I should have known that there would be frustration. I guess I thought that since I wasn't new to basal/bolus therapy that my transition from MDI to the pump would be smooth. And it mostly has, but the last two days I have been running higher than usual with no explanation. Enter frustration.

So when Mom called last night to see how Toohey and I were getting along, I was telling her about all the things that could be making me high:

*basal rate set too low
*active insulin time set too long
*were my jeans too tight today?
*I think I'm ovulating
*or maybe my period is going to start soon
*does my infusion set need to be changed?
*when I was on Lantus, I took it at night; do I need a higher overnight basal rate?
*is all this stress about my high numbers making things worse?

I think I exhausted her with all these possibilities! I took it all in stride yesterday, but today--not so much.

While one of my first thoughts yesterday when I had been over 150 most of the day was that I needed to change my set. But with being only on my second full day of the set and having it not itch or be red, I decided to give it a little longer to see if something else wasn't the issue.

So I emailed my endo and my pump trainer/former diabetes educator this morning after my second day of a 200+ breakfast post-prandial. "What do I do?" I asked. It sucks to feel suddenly clueless after several years of getting it right.