-08-23T04:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/21 "2017-08-23T22:27:10Z")
For the up arrow even after I’ve done two corrections … ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/22 "2017-08-23T22:56:28Z")
For an arrow heading down into a potentially dangerous territory, I’d use the very beginning of Aerosmith’s “Love in an Elevator”…have it changed up a bit so that it says, “Oh, good morning Mr. Martin…going …down??” ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/23 "2017-08-23T23:16:51Z")
I’ve never been a Rolling Stones fan…I never got it. ---
**Author:** ![MM2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mm2/32/3032_2.png) [@MM2](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MM2)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/24 "2017-08-23T23:33:24Z")
I think it would be nice to get an alert when we are in between the lines for extended period. Like an attaboy !! Definitely need a happy tone for that. Except not during the night. ---
**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/25 "2017-08-24T00:59:24Z")
I’m out eating dinner and dropping a bit low when i read this post Eric. I almost choked I was laughing so hard. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/26 "2017-08-24T01:01:07Z")
I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/27 "2017-08-24T01:13:44Z")
LOVE THIS THREAD! with xdrip you can have custom alerts so I may take some of your suggestions… ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/28 "2017-08-24T01:30:38Z")
Here is another custom low alert. When I watched the lip-synching in the video, it made me think the entire New Edition band had low blood sugar. Worst…lip-synch…ever… ---
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/29 "2017-08-24T13:45:21Z")
Given the power of suggestion, I might find this one a useful low alert: ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/30 "2017-08-24T13:59:34Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > How about after you treat, changing the alert level up or down so it doesn’t hover right around that particular number? Yeah - I have been doing that. Basically getting out of the mindset that the alarms are like pump parameters that you need to be careful with and more like alarm clock settings that you change on a whim when you are waiting on something. So far seems to work much better with changing the alarms frequently based on what is going on and what time it is and such. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/31 "2017-08-24T14:43:32Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > Given the power of suggestion, I might find this one a useful low alert: I like that idea. You can’t help but get a lollipop after listening to them say it so many times! ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686/32 "2017-08-30T18:28:52Z")
My sensor fell off last night, and had to put a new one on at 11:30 pm. So I didn’t get to calibrate it until 1:30 am, and I had to stay up waiting until I could calibrate. This would be good for the sensor “warm-up” period. [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-your-custom-dexcom-alerts-be/1686.md?page=1)