Last night, I took 34 units of Lantus instead of 33 units (note that this is a brand new bottle of Lantus) and increased my bolus for dinner. I dropped to 87 before bed, drank part of a Coke, and prayed for the best. I woke up at 172.

I had a medium sized bowl of high protein cereal, did 10 units of Humalog, and went on my day. Around three hours later, I was 234. Two correction units of Humalog. An hour and a half later, my pre-lunch check was 250 despite the feeling that I was dropping.

I had a small bowl of chili and a salad. I did 8 units of Humalog. And now I'm waiting. Waiting to see where this number ends up, waiting to see if anything drops. Waiting, waiting, waiting!

Honestly, I have no idea what is going on with these blood sugars. Yes, my recent A1c was high, but I did not see persistent highs like this. I didn't have such extreme resistance like I'm getting now. I couldn't feel each number tearing my body apart.

I'm going to keep my insulin levels where they are for the next couple of days. I keep hoping that things will change and whatever is going on inside me will shift. There are a couple of things that I can speculate may be causing this, but nothing seems logical. Nothing seems normal.

Stress, for one, is a big factor in blood sugars. I know this, but I don't usually see highs like this when I'm stressed. I know that the past week has been a little more stressful than the recent past between trying to find a home to buy, a family wedding, and some work issues. But I do not feel stressed to the point that my numbers need to skyrocket.

I also haven't been staying on top of my vitamins. Generally, I take vitamin D3 every day along with a couple of others like GLA, vitamin A, and so forth. Vitamin D can effect blood sugars so perhaps my missed pills (I haven't taken them consistently for the past 3 weeks or so) have my body out of sync with the world. I guess I will try adding those back into my routine and see if that shows any difference in my blood sugars.

Otherwise, I really don't know. I haven't been to yoga in ages, but I've been running. So that shouldn't affect anything. I haven't changed my eating habits really (if anything, I'm eating less carbs to try to maintain these numbers). My bottles of insulin are new and shouldn't be the problem. It's not hormonal. My weight, the weather, the placement of the moon, nothing should be doing this.

Whatever it is though, I need it to change before I lose my mind keeping track of these numbers. It is one thing to put effort into blood sugars and see improvement. It's a completely different story to put effort into something and see the reverse. Why diabetes does this, I have no idea except that it must be evil.