First thing was to put Multiclick lancing devices in all my testing kits (3). No excuses now.
Second thing was to put new batteries in all my meters. I figure the batteries in them are over a year old, maybe older. It’s a little silly in my opinion to try to prolong battery life — they are what, $4.00 a set of batteries, when I am affecting my health.
My next goal is to get all the new Diet Gourmet food in my database so I’ll log food better.
I took a good look at my logs today and tweaked my bolus ratios. Hopefully that will help.
Today is World Diabetes Day (it’s the anniversary of Banting’s birth, I think), and was very surprised we weren’t doing “official” d-blogging today and someone picked a different day.
To mark World Diabetes Day, I urge everyone to take a moment and access their diabetes care and see if there is something you could be doing different to get better control. I know I can find something I can do better.
At the same time, plan your Thankgiving dinner in advance. My husband and I go out to dinner each year, usually Steak and Ale, and I know what I am going to eat and what I need to do to minimize the damage. It really does help.
My blood sugar is 110 so I did get the high fixed. I took some Sonata to help me sleep, as I often have trouble getting to sleep on Sunday nights and last night was no exception. I did wake up before 4:00, went to the bathroom and went almost right back to sleep, but my throat was burning.
Never did wake up enough to test my blood sugar.
Here’s to hoping I’m preventing the high tonight.
But it isn’t the site because I’ve gone down to 230. I finally gave up and ate something. And I’ve just turned my temporary basal up by 20%
One of my goals for tonight is go get to bed at a reasonable time, even though the Wizard of Oz is on. I’d love to stay up and watch it, but then that means I’ll be cranky all week.
I did break down and eat a sandwich at 8:00. Hopefully that won’t mess me up too much. And I think I’ll take my meter to bed with me, just in case I wake up.
My blood sugar has been high almost every evening. I’ve been slowing increasing my basal rate, and I’ve been correcting, and by morning, my blood sugars are fine.
Right now, I’m at 270 which is extremely high for me, but that also explains why my vision is blurred and I’m craving sugar.
I corrected, and I upped my basal by .025 units again. I know I under bolused, because I forgot to check the carb count on my food before I cooked it but this is ridiculous. I also know that some of the weekend issue is because I exercise in the morning on weekends instead of the afternoon.
It’s kind of a vicious cycle by the way — my blood sugar will be high, I get sluggish and it stays high. Or I give into the sugar craving. Or both.
I’ve got a new Treo gadget.
I’ve been resisting the Bluetooth earpiece foreve, but I hate dealing with wires, and the Treo phone just really isn’t convenient when it comes to actually talking to people. Sorry folks, but it is big and clunky and if there is any humidity in the area, you get the screen damp.
So I got a Palm brand Treo headset. I like the sound I get when I talk to my mom in the truck and she can hear me, so it’s passed that test. Now I need to start using the phone more at home. I do pay enough for it — I’ve got unlimited local calls and 500 minutes of long distance a month, so I should use it.
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Kory Koontz can wrestle a rope around a steer’s hind legs in a few seconds. To compete against the best rodeo cowboys, he’s got a trusty horse, a two-gallon hat and dusty boots.
He also has an insulin pump, a blood glucose monitor, lancets, and a pocket full of test strips.
A commenter asked about mixing Symlin and Insulin. Absolutely DO NOT play games with Symlin. As much as I like it, it can cause random hypo’s if you don’t follow their guidelines exactly.
Go back and look at my history on Symlin. I was injected 30 minutes prior to meals and had two hypo reactions within 30 minutes of eating. It was very weird to go through it.
One of the reasons you can’t mix Symlin and insulin is that they have different pH levels. While insulin isn’t always comfortable, Symlin almos always burns as a result.
The funny thing is that I poopooed the article on the dangerous of Symlin, and then got hit up by the very problem within the next week.
Again though, we were doing something off label. I really advise that you don’t.
I think I accomplished something. I had complained about the last workshop we were given and Monday’s workshop was cancelled!
At least I won’t be out of my classroom unwillingly.
However, I did just finished my substitute plans