I survived. And I figured it out.
A 40% basal rate change kept me pretty stable today. I was between 120 and 150 all day, which isn’t bad. Personally I like to be a bit lower, but I could function mentally.
Now if I can only remember to actually SET the basal rate two hours before the workshop, and for the entire duration.
I am now returning to my regular summer.
I survived. And I figured it out.
A 40% basal rate change kept me pretty stable today. I was between 120 and 150 all day, which isn’t bad. Personally I like to be a bit lower, but I could function mentally.
Now if I can only remember to actually SET the basal rate two hours before the workshop, and for the entire duration.
I am now returning to my regular summer.
RNweb – Tight insulin control: Making it work
Tight insulin control: Making it work
RNweb – Tight insulin control: Making it work
Tight insulin control: Making it work
It hit me in the afternoon, that my “diet coke” from McDonald’s tasted funny. Good thing I didn’t throw it out, because I tested it in the car. Yep, with my blood sugar meter, dipped a strip in, and sure enough it was high. Hit the “C” button so it won’t show up in the logs.
However, I don’t think +40% was too high. I was nice and stable all afternoon. Was 125 when I got home and I even did 25 minutes on the treadmill.
However, I AM taking tomorrow off exercise wise. One more day of workshops and I’m done until school starts.
I am doing better this afternoon. I am very shocked that it is taking such a high basal rate to compensate for the workshop. I’m at 40%!
kweaver from my Treo
The correction helped. I’m back at 146 but man I want a nap! Being high wears me out. Also hungry but I don’t want to add any more sugar to the mix.
Now I have to watch and make sure I don’t go low.
kweaver from my Treo
Now I’m at 115.
FYI: There are several reasons I’m blogging this. For one, these rollar coasters affect the mind and I need to know what is going on so I can discuss with my CDE and the rest of the health team.
I might not remember exactly what went on.
Also if anyone else has clue with this, I would love some input.
kweaver from my Treo
I thought I was being smart. I set my temp basal to 30+ at around 6:30 for 8 hours but my blood sugar is 216 and I ate a known breakfast and did my symlin.
I upped the temp basal to 40% and did a correction and checking every hour.
Part of the problem is organization. Once I got here no one was sure where I was supposed to go.
Then the district had my registration but the company putting on the workshop didn’t have my name. I have some paranoia on the score that I won’t get into here.
kweaver from my Treo
Cyber-Pancreas: Computers and Diabetes
Good subject Jay! (From Cyber Pancreas)
I’ve blogged about my software in the past, and I differ a bit from Jay. Rather than having my software web-based, I prefer to have it private and in my hand, so I like PDA-based software.
I use EzManager, which comes with my pump, but is available from Animas. One problem though, we seem to have run across a bug in the conduit lately, and it doesn’t perform well with Documents to Go. I’ll let people know if and when they fix.
The PC version produces reports which can be printed out — the PDA part only shows logs, which are useful for my health care team, but I would like the PDA to produce at least the daily report.
I like Diabetes Pilot also.
I’ve tried the other pieces of software he mentioned, and I agree. You need a complete management system.
Calorie King produces some nice nutritional software and I’ve tried their diabetes management software, but I like Diabetes Pilot better.