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My average for the past two weeks is 127. I can't even believe it. I'm staring at my logbook and my pump's software reports with my mouth open. How did I get below 130?

 

I know the numbers that are leading to averages like 127 (unfortunately, I don't know the reason behind those numbers). For the past two weeks, I've experienced plenty of lows. I run consistently in the 60's and 70's for hours on end.

 

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Rant beginning. Prepare yourself.
Call me sensitive. Say I'm soft. I don't care.
I was having lunch with a new friend today and a friend of hers. Apparently, my diabetes had not been discussed at all before our meeting. This is, in and of itself, a good thing. But.
During lunch, friend of new friend - who works in a local Primary Care Doctor's office processing insurance claims - started into a rant about unhealthy eating, obesity, diabetes, and the havoc that diabetics and the like reak on our healthcare system. Ugh. (READ MORE)

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Is it so much to ask for to want to wake up every hour from midnight to 7 am and take small drops of blood from my 5-year-old son all night long? I'm sure this is every dad's fantasy. Insane, the things I wish for now.
We have been trying to do overnight basal testing for Charlie now for thirteen days straight. We just can't do it. It's absolutely ridiculous. Every single night we're forced to abort our mission before we can even get started. What's most frustrating is that all we need as a prerequisite is to have him somewhere in the 120 to 220 area at about 9 pm-10 pm, when the dinner insulin has run its course. Amazingly, we can't do it. Night after night. (READ MORE)

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My family always ate pretty healthy. With two older brothers, there was always a lot of food around. Stew, king ranch chicken, hamburgers. But always balanced meals. We knew that veggies were good for us, fruit was always accessible, and desserts were minimal.

 

It was never an issue to eat a salad or mixed vegetables. I don't recall ever feeling jeopardized for not snacking or having instant access to ice cream, cookies, and cake. They were treats that we always enjoyed, but in moderation.

 

I never really thought about food (or don't remember it) as helping or hurting my diabetes though. It wasn't ever really about how celery is a free food, but cookies weren't. I just ate what was placed in front of me or what I found in the fridge.

 

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If I could control my blood sugar with my mind, I'd constantly be 85 or 100. Exactly. Not between, not a variable. Just 85 or 100. Why?

 

Because they are nice numbers. They aren't my favorites (my favorites are 7 and 14 which is quite odd considering what I'm about to explain). They are just good blood sugar numbers.

 

Because they end in 5 and 0.

Okay, maybe I'm a little OCD when it comes to numbers. For instance, the TV volume is always set on a 5 or a 0 in my house. If it HAS to be something else, then it needs to be an even number. Like 22. That's a nice number.

 

I don't think I do anything multiple times that involve fives or zeros. I don't wash my hands 5 times or count back to zero when I complete a sentence. My numerical OCD doesn't really infiltrate the non-diabetes part of me.

 

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Nope, this post is not about Thanksgiving or the dawning of the Holiday Season.

 

It's about the calls I receive from my family that are diabetes -related.  Often, I don't hear much from them on this front.  But lately, it's been a flurry of calls...

 

First, about the insulin syringe recall. Frantic calls from both of my brothers, who are apparently aware of my insulin sensitivity (ie: "2.5 times your usual dose would probably KILL you") but not aware that I've been using an insulin pump...  

 

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A friend of mine, who has a son with type 1, recently gave me a couple of bottles of Novolog to tide Olivia over until we're in the system with our new health insurance. She also gave us some strips. She's a lifesaver, that woman.

Olivia had never used Novolog before. She seems to be doing fine with it, although she does say that it drops her much more quickly than Humalog did. She doesn't like that aspect of it that much - dropping quickly makes her feel kind of sick to her stomach, so I can't say that I blame her.

But she's had some highs lately, and getting them down quickly has been great. I need to make sure I don't need to adjust her sensitivity factor with this new insulin. I'm having to go thru the last couple of days of records to see just how quickly she's dropping.
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So my mother was right (seriously, when do they ever get it wrong?). All those nights that I spent avoiding sleep, staying up too late with friends, or just battling my insomnia, she was right. She always said, "Watch your blood sugars!"

 

And I always thought, "It's just sleep!" Blood sugars and sleep have nothing to do with each other. No way. I'd continue on my way and forget that I was supposed to be watching those numbers because I didn't sleep enough.

 

But as it turns out, she had a point. This study proved that (and reconfirmed that) lack of sleep leads to insulin resistance. Even just one night of minimal sleep can cause a lack of insulin sensitivity. One night!

 

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That's right, after LOWERING my dosage of metformin (generic glucophage) six months ago; my HbA1C went DOWN to 5.5 from 5.8.  Yes, I brought my average blood sugars DOWN by reducing my medication and increasing my cardio and strength training.  It's only a decrease of about 8 mg/dl but that's an average over 24/7.  AND I went from 2000 mg metformin to 1500 mg.   I know "they" say it can and should work that way, but I'm the first to admit I didn't believe it.  (Or that was my excuse for not trying harder).

 

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I am up 1 pound from a month ago. I've been up as high as 3 pounds and as low as 2 pounds down. Truth be told, it's more like 6 weeks I have been doing this yo-yo trick up and down that 5 pound range.
I've been fairly good about logging my food. The days that the log stops at lunch are the problem. The afternoon snack attacks are sabotaging my efforts. I feel helpless to stop them. It's really detrimental to be feeling this way. (READ MORE)

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