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When I look back on my blood sugars today all I can think is WTF?

  • Went to bed last night around 100. Was pretty sure I'd be too low to walk this morning.
  • I was right: fasting was in the 70s, which is great unless you're getting ready to exercise. Forced myself to eat a granola bar on the way out the door.
  • Pleased with the 112 after the walk. Bolused for the granola bar (yes, *after* my walk), disconnected and showered.
  • Pleased with the post walk/post shower number, though I can't remember what it was.
  • Changed site, which we all know has a tendency to give me high blood sugars.
  • Cringe at the stinging new site and actually say out loud -- though my children are listening and watching -- "That freaking hurt!"
  • High-carb breakfast. Bolus accordingly.
  • Pleased as punch -- shocked, actually -- at the below-120 post prandial.
  • Have the munchies; eat a granola bar for snack. Actually bolus for granola bar.
  • 11:30ish a.m. start feeling low. Test. 53 mg/dL. Think about how Dex would have saved me at this moment. Get semi-angry at not feeling the low until I was 53.
  • Start feeling really, really crappy while eating my standby low treatment (fun size bag of Skittles).
  • Try to read while low comes up. Surprised that low symptoms aren't going away. Eat another bag of Skittles.
  • Still not feeling better. Test. 59 mg/dL. Can't. Freaking. Believe. It.
  • Eat more Skittles. (That's three times my normal treatment, for those who are counting.)
  • Finally start feeling better. Test. 91 mg/dL.
  • Feel rotten. Want to lie down. Want to sleep. Want this stupid feeling to go away.
  • Test again. 130ish, I think. Feel sufficiently OK to go to lunch.
  • High-carb lunch. Bolus accordingly.
  • Two hours post -- 130ish. More surprise.
  • Before I drive home: 190. Correction bolus.
  • Dinner time: 112 mg/dL.
  • Listening to No. 3 splash in the tub, I feel low. Impossible, I think. Milk, croissants, cottage cheese, I should be fine. Test. 72 mg/dL, but symptoms tell me I may be crashing. Grab two sleeves of Sweet Tarts left over from Easter.
  • Get kids in bed, say "f*$k it" and grab two homemade cookies and don't bolus. I'll show diabetes who's boss!
  • Wonder if the lows mean I'm getting sick or if I have a really sweet site or if I've overbolused all day or if my morning walks are making a difference or if it's some strange combination of all of this.
  • Realize I'll never have it figured out and go to bed.



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Carey Potash
Carey PotashCarey is a full-time hater of diabetes. The benefits stink. His 7-year-old son, Charlie, has been giving he and his wife the finger since November of 2003. Carey's parenting humor has appeared in various websites and print magazines. He resides in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife and three children. (Read More)
Julia
JuliaJulia lives behind the Tofu Curtain, in the Pioneer Valley, in Western Massachusetts. It's a nice place. She likes it there. Her eldest daughter, Olivia, has type 1 diabetes. She's also 13. It's a real toss-up as to which is more difficult -- the diabetes or the teen-age drama. (Read More)
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