A new commenter brought up the term “brittle” diabetic. Well, it reminded me of a comment today.
I just posted about how I hate teacher workshops, that sitting in one place all day always makes my blood sugar go up and that I’ve finally figured out that maybe 30%+ temporary basal might handle it.
Well, today, I didn’t have the pump cranked up high enough, so I was doing lots of corrections and lots of testing. Finally, middle of the afternoon, the person next to me asked if I were a “level 3” diabetic.
So I took a moment to explain that sitting still made me blood sugar go up, and makes me extremely ill when it does, so I was trying to keep it low.
I’ve got two days of workshops coming up in two weeks, and I’m planning on upping the temporary basal to 30%+ That means I’m going to have to do a lot of testing, just to make sure I don’t over do it.
Wonder what the person next to me will come up this time?