:: DiabeticDamsel ::

MY A1c IS 6.7!!!

I had my long awaited doctor’s appointment today and I’m glad to report an improved A1c of 6.7! With my anniversary around the corner, it will be an 6 year journey that got me to my lowest A1c.

Hypoglycemia weird symptoms..

So to inform the readers who are in the dark, hypoglycemia occurs when your blood sugar is too low and symptoms vary from person to person. Kerri from www.sixuntilme.com had a video blog talking about her symptom which included crying. Personally, my lips will get numb and if I’m in from of the computer or reading something the words will get all jumbled and look like wingdings font. Over the weekend I had two hypo moments. First one I went down to 50 and had a bowl of Multigrain Cheerios that I couldn’t taste at all. Second time I was at 52 and I couldn’t smell my dog’s foul breath that my faithful assistant was complaining about. So I know that the symptoms vary from person to person but I’ve never heard of temporarily losing your senses???!!!

Taking advantage of the real estate

3 weeks ago I was doing some research on different places I can place my site on my body for my insulin pump. I normally use my abdomen but I was struggling with unpredictable blood sugar readings due to too much scar tissue and my insulin not absorbing.

First test: upper love handles. I tried to put the site as far on my back as possible, this location I wouldn’t recommend. I mistakenly put it on the side I sleep on and during the night I was waking up with my side sore and for a week I was restricted to sleeping on my belly; drooling like a crazy person too. I normally keep my site on as long as it will stay but 3 days in, I woke up with blood on my sheets and my site halfway on while I was rolling around sleeping one night. On a good note I saw an awesome change in my insulin absorption but the placement was just uncomfortable.

Second test: upper right shoulder. Although I do need my faithful assistant to squeeze my arm while I insert the needle, this location was the best so far. Numbers were better than my back location and sleeping was not compromised. I did find myself explaining what it was to a few co-workers and I did get a few people in the grocery store staring, but overall it wasn’t too bad.

After those two test and getting such a positive response I didn’t need anymore convincing. I’m hooked on taking advantage of all of the real estate that I have, all 6 feet of it, and giving my belly a break!

Carb Counting -Part 2-

So i just had a WTF! moment while doing my ‘Insulin to Blood Sugar ratio’ test this morning…

Here are my numbers:

• 143 - 11:00 P.M. - Head to bed last night with a number i was happy with.
• 180 - 3:19 A.M. - Woke up to check
• 173 - 8:07 A.M. - Woke up for good. I started the ‘test’ and gave myself 1 unit of insulin. I was then instructed to test 20 mins after then 2 hours.
• 175 - 8:30 A.M. - So apparently insulin is like chocolate to my body.
• 177 - 8:49 A.M. - Checked again
• 186 - 11:38 A.M. - At this point my stomach is growling and all I’ve had was water today..AND I’M STILL HIGH!!!

So this test was crap this morning because apparently when i high i just hit a plateau and stay there. Is this normal? Am I crazy? I still don’t know my I/BS ratio and i’m starving!!