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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Complications Emotions
Tags: experimenting high sugar moving forward
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In yesterdays post, Lantus and late night lows, I discussed lowering my basal dose. I had read an article where a type 1 diabetic endocrinologist proposed taking less insulin for someone my size. I was taking 17 or 18 units of Lantus each morning and he stated that I only needed about 12-15. I have tried my new morning dose of 15 and so far I feel I need a few more "test run" days.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: Astronomical Blood Sugars
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People have favourite locations to put their pump sites. Olivia is partial to her belly. I know dLife's very own newlywed, Kerri, loves to put sites in her thighs.
Over the weekend, while we were at the beach, Olivia decided to try a thigh site, even though she hasn't had much luck with them in the past. Most of the time, she rips them out because she forgets they're there when she takes off her jeans. But it's summer, she's in shorts and she thought she'd give it another try.
Sunday morning, we put a site in. Sunday was OK. She had a couple of highs, but they were in the low 200s and, of course, she'd forgotten to put her blood sugar in her pump once or twice, which is her ongoing issue.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management exercise
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In the normal course of things, having a fasting of, say, 82 would be cause for celebration. In fact, almost anything under 100 should be considered an accomplishment.
So what have I been doing lately upon seeing those numbers at 5:30 a.m.? "Oh for the love of Pete and all that is sugary! What does it take to get a fasting over 100."
I know what you're thinking: Did I read that right? Over 100?
Yes, you read right. Most days I prefer to have a fasting of at least 125 and would really rather have it a touch higher than that for insurance. Because the last thing I want to do at 5:30 a.m. before going on a vigorous walk is be forced to eat something so I don't go low. The last couple weeks it's been a nice excuse to get back in bed, but I'm really working on motivating myself to get out of bed more often.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps
Tags: job interviews Metformin update
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Things seem to be coming together lately so I don't have much to complain about. Dad is off and running on his type 2 meds, I have successfully finished my first round of interviews for the job I'm applying for, and all is well for the most part on the diabetes front.
My dad started his Metformin and things are coming together pretty nicely. He is taking his daily dosage and eating better and exercising regularly. He has even enjoyed having a couple extra pounds fall off due to his new lifestyle.
Friday I had my first (phone) interview with the company I applied with. I thought it went very well and I enjoyed speaking with them. I am told the second round of the interview process will take place sometime this week. If all goes well the last step will be to make a visit to New York City for an interview in person. I believe that will take place sometime in March so I am anxious and looking forward to getting things rolling.
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Whole grains are an important part of my diet. Lately, I've been shying away from wheat and corn. In addition to the havoc they play on my blood sugar, they make me feel kind of gross physically. I don't know why, but they seem to make my aging muscles ache a little more. When I don't eat wheat or corn, I feel a little better.
But that leaves me with very few traditional grains to choose from. Basically just brown rice. Or black rice. Or wild rice. Just rice. And really, how much rice can one person eat?
So, I've been experimenting with different whole grains. I tried a quinoa-rice blend I found at Whole Foods a few weeks ago, which was pretty yummy, but frankly still had rice in it. And I'd about hit the wall on rice.
I wanted to try to cook just plain quinoa, spiced up in any way I could concoct. In the "pour-your-own-grains" section, I found the empty quinoa bin. Dang popular grain.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Emotions In the News Real Life
Tags: coffee high sugar
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Coffee makes my blood sugar high. I was reading someone else's blog about a month ago and it mentioned that coffee raised their blood sugar. When I read that, it immediately rang true to me. I usually have a cup or two each morning to get the day started off right. Lately though, after some "experimenting" of my own, I have found that this is absolutely the case for me. I'll drink a few cups over the course of a couple hours and then I test high each time. Coffee seems to be the "only" explanation for that.
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: exercise good glucose insulin routines
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Yesterday I wrote a blog called, "New Adventure". I want to say "thank you" to everyone who took the time to comment on it and thanks to everyone else who continue to visit my site and follow with me in my experiences. This whole thing continues to blow my mind and without all of you it wouldn't be possible. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: denial kids with diabetes
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If you are a kid out there who is living with diabetes then you are still a great person and you have a lot ahead of you to look forward too. I remember when I was diagnosed, I was fourteen and I felt like I had the whole world in my hands. Then I got diabetes and that changed dramatically. I was all of the sudden forced to face the world in a completely new territory; I no longer felt like I was perfect. It was easy to ignore diabetes and act like it didn't change anything. But, I want to make clear to you that you have to pay attention to it. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management infusion set infustion set change insulin pump
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I'm always high on a site-change day. I've tried doubling the recommended amount of fixed prime, but I still wind up in the upper 200s. I've tried doubling my fixed prime and overbolusing for breakfast (I typically change my site first thing in the morning before breakfast) and I'm still high.
It occurred to me recently that I didn't know for sure if the "trauma" to my body from the site change was the culprit or if it was the insulin absorbing into a new place or both that was to blame. Because I'm only high after breakfast; back into range by lunch time.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Real Life
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I'm a quote collector. I used to go through the yearbooks in high school and write down most of the senior quotes into a three-ring binder that I would look at periodically. I also have at least one book about famous quotes. I have several inspirational quotes Post-It-noted to my computer monitor: Continue to push yourself until there is a decent possibility you might fail. Write like you're already famous. If you plant peaches you will get peaches; karma works this way.
One of my new favorite quotes came from a column that I recently edited: A career is a journey of preparation, opportunity and passion. POP. To make your career POP, focus on your passion and preparation. It reminds me of another quote I like: ...where sweat meets fate.
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