sixuntilme

I knew that walking around the huge Texas airport carrying two pieces of luggage would be strenuous. I also knew that the stress of making a flight and worrying about forgetting things would be a factor. So I lowered my basal by two increments about an hour before hitting the airport.

When we finally made it to the terminal, I checked in at 150. Perfect. I wanted to run a little higher than normal to avoid a low. I didn't bolus and kept my basals the same.

Shortly after taking off to Mexico, my blood sugar was 143. I was satisfied. Despite the minimal drop in my blood sugar, I could feel that "low" creeping up on me. Luckily, we would be getting lunch on the plane soon so I left my insulin the same again.

I ate the lunch provided by the airline: a small turkey sandwich, a bag of chips, and a soda. I should have tested again, but the people around me were creeping into my seat and my lunch was already precariously sitting amidst my book and iPod. We had one hour to landing, so I decided to wait. I bolused for the carbs as if I was in range.

I had been fighting off a headache all morning, but shortly before landing, my head started throbbing. I automatically attributed it to the wonderful blessings of being a woman and blew it off. I hadn't checked my blood sugar in two hours.

Upon hitting the ground, I sought out a bathroom bigger than a cardboard box. I've kept my infusion site on my hip for a few months now. I haven't had any issues so far, except for a few "No delivery" alarms when I'm wearing tighter jeans. As I pulled down my jeans, the tubing came loose. The site had disconnected itself.

I had been disconnected for some time (at least thirty or forty minutes). I immediately checked my blood sugar to make sure I was in range after my meal. 416 blinked up at me from my meter. Holy...bananas...

I bolused, cussing the whole technology and freaking at the high. The "signs" mocked me that I had been so dumb to ignore them (the headache, the bathroom). A vacation does not give me the right to ignore blatant blood sugar checks.

Within an hour, I was down to 253 and feeling much better. My site was staying connected, but for the next few weeks, I'm sure I'll be paranoid about sites with a mind of their own.