10 am this morning could not have come fast enough. For the past 36 hours I've been managing my blood sugars with a combination of lantus and novolog injections. The last time I was on lantus I was still in the "honeymoon," phase of type 1 so I gave myself something like 13 or 14 units of lantus a day. Because my exercise rate varies daily due to training I manage my blood sugars with a combination of my basal rate and planned boluses throughout the day. Therefore, I had no clue how much lantus to give msyelf for the the first 24 hours without my tail.
After Anne gave me the lantus I knew I didn't want to go overboard with my long lasting insulin so I gave myself 11 units and planned to manage any highs with novolog injections. I woke up with a blood sugar of 255 and had an egg on a small multigrain english muffin for breakfast. By the time I got into work about an hour later my glucose had popped to 352. The day was not off to a good start and I was feeling awful, I was thirsty, had to pee, had unclear vision and my head felt like someone was lightly tapping it from the inside. For the next 6 hours my blood sugar oscillated between 275 and 325 as I gave myself injection after injection. Finally around 3pm my blood sugar dipped below 100 and then quickly dropped into the 70s. I had a clif bar to bring my bs back up and then took another injection when I saw my blood sugar rise to 180.
When I got home at 7:30 pm I took in 14 units of lantus and 4 units of novolog to cover the salad I was having for dinner. Thankfully my blood sugar finally stabilized as I laid on my bed and watched some Netflix too exhausted to move. I woke up with a blood sugar of 190, took in 2 units of insulin, had a cup of coffee and rode my bike to work. Once at work my blood sugar remained at 120 and finally at 10am my new pump arrived.
Today I feel 1,000 times better than I did yesterday; I have no idea how I lived like that everyday for a year as I went undiagnosed. The headache, the thirst, the muscle cramps, the problems seeing; all those little symptoms that had me so confused from 2006 - 2007 were on full display yesterday as my blood sugar was consistently the highest it had been in many, many years. With a stomach sore from the # of injections I gave myself yesterday I sit here tremendously happy knowing that my tail is firmly in place and that I'm back in control.
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What pool did you decide on? I was looking at the Mission Bay one myself.
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