I haven't been this frustrated with my glucose levels in a long time.
Earlier today, my mom asked if I wanted to go for a walk. Tonight is normally the night I go to Zumba, but the weather was nice and I really wanted to be outside. So I agreed.
We had a nice, normal dinner of potatoes, asparagus and chicken. We decided to wait for a little bit after dinner, with the intention of going for our walk around 7:00. I started a temporary basal around 6:45. So when 7:00 rolled around, I did glucose. It was 6.2 mmol/L, not nearly high enough to walk. Thinking it was no big deal, I had a bit of regular pop and waited for a bit, thinking that should be good enough to get my glucose high enough to walk safely. I did glucose a little while later and it actually went DOWN to 5.2 mmol/L!
I ended up having to run another temporary basal, eat a bit (even though I wasn't hungry after eating dinner), and drink a bunch more regular pop over the course of the evening. Slowly my blood sugar went up, but not spectacularly so (it was 6.2, 6.4, 6.9 and 6.8 over the course of the last few hours). In the end, my mom did a bit of indoor exercise and I continued to do a whole lot of nothing.
I'm not even sure what caused this. I thought I had done a reasonable amount of insulin for the food I ate at dinner. Plus the temporary basals should have kicked in and brought my glucose levels up. But for some reason they didn't.
At this point, all that's left to do is call it a night and try again tomorrow!
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Sunday, 12 January 2014
First Skiing Adventure of 2014!
So today was both my first skiing adventure of 2014 and my first skiing adventure of this winter (as I mentioned, it's been super cold here, so I haven't been able to do anything outside!) I also apparently didn't go skiing last winter either, so this was my first time out since 2012!
Today I went with my mom to Kamview. I did my best to use the strategy that works for me (25% of my basal and 30% insulin for dinner); unfortunately I had to guess at the carbohydrates for dinner as I wasn't able to measure them. So I started out at 4.9 mmol/L before dinner, which was a bit lower than I would have liked. But right before skiing, I was up to 14.4, meaning I was good to go!
When we got out to Kamview, my glucose was up to 16.5, which was a bit higher than I would have liked. But we started skiing, stopping before and after the Northern Lights trail to do glucose. I was 13.3 at the beginning and 12.0 at the end; I successfully made it!
When I got back to the car at the end of everything, for some reason my glucose was up to 14.8, and back home it went up to 16.9. I'm not entirely sure what happened there (I'm guessing the basal either went too long or needs to be a little higher than 25%), but I did insulin at that point (and also had some hot chocolate...) to bring it back down; I'm 13.3 a few hours later (thanks in part to the hot chocolate, which I didn't bolus for).
So I stayed a little too high through this whole evening, but I did successfully make it around the Northern Lights trail on my first night out this year! My glucometer also worked the entire time I was out. I'm now using a Contour because it links with my insulin pump; the Contour seems to withstand the cold a bit better than the One Touch I used to use (although it was pretty warm out, so I'll have to test it out again in a bit colder weather).
Today I went with my mom to Kamview. I did my best to use the strategy that works for me (25% of my basal and 30% insulin for dinner); unfortunately I had to guess at the carbohydrates for dinner as I wasn't able to measure them. So I started out at 4.9 mmol/L before dinner, which was a bit lower than I would have liked. But right before skiing, I was up to 14.4, meaning I was good to go!
When we got out to Kamview, my glucose was up to 16.5, which was a bit higher than I would have liked. But we started skiing, stopping before and after the Northern Lights trail to do glucose. I was 13.3 at the beginning and 12.0 at the end; I successfully made it!
When I got back to the car at the end of everything, for some reason my glucose was up to 14.8, and back home it went up to 16.9. I'm not entirely sure what happened there (I'm guessing the basal either went too long or needs to be a little higher than 25%), but I did insulin at that point (and also had some hot chocolate...) to bring it back down; I'm 13.3 a few hours later (thanks in part to the hot chocolate, which I didn't bolus for).
So I stayed a little too high through this whole evening, but I did successfully make it around the Northern Lights trail on my first night out this year! My glucometer also worked the entire time I was out. I'm now using a Contour because it links with my insulin pump; the Contour seems to withstand the cold a bit better than the One Touch I used to use (although it was pretty warm out, so I'll have to test it out again in a bit colder weather).
Happy 2014 Everyone!
Yeah....I haven't posted here since last summer...well, happy new year everyone!
The end of 2013 was a lot of fun. I tried Zumba in the fall, and really enjoyed it. I was a bit worried about how it would affect my glucose levels, but my skiing strategy (25% basal and 30% insulin with a meal) holds up beautifully for me; I was even able to go once when I started off almost low (4.3 mmol/L)!
Unfortunately, the last several weeks have been super cold here, so I haven't been able to walk (outside) much at all. Couple that with the big meals from the holiday season, and I feel like I need to get moving! So hopefully once we're finished this cold snap, I can get back on track!
I should also add that one of my goals for the year is to "get in better shape." I'm going to have to think that through a little more - how can I measure whether I'm in "better shape" or not? And what specifically do I WANT in better shape (abs? arms? what?)
So here's to a new and hopefully healthy year! :)
The end of 2013 was a lot of fun. I tried Zumba in the fall, and really enjoyed it. I was a bit worried about how it would affect my glucose levels, but my skiing strategy (25% basal and 30% insulin with a meal) holds up beautifully for me; I was even able to go once when I started off almost low (4.3 mmol/L)!
Unfortunately, the last several weeks have been super cold here, so I haven't been able to walk (outside) much at all. Couple that with the big meals from the holiday season, and I feel like I need to get moving! So hopefully once we're finished this cold snap, I can get back on track!
I should also add that one of my goals for the year is to "get in better shape." I'm going to have to think that through a little more - how can I measure whether I'm in "better shape" or not? And what specifically do I WANT in better shape (abs? arms? what?)
So here's to a new and hopefully healthy year! :)
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