Lows
Goose egg.
On Saturday I woke up a little low - nothing too crazy, somewhere in the mid 60s. I didn’t treat the low because my blood sugar will often rise on its own first thing in the morning as my “wake up” adrenaline kicks in gear. I didn’t bolus for breakfast because I only had eggs […]
Everyday heroes.
I had seriously overshot my dinner time bolus. I was at a work dinner, and usually the carbs are abounding at such events so I think I bolused heavy out of habit. Whatever the reason for my error, I’d just finished a huge plate of low carb food and I knew I was dropping like […]
Doubled up on poor planning.
On Sunday night, or rather the wee hours of Monday morning, I was woken up for the third time by my DexCom alerting me to another low blood sugar. “Damn” I thought to myself in the haze of yet another low. “This is one stubborn low.” I stumbled to the kitchen and pulled out the […]
Waking up.
My alarm goes off at 6:30am. I feel so tired, I barely open my eyes while my arm searches the bedside table for the snooze button. No way am I getting up right now. Snooze please. I’m so exhausted. Somewhere seemingly far away - somewhere between dreams and awake, I can hear a buzz-buzz sound. […]
Treats to treat a low? Or no?
I found myself an hour after lunch yesterday with my blood sugar in a free fall. I’d clearly misjudged my carb intake at lunch and overdone it on my bolus. I was out seeing customers, so I pulled the car over and rummaged around my center console with a bit of excitement - I’d stashed […]
The Real Snooze Button.
I’m a person who places a high premium on sleep. In other words: I love my shut eye. And since I’m regularly out of bed in the 5am - 6:30am range most days of the work week, I relish weekend days when I don’t have to set an alarm, and I can catch zzzz’s to […]
Well that’s not encouraging.
I am failing at the No-Lows for Four Weeks Project. This one happened around 7pm on Wednesday. I hadn’t bolused in hours, and I didn’t feel any symptoms - it was truly one of those “absolutely out of freaking no where lows”. This has to be the most frustrating diabetes project I’ve ever embarked on. […]
Exact scientist I am not…
I blogged last week about my goal of “no lows for four weeks” in order to help re-set my “hypo awareness levels.” I’m about one week into this experiment and so far…I’m failing pretty badly. Turns out when you’re used to aggressively stalking blood sugars, lows are harder to get rid of than you’d think. […]
Things I don’t like to think about…
…include this. I got a refill prescription for glucagon on Monday and filled it. Mostly because my current glucagon pen was expired by about eight months and yet…still sitting in the fridge. My CDE said he likes re-filling prescriptions for glucagon pens when he’s replacing an expired one - because that means his patient hasn’t had […]
What the mean really means…
I felt as confident about knowing what my most recent A1c would be as I do about betting on horses at the track (read: not at all). So when I walked in to my appointment with my CDE on Monday morning, his guess was as good as mine. The nurse who roomed me set my […]