Happy New Year!
I just finished two wonderful weeks of vacation with my family and friends. Wonderful, because I am blessed to be surrounded by so many people who love me and love one another. This relieves a lot of my own stress, e.g. work, etc.
However (and I do mean, however), my diabetes threw some nasty curve balls that had no explanation. For instance…
- I had a pump change that felt like someone shot me in the arm with a rifle. After tolerating a day of mediocre blood sugars, and having enough of the sharp pain, I removed the pod. I halfway expected blood to gush everywhere. But…it didn’t and the cannula wasn’t bent. However, my arm was sore for days.
- I had another pod change that went extremely well with absolutely no pain. I tested my blood sugar 2 hours later with nearly a 300 (I ALWAYS give myself 2.5 units after initial pod insertion to prime the site). It took me nearly 8 hours for my blood sugars to finally come down. My blood sugars were flawless the next day. Go figure…
- I ate a relatively moderate sized Mexican meal for lunch, and took a load of insulin to cover the carbohydrates. Two hours later, my blood sugars are over 300. Once again, it took 4 long hours to bring that disaster down. I checked my pump to see if I did something wrong. Nope…I took nearly 20 units of Novolog for a small quesadilla with a handful of chips. Very, very sad. (I would like to blame the soda, BUT it was clearly Diet Coke.)
These are just a few anomalies that I’ve faced over the last couple of weeks. I guess it could be worse, but when I try my best to keep my blood sugar numbers in range, these situations drive me nuts.
Keep going strong and…
Have a wonderful New Year!
Happy new year Mark. Sorry about all the D troubles. It just never relents, even on vacation. 😦
These situations that don’t make sense make me nuts, too…sigh…Keep hanging in there, glad you had a great vacation 😀
Those painful set changes are the worst. I’m glad they don’t happen too often. And wouldn’t it be so much easier if diabetes would just follow the rules?
Happy New Year Mark! All the best to you and your family!