Ugh -  blood sugars are high today and now I’m wishing I got a prescription from my endo last week for testing ketones.  I don’t have days like this too often with blood sugars being high like this without some sort of explanation, e.g. ate more then I should – and didn’t bolus enough for the carb count.   Actually this is the first time for  me since going onto the insulin pump a year ago that I’m experiencing this – and it’s not because of menstruating which sometimes does effect my BG’s – and I adjust my basal rate for that by increasing it.  

No, today I am not able to get my BG’s down – they are just going up.  I noticed something was up yesterday which I thought was more with the stress of going downtown for my final check up for the nip ‘n tuck done after my mastectomy a few years ago (yes – I’m back to center fold modeling again …. NOT).  I am not a lover of going downtown – despite my parking my car on the outskirts and taking the metro in.  I just don’t like the traffic as you get closer to the city core – period.  Along with that little bit of stress, sitting over 2 hours in the waiting room to see the surgeon – I hate that as I’m sure you do as well.  Why do they always have magazines that are 2-3 years old?  Anyway, stress combined with sitting (though I had a good walk afterwards since it was a beautiful day here in Montreal) – does not make Anna a happy gal .  

Later when I got home – which was close to dinner time –BG was going up from my last test (17!!!).  I injected rather then using the pump to bring things down – and when I hit the pillow for noddy nod land my BG was at 6.8 which I was fine with – then upon awakening – it was ... 15.6!!!  What the “insert your choice of bad words here” is causing this"?!?  Infusion site looked fine – only changed it 2 days ago – but maybe these problems are due to using an infusion set that has a 30 degree angle plus it uses an automatic gizmo to insert it into the skin.  I generally do it manually with a 45 degree angle infusion set, but since I’m running low on those I’m resorting to the Inset 30 until I can order up new supplies in a few weeks.  I injected a BG correction at that point and proceeded to put in a new infusion set on another part of my body.  The result now is that I’m even higher then I was this morning – as I write this it’s 16.4.  I’m to the point of going to one of the diabetic forums I use and asking for help.  They’re usually pretty quick at helping, but I’m stubborn and will hold out until I think of something else I may have overlooked (insulin has gone bad – Venus is moving over Mars???).  My main thing right now – I want to eat – I am VERY hungry – but at a BG rate like this – it’s not considered a good thing to do.  Water tastes so yummy doesn’t it?   I cheat by adding one of those low cal flavour packets so I drink it.

So, this is how my day is going – inbetween catching up with housework – bopping to good tunes – I’m a high flying gal today with her BG’s.  Have you had similar days to this – and how do you handle it – whether you are MDI or on the pump?  Tell me – please – I feel so alone!!!