Author: kathleen

It’s a pretty easy spreadsheet, but if you want a copy of it email me at kathleenw at gmail.com or just leave a comment on the blog asking for it.

Of course, it’s a short drive.

Seriously. Overall, my control hasn’t been bad. But I’ve been hitting a low every evening. I’ve been tracking my TDD closely and it has dropped. Those of you who pump understand that if your TDD drops, you have to adjust everything.

I keep a spreadsheet of the 14 day average, which also calculates boluses based on the rule of 500 and corrections based on the rule of 1800. I try to use those numberes as references, but adjust both boluses and corrections conservatively.

However, I got so tired of being low, especially in the evening, this morning, I just broke down and moved all my corrections up to 40, hoping that will solve the problem — which is what my spreadsheet says they should be. I also adjusted my non-regular boluses to 11 — again, what my spreadsheets says they should be, just in case. I am still being conversative about my meal time boluses, only adjusting them according to my meter readings.

Here’s what I do. If I start seeing consistantly post pranial readings of under 130, I’ll up the carb ratio. If I see post pranial reading over 150 consistantly, I drop the carb ratio. And I always change just be one.

I do the same thing on corrections, but they can be hard to see if I correct too close to a meal. I’m hoping it will all balance out in a few days. Like I said, it’s driving me nuts.

I don’t know if I’m losing weight, I kind of doubt it, since I”m having to eat to avoid treatable lows.

I really like the fact that iShape is taking me back into a program, very slowly. Today was weights only and that was a good thing.

Journal Scan — Type 2 Diabetes

Effect of Lowering LDL Cholesterol Substantially Below Currently Recommended Levels in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes: The Treating to New Targets (TNT) Study

My endo has me on Vitorian and is working hard to bring all my values down. I kind of blew it the last few months but I think I’m doing better now. Part of it is just keeping the blood sugar control tight too.

Got up and got it done early. Though my knee is really bothering me.

Yesterday was another off day, thank goodness, it was a long day. I did get today’s workout in, which was a strength only day.

Got Day 2 in (yesterday was my off day — I have two dog agility classes that night.