Blog

Sleeping was better. Getting to sleep still took a long time, but at least the mask stayed on and was comfortable. I woke up a lot, but forced myself to stay in bed. Woke up around 4:00 am as usual but stayed in bed and let the alarm clock wake me at 5:00.

Definately feel better this morning than yesterday.

This is primary for me and the sleep doctor, I’m having trouble sleeping, and this is the best place to write things down and keep them.

Last night was rough.

First, I couldn’t sleep, the mask kept leaking and when it did, it made a popping sound. That went on until around midnight.

At around 1:30, my pump sounded an occulision alarm, which meant I had to wake up and prime it before it would shut up.

Then I woke around 2:00 am not sure why but was able to go asleep with difficulty. Woke again in the 3:00 am time frame and again couldn’t sleep. And then again at 4:15. Again, had trouble going back to sleep.

Part of the problem at 4:15 was that I just didn’t want to be in bed and in the mask any more, though I did keep it on. My face was a bit greasy and it was sliding around.

Am guessing, but did end up eating some crackers around 9:00 — I was at a big calorie defiect and wanted to get in at least another 200 calories.
I had let the evening get away from me. One of my goals is to not go into starvation mode. I’ve done that before when losing weight, and it makes the whole process harder.

I was able to wake up with no problem at 5:00 and am downstairs doing iShape schedule strength exercises.

Came home, took a long nap — almost 3 hours, and had absolutely no mask or other issues.

Weird. Though woke up because I felt I needed to get out of bed now.

Oh, and had eaten lunch about an hour before taking the nap — a 700 calorie lunch, vs. the 200 calorie snack last night.

If you get diagnosed with diabetes — see an endo, even if you have to travel a few hours to get one.

I just got home from seeing mine, I met him and his staff 4 weeks ago. They are super and have made all the difference in the world.

I will have to admit the new CPAP mask is helping too, BUT my blood sugar is best it’s been since I’ve been diagnosed and I feel SO much better.

Food is easier to control because I am not having sugar cravings, one of the biggest side effects I have from high blood sugar.

And did I say I FEEL better?

Or and I’ve lost 9 pounds even though I’m using almost 10 more units of insulin a day.

Well, for some reason, they couldn’t download my CPAP machine.

However, I’ve lost 9 pounds since I saw her last which made her happy. She could see I felt better which also made her happy.

I’m having a weird problem with the mask. If it is in the right place, it makes me gag, if it is about 1/4″ inch, I’m fine, but she’s worried it will leak. Weird.

We did have a conversation about how I felt last time. She did acknowledge that she knew I was upset.

I am still having problems falling asleep and acknowledged that Thursday was my problem, but the rest of the week is still an issue. Also complained about waking at 4:00 – 5:00 am — I want to wake at 5:00, but not at 4:00. In fact, I’ve gotten up a few times when I’ve woke up at 4:30, since it wasn’t worth trying to go back to sleep.

We agreed I’d call in two weeks and we’d see if I had improved.

The endo appointments have been going better.