as predicted, sitting still isn’t good for blood sugar so I upped my temp basal by 5% — of course I won’t see a difference for 2 hours and we have to eat in that time period.
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Teacher workshop part I
Well so far this has been fun. I found out the a friend’s position is “open” and it’s one I would like to apply for.
Several problems:
She’ll be a bit difficult to be around if I do.
Insurance is supposed to be better
I’m three years from incentive pay and I’m in the middle of a master’s degree.
She puts in a lot more energy than I do.
I think the pay is less.
So I don’t know
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Teacher Workshops
I hate them. 4 1/2 days of sitting still and the presenter pours a years worth of data into your head. its hard on the blood sugar too.
they provide lunch and it will be interesting to see what we get. breakfast was jason’s deli. carb fest! I had have a muffin.
… moBloged so pardon the lack of caps
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Sunday Mornings…
One of the reasons I got my pump was Sunday mornings….
Sunday is my alone and quiet time — I do do my laundry, but I do everything at the speed I want to do it in…
I “sleep out” which means to me, sleeping until I want to get up. Sometimes I sleep until noon, sometimes I’m up before 8:00. I piddle, I do what I want to do on my time. I even ignore my dogs.
Back in the MDI days, that’s when I would hit low the most often. Terrifying times, fortunately I had a nurse line I could call to get help.
But today … I didn’t get up until almost 8:00, I didn’t eat until almost 9:00, I took about two hours to get my work out in, and I haven’t even finished the first load laundry yet.
But my blood sugar has been constant all day until lunch. Between 104 and 115. Not bad.
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Basal and bolus rates
I think I have a basal and bolus rate that is working. Though next week will be interesting since I’ll be going to a teacher workshop — TEST TEST TEST. I usually have to do a 10%-20% temporary increase because we’re sitting all day.
Anyway, I’m losing weight gradually, I’m keeping a fairly consistent insulin rate — between 40-50, mostly around 45, and my blood sugar is at under 115 fasting, rarely over 150 — and then usually 2 hours after a unknown meal. If I eat a meal that I have a reliable count on, I’m in the 130 range 2 hours after a meal, something I can live with. If I’m in the 120 range, I usually hit low if I don’t eat something then. I’m trying to eat every 4 hours, not every two. My GERD is better than and so is my weight loss.
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Another bad eating day….
It’s been almost two weeks since the last bad eating day. This one was better. I woke up with “normal” blood sugar for me, so I did correct it correctly. I only needed 50 units of insulin, rather than 73 units the last time — and didn’t get the blood sugar down where it was supposed to be with the 72 units.
My biggest problem was in the afternoon. I’m not sure why, but I was craving sugar bad, and ate more lifesavers than I usually do.
I also ate two fairly high in carb items in the evening — at least one more than I planned for in my calorie count.
I’m having some carb lockup in the afternoon, I did yesterday before the lifesaves, and today after a “planned” meal.
I am suspecting my basal rate, but I’m not sure what is going on.
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If you don’t do this, you should…
This year is the first year I opted to go for a flexible spending account. It works out really well. The money for it is deducted pre-tax dollars, and put in an account. When I have a medical expense (actually I usually do 4 at a time), I fill out a form, send it in, and get the money back.
Actually, it works out even easier. I scan the receipts, and file them on my hard drive. I fill out the form online, print it, sign it, and scan it. Then I take that form, the 4 receipts and fax them to the administrating company. Less than a week later, I get a check back, which I put straight into my charge account.
Oh, that’s the other key — I charge everything — especially mail order prescriptions, since I do that all online too. That’s one reason I always put the reimbursement checks on the charge card.
Here’s the cool part — they go ahead and give you the money, even if you haven’t deposited yet. Right now, I only have $30 in the account, but they are still giving me the money. They pay up to the projected amount.
“Next year” starting in August, the state will be putting some money is a savings account. I have to pay out of the flexible account before I can go to the savings account, but one neat thing about that one, is that it has a debit card. I wish this one had that option, and maybe it will. That would make life a bit easier all around.
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Good news
Still have decent control with the 11:1 carb ratio. My insulin usage is down to less than 45 units a day on a fairly consistent basis. I’m still going as low as 120, 4 hours after I ate, and the 7 day average is showing that I should be at 12:1. I do think I’ll wait until I see 12:1 on the two week average, OR I start seeing 110’s 4 hours after.
I’m also showing some significant weight loss. I’m sure that its all related.
I’m even having a bit of trouble making sure I eat enough food. iShape wants me on somewhere between 2200 and 2600 — it varies your calorie level each day.
By the way, I stalled out for a while when I was consistently eating 600 calories less than I burned and was really having trouble on non-cardio days. Which I switched to the calorie level (but not meal plan) on iShape, I saw a change in weight loss. In other words, I losing. Still slowly, but still a steady loss.
Another hint — use a scale that measures digitally and at .10’s It makes you feel better when you see the .10’s as the change is more apparently.
Head game, but head games work.
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My insulin finally arrived and it was cold…
I ordered insulin last week, and it was shipped Monday night. I was worried because in April the gel packs were room temperature.
Well these didn’t arrive until this morning and was still cold. However, I think this was first off the truck and in April it was last off.
I stress out every time I mail order insulin.