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Yesterday morning, I started having a specific kind of pain. It was the same pain that started with my ovarian cyst back in April. I dreaded how the day might progress.

 

The pain went off and on as I went to class and work. I felt like I had been transported back to April. All the signs were there.

 

Throughout the day, my blood sugars had been perfect. I was amazed. But as the pain became more consistent, my blood sugars started to rise.

 

After dinner, my blood sugar was 387. And so it began...just like April. I knew that I had bolused correctly for my meal and hadn't eaten any food that should cause a spike like that. I was sure that the pain and the blood sugars were connected.

 

Just like in April, I bolused to bring my blood sugar down. And just like in April, they wouldn't come down. Bolus after bolus, pumping insulin into my body.

 

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Thursday evening, I noticed a wide jump from a low blood sugar (from 65 to 285). I hadn't really eaten a full meal for dinner, just snacking throughout the evening. I thought I'd underestimated the carbs or just overtreated somehow.

 

I woke up at 272 the next morning and I stayed high throughout the afternoon. I didn't think much of it still...random highs are the norm lately from the Accutane. I checked an hour or two before dinner to find that I was 375. Then I started getting a little concerned. I bolused, hoping I'd start dropping before actually ingesting the carbs.

 

I dropped to 239 after dinner, but jumped back up to the low 300s throughout the rest of the evening. I kept bolusing. But I'd also consumed a fruit smoothie...something I'd never really tried before. Maybe it was just more carbs than I was assuming. More insulin.

 

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I am really struggling with my blood sugars lately. I suppose not more than normal, but because I'm actually paying close attention to them, I'm noticing how terrible they are. My 7 day average is 218 and I'm spiking after lunch and dinner.

 

But I can't seem to find a pattern. For instance, I worked out yesterday around 5pm. Several hours after lunch and not yet dinner. I started at 253 (too high). After my 20 minutes, I was 185. I didn't eat or drink anything other than water and Diet 7up. I showered, got dressed, and Marvin picked me up for dinner. In that hour plus, I'd spiked to 269. What is that? A late glucose release from the workout?

 

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First, an apology: I left you hanging a month ago with part two of my diagnosis story and haven't written the rest of it. So, I'm sorry, and here's what I hope to be part three of four.

 

I went through nearly two trimesters of my third pregnancy managing my blood sugar with Lantus, good food choices and exercise. Sometime in late September 2005, my blood sugars started not responding well enough to what I was doing, so my educator added Novolog to the mix. I loved it.

 

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It's been one week since The Mr. had gastric bypass and he's doing really well. He rode his motorcycle the more than 20 miles to his firs post-op nutrition class yesterday! (Don't worry, it's not a crotch-rocket-type motorcycle.)

 

Since he has developed insulin resistance -- and also because it's apparently protocal after gastric bypass -- The Mr. has been checking his blood sugar four times a day: fasting, before lunch and dinner, and at bedtime.

 

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My family sat down for dinner last night and I was feeling frantic and stressed and generally not in a good place. My fasting sugars have been a little high and I'm sure my post-lunch have been too, with all the goodies available at work.
The tragic Colorado church shootings took place Sunday just a few miles from my home. My 4 year old has questions I don't know how to answer.
This is crush week for us for the holidays. If it's not shipped or mailed by Friday, it very likely won't make it in time. 95% of our friends and family don't live in this state so I have to be done this week.
Halfway through dinner, the 5 month old started crying. Not a light fussing, but an full-on screaming crying -- something was DEFINITELY wrong with her. Kate does not do this very often. It ratchets up my stress level immediately. I feel SO bad for her and guilty (of course) that I may have done something to cause it. And there's the worry that something is seriously wrong. (READ MORE)

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Blogging has become quite difficult these days. Not only am I pressed for time, but I also don't seem to have the correct mindset to talk about diabetes. Maybe I've been doing this too long? I just can't find anything WORTH blogging about that pertains to anything diabetes related. My priorities have shifted.

 

Work is fairly consuming while I'm there. I don't tend to focus on it once I hit the apartment door, but I do know that the stress is there. I am spending quite a bit of my time in the office, driving to/from work, or spending a few moments here and there at home checking email or organizing for the next day. I don't think I've adjusted to this schedule quite yet.

 

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You may have heard in the past couple months that the FDA ruled that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and anything that contains it could no longer be labeled "natural".  Surprise, surprise, the Corn Refiners Association has convinced them to change their minds this week.

 

It turns out that the "synthetic fixing agent for the enzyme used in the process does not come into contact with the high dextrose equivalent corn starch hydrolysate".  So all the ingredients it takes to make HFCS are natural, except the major one that doesn't end up in the product, so it's "natural".  Even though you or I could never cook it up in our kitchens.

 

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I'm a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic. I have been since I was 4 years old. I also have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS for short)...along with endometriosis if you really want to get detailed. The PCOS didn't pop up until 2006 when things progressively got worse.

 

Sudden weight gain, mood swings, fatigue, pelvic pain, very irregular periods, acne, male patterned hair growth, hair thinning, ovarian cysts, and increasingly difficult blood sugar swings.

 

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Since last night, my numbers have really confused me. The last week has been rough with highs by the dozens, insulin resistance, and just all around diabetes havoc. But last night, I thought I saw the clearing in the woods with my first low in 7 days.

 

Yet I still woke up at 257 after a normal dinner, low carb treatment (only a cup of juice and nothing else), and increased Lantus. So I added an extra unit onto the bolus for the high and a little extra for my breakfast. And ended up at 108 in the afternoon.

 

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