Okay, I am posting this partly because I was excited and partially to brag because it was an AWESOME day. I have plenty of good and bad moments and I thought it may be fun (especially this time of year) to share some of the wins and losses.
My department's VP took us out for a lunch before the holiday today. We went to a "wing joint" and the six of us ordered 84 wings plus appetizers and I had two 16 oz. Guiness. When I got home, my son was ready for a nap and I laid down and fell asleep with him (forgot to test). The extended bolus I gave - the carb guess of a lifetime (117 on extended for 1 hour, 55% up front)... I woke up from my nap and... I was 99!
Woohooo! As holiday season kick-off's go... I'll take it!
To be fair if I bomb on my day of two-Thanksgiving dinners - I'll let ya' know what I tried and where the wheels fell off..
A-D taking that nap was BOLD.117 grams…. Was that a wild guess or guessing by addition (haha).
Okay I have a loss.I cook for Thanksgiving so I am typically moving and climbing stairs lifting and setting up.It keeps my bs low while I crack jokes and entertain the family.
Things were excellent until it was time to sit down.Bolused in for a small correction (148) and about 60 grams, figuring for the potato and the stuffing.
The fat gods were not pleased.I was 48 after an hour. and ended up chewing glucose as the yo-yo began.I knew what was coming.8PM 240, (correction plus 3 units for 3 hours) 3AM 280 (correction only), 8AM 220 (correction plus I boosted my basal to 200% and skipped breakfast.ooof.It’s like falling off a motorcycle.I hope I am done rolling and bumping my head L
Guessing by addition and adding 20% because it was a restaurant... LOL :P
*ouch* on the bounce - hopefully all is back to normal. I underestimated what I ate at meal #1 and ended at 197 (even if my meter was wrong it was a real psychological win to stay under 200, hehehe) -but finished meal two at 73 and woke up @ 94 this morning... I hope I don't loose this set of darts, LOL
Test early, test often and may all your meals be uninhibited by gluco-guilt for the coming hours, days and months... ;)
I sometimes believe in a finite universe. If something is pulling at one end then there must be an equal push at the other... Therefore I propose that you were sucking up all of the luck!
After my miserable morning - I ran short of insulin (I wonder why) and changed my set. 3PM (yesterday) 230! correction and a little snack because now I am getting hungry again.... then after an hour I got a NO DELIVERY alarm - reserved in my pump for when "it's pushin but there aint no insulin goin nowheres". Distracted and running short on patients... I cheked my infusion set for an obvious kink or if the twist lock wasn't locked and then it appeared to be working again - 5PM 117 and the first actual measured bg below 2 hundy in a long time. Hurray! Then I ate dinner, had a good 2 hour, but I decided to stay up, growing more concerned about the no delivery alarm. 11:30PM 260. No A-D, this was more bad luck then I can stand. OUTENZIE! I hate ripping off a infusion set before the 3 day mark, but enough is enough. Plus I would hate to see my AM blood sugar if I wasn't getting insulin most or all of the night.
things are greatly improved as of this morning =) that may mean you should watch out!
I believe the reports that the universe is expanding which necessitates a belief that it is, in fact, a finite structure (no infiniti plus one, right?).
You are more right than you know.So there I was sitting next to my wife waiting for her Dr.’s appointment when my PDM (controller part of pump and pod) starts doing its alarm thing.It is a controller error and I had to reset the darn thing.This means that I have to waste a perfectly good pod/pump.I called in to customer support and normally they offer a spare.This time?This time they just said “do the reset and you should be fine, have a good day.” – If I ever get over my fear of needles/tubing I am switching to a proper pump in a heart beat, LOL
I am glad things are back on track for you.I am delaying my dinner due to a 139 start…. :P
I've had the flu all week, and my sugars have been hovering around 175, with occasional rises or drops that account for soup.
I did okay on Thanksgiving day. It's funny--when you can't taste anything, you really don't eat as much as you might otherwise. My sugars stayed between 140 and 180 most of the time, with boluses. I planned my bolus for 50 carbs, and I guess that came out about right. (We also had very hungry guests who wound up eating all the worst stuff--sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, etc.) That helped a lot. I am just having a heck of a time figuring out how to keep the sugars a little lower with being sick. (I always have this problem.) Urgh.
I've had the flu all week, and my sugars have been hovering around 175, with occasional rises or drops that account for soup.
I did okay on Thanksgiving day. It's funny--when you can't taste anything, you really don't eat as much as you might otherwise. My sugars stayed between 140 and 180 most of the time, with boluses. I planned my bolus for 50 carbs, and I guess that came out about right. (We also had very hungry guests who wound up eating all the worst stuff--sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, etc.) That helped a lot. I am just having a heck of a time figuring out how to keep the sugars a little lower with being sick. (I always have this problem.) Urgh.
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Ana have you ever tried temporary basal rates? my MM lets me dial in 150% as a temporary basal rate for when I am sick, and I set it for 2-3 hours between when I feel like eating and it hleps.