I think it's time to lower my Lantus. I'm continuing to have severe night lows and other drops throughout the day that range from the 70s to low 100s. It's beginning to interrupt my normal routine and it's greatly affecting my sleep. So tonight, I'm planning to lower my Lantus by one unit and see how that does.

Today has been like a cured nightmare. I was 55 overnight (after drinking half a 7up because I was 122 before bed). Thanks to an overtreat, I spiked to 242. I took my normal correction bolus (3 units Humalog), tried to sleep off a tension headache, and woke up at 69 with no symptoms.

I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, waited about 15 minutes before taking any insulin, took 5 units Humalog (normally I would bolus 8 to 10 for this meal), and checked an hour later to find 130. I'd normally be thrilled by this, but I desperately wanted to get a workout in today so 130 wasn't going to cut it if I'd eaten just an hour ago.

I ate some grapes and started my workout hoping that the sugar floating in my system (surely it's in there!) would come out once I started. Half way through, I felt the drop and checked in at 104. I drank a 7up, waited 10 minutes, and found I'd only gone up to 113.

I finished my workout out and did some extra stretching. My last check was 124 and now I'm just waiting. Waiting to see if I'm going to come up anymore or begin to drop. Waiting to see if I can safely shower since I'm home alone. Just waiting.

And I'm tired of it. I don't want to have to "wait" on diabetes to workout, to shower, to live. This isn't living. Even if my averages have dropped over 30 points. Even if these numbers are perfect and something I should celebrate. I just can't live like this.

The frustrating part is that I'm not sure what's caused the drop and so I'm not really sure how to treat it. Is it my 6 pound weight loss and continued exercise efforts? Am I making that big of a difference in my diet? Is it a change in hormones, the weather, the moon? And is it going to end?

When I have periods of low and perfect blood sugars, I'm always hesitant to change my insulin levels. These things usually don't last. But I know that weight loss and diet changes can definitely affect my insulin needs so I'm not sure why I'm so resistant to the idea that this is "permanent."

But considering that it's been a week and there's no "improvement," I've got to make changes. That way I can stop eating my calories in lows and I can start living my life again. Hopefully one unit of Lantus will do it and hopefully it is around to stay in some form.