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So yesterday I got the software needed to download my pump. This morning I dug in to the package ready to download. By the way, the user guide for this software is 110 pages! That's crazy.

 

After a hiccup or two I got it all figured out (I tried not to compare it to Medtronic's Carelink where you simply plug in a special USB drive that looks like a flash drive and upload it to Medtronic's Carelink website where you can easily share your username and password to share the info with your doctor).

 

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I have been MIA again for the past two weeks. The week before this one, I spent six days in Mexico with my mom enjoying some delicious food, soaking up the sun, and relaxing. It was much needed and much appreciated. This week has been incredibly chaotic between work, the Valentine's holiday, and general life craziness. I have a lot to update on though and several posts in the works.

 

First and foremost, my blood sugars are staying fairly well behaved. My 90 day average is at 186 (compared to 200+ just a month or so ago) and my 7 day average is in the 170s. I'm still battling lows that drop very quickly (and unexpectedly as you'll see in another post) to the 50s as well as a few highs in the upper 200s and 300s (still haven't figured out why I had 4 of those last week for no apparent reason). My Lantus is at 32 units as opposed to the former 33 units and I'm still taking 250mg of Metformin every day.

 

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It feels like I've been lying in the rain for an hour.  I am soaked.  And where the hell am I?  How is it raining?  I'm inside, right? 

 

I can see the ceiling, its popcorn bumps popping out, and the place where it meets the hot pink wall in this room.  My room?  This is my room, right?  Oh, god, how did I get so wet?  And cold.  I'm shivering.  But why am I sweating?  I think I'm cold.

 

I feel nauseous too.  Really, really sick to my stomach.  I'm pretty sure I can't get up.  The floor seems a long way away. 

 

I pull out my insulin pump, which feels foreign in my hands, not at all like a part of my body (that's how it usually feels).  And I look for the CGM screen, but I can't find it.  And it doesn't occur to me that I'm not wearing the CGM, that I'm taking a break.  I can't really read the pump screen anyway, can I? 

 

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Since I've been back home, I've had both the time and energy to start exercising again. Motivation is another story, but I think I'm doing fairly well. My mom and I are walking a lot of nights. And lately, I've taken up biking when she doesn't want to walk.

 

The scale hasn't budged much, except that I did drop some water weight and an extra pound since moving back home. That's also due to the better eating, better sleeping, and general situation. But it's still nice to see when the scale weighs in closer to my goal. I'm only 2 pounds from "happy" and 7 pounds from "perfect."

 

The interesting part is the blood sugars. Last night, I biked for the first time in a long while. I only made it about 20 minutes before I decided to head home, but that 20 minutes kicked me hard. I got home, collapsed on the cold tile, and just let the A/C wash over me. I was definitely feeling the extent of the bike ride.

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A bedtime number of 91 with 1.9 units active? Are you insane? We both know I can’t send him to bed with 1.9 units of active insulin. Am I the mouse to your cheese? The fish to your worm? You want me to give him carbs, don’t you? You leave me no choice and we both know it. This is why I hate you!

 

 "Here, Charlie. Eat this."

 

45 minutes later:

 

88 with over a unit active??? You do know it’s the season premier of Heroes tonight, right? What am I supposed to do with 88? You know I have to give him another slight boost. You’re setting me up, aren’t you? Or are you? No, you are. Damn it! This is why I hate you!

 

"Charlie, drink some of this juice."

 

Two hours later:

 

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I'm staring at the last three weeks of blood sugars. I've calculated my averages and circled every blood sugar that isn't between 60 and 250. But now, I'm just staring. I'm wondering what to do next.

 

Some of the highs are fairly unexplained (marked with the traditional question mark in my logbook) and some are the result of inadequate boluses, late/skipped boluses for snacks, or overtreating lows. And most of the lows are from decreasing my carb ratio at breakfast (saw a bout of 50's after breakfast three days in a row). Sadly, quite a few of the lows are unexplained just like the highs...late hit from exercise, stress, or just diabetes in its confusion...I'll never really know.

 

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My averages are definitely down in the last three days. I'm having a lot more lows, but far fewer highs. And the highs I am having, I can pinpoint generally what caused them (which is a heck of a lot different than last week where I was bouncing around for no apparent reason).

 

Moving the evening Lantus dose up by a few hours has stopped those evening highs, which I'm extremely grateful for considering those highs are the same ones that start my day off. And beginning and ending my days in the 200's is not my idea of good diabetes management.

 

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My blood sugars seem to have a mind of their own (more than normal) these past few days. I'm bouncing all over the place, doubting my meter's accuracy, and questioning my own ability to manage this stupid disease. I can't seem to stabilize and insulin doesn't seem to be working the way it needs to. Worst of all, I think it's really wreaking havoc on my body as my fatigue has increased and I'm waking up with sore throats.

 

Last week I noticed a few bouncing numbers, but nothing out of the ordinary. I'd been running high trying to get my insulin stabilized and figure out my problem areas. I'd also been snacking too much before bedtime for fear of lows since I was going to sleep with numbers like 104 and 111. Those left my morning numbers high setting my days off on the wrong diabetes foot.

 

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Yesterday I bought a tiny notebook and began my new logging routine. So far (even though I'm only two days in), I've done pretty good with keeping track. I've settled on logging the time, blood sugars, both Humalog and Lantus insulin injections, low treatments, and any strange foods (like a chocolate shake).

 

I haven't noticed any trends, but then again I'm only two days in. The biggest thing I've noticed is that I jump high after most lows (my habit of overtreating). I doubt that I'll stop overtreating so I think the best way to handle that is to judge my insulin after the lows more accurately...which means actually thinking about the carbs and low combo instead of just (under)guessing on the dose.

 

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When I go grocery shopping, I rarely buy junk food. If there's a big game (Yeah, sorry about last night, all you Rockies fans. Sort of sorry anyway. OK, not really sorry at all....), I might buy a bag of chips. Once in a great while, I'll buy brownie mix or I'll make cookies. It's not a regular occurrence around here, however, mainly because we don't have the money in our grocery budget to buy crap like that and also because, well, it's crap. Of little or no nutritional value.

One of the main reasons, though, is because Olivia will just eat it all up. A pan of brownies will be gone in a day. A bag of Doritos? Two sittings. It's ridiculous.
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