Diabetes By The Numbers - On A Monday & Before 3:30 PM

Diabetes By The Numbers  - on A Monday & Before 3:30 PM

I've decided to catalogue today's numbers because it's amazing how much time, energy, and thoughts we devote to our diabetes throughout the day - even when out numbers are in range.... and especially when they aren't.
Also, diabetes is fucking weird, man.

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7 blood sugar checks so far today. SEVEN - and started at 2:54 a.m.

2:54 a.m. - I woke up from not the greatest of slumbers and thought I might be low. 

I was 129 and didn’t correct. 
WHY DIDN'T I CORRECT? Because I was 159 when I went to bed and didn't correct, because I had 0.60 insulin on board and didn't want to risk going low in the middle of the night. 
When I woke up at almost 3 a.m., things were heading in the right direction.

7:15 a.m. bg 249 and I'm like: WTF, there’s no fucking way that can be right. I check again one minute later.

7:16 a.m. bg reads as 241- W.T.F. 

Breakfast blood sugar was 241 ( I have no idea why,) bolus for 40 grams because coffee (and yes, I like mine with extra cream and sugar,) and required an 8.25 correction and an extended bolus of 4.25 units followed by the other 

4 units, 30 minutes later.

2 mugs of coffee required - each with an individual bolus - the second one was for 1.9 units. FTR, I bolus for my 2 cups of coffee individually and I've found it to be helpful re: mid morning spikes. That works for me - YDMV. 

My breakfast was not large because 241, bg. Cheese sticks and a small Bartlett pear (8 grams after subtracting 3 grams for fiber) that was not  even close to ripe, but I ate it anyway.  

11:48 a.m. My blood sugar is 134.

12:27 PM  - My lunch bg, 107 - Didn't bolus for the 16 carbs of blueberry Icelandic yogurt or the Food Should Taste Good Chips because my blood sugar was 107 and I still had 2 units of insulin on board.
FTR: I almost always bolus for lunch - but I normally don't have so much insulin on board. 
SIGH.

1:41 PM - I am very well aware that I shouldn't check my blood sugar so soon after eating, but I'm curious because I didn't bolus for my lunch.  BG is 128.

3:04 PM - My blood sugar129

7 times I’ve pricked my fingers today and I will never be a hand model.

2 meals ingested.

48 grams of carbs bolused for - the majority for the two mugs of coffee. 

8 for the unripe, hard to digest pear.

None for the cheese sticks.    

None for the yogurt or chips. 

30.10 units of insulin delivered since midnight

Insulin Total Breakdown according to my Pod's PDM

Bolus(35%) 10.60 units

Basal (65%  19.50 units

I’m still trying to figure out the 241 at breakfast , but have decided to embrace my inner Elsa and let it go or it will drive me fucking nuts. 

35 ounces of water consumed. I need to drink more water - that's not enough. 

Again, still pissed about the 241 at breakfast because: 

1. today’s numbers are weirdly good- except for 241
2. I am not super hungry today, which isn't a thing for me - So I'm going with it... for now
3. I would probably be down by 4 or 5 units of insulin today if it wasn't for the G*d damn 241 breakfast blood sugar!
4. I'm thinking that my lower than normal numbers are due to yesterday's hike
5. Still can't explain the fucking 241 bg. 

I’m hungry and I'm probably going to eat a KIND bar.

Twirling like Elsa and letting it all go because shit happens, so does diabetes.

I know and have accepted that tomorrow's numbers will be completely different - because diabetes is like that  - same goes for life. 

As of 10 minutes ago, I'm looking forward to a big dinner. 

What’s With The Diabetes WTFedness?

Diabetes WTFedness & the InstamessageApp ~

Last night right before I started making dinner, I felt slightly low. 

Nothing crazy, no sweating or shakes.... just that feeling in my stomach that things were going south & that I might want to check my blood sugar sooner rather than later. 

This happened as I was just about to slice up grape tomatoes and avocados and make a beautiful pre meal salad.

 I'd been looking forward to the creamy avocadoness of it all since lunch and all I wanted to do was make, and then immediately eat the damn salad!

Sidebar: Is it just me, or have avocados prices been really friendly as of late? 

So anyway, before the slicing and dicing commenced I checked my blood sugar and the number 55 came glaring back at me on the screen.  

And that would be when I uttered: What’s with the diabetes WTFedness?! 

Treating a low is one thing - But treating a low during a meal adds a whole other degree of diabetes WTFedness to the mix. It means over eating, having to test during the meal so you can bolus to prevent a future high and it takes all the joy out of the meal. And it’s a pain in the ass!

I went to the fridge, grabbed the V8 Splash and drank from the bottle. Then I grabbed the sliced roast turkey and provolone out of the fridge, grabbed the bread and mayo and made a quick sandwich and scarfed that down, followed by a few grapes.  By the time the low passed, so had the window on my avocado & tomato salad.

There’s a lot of things that fall under the Diabetes WTFedness helm.

 Things like middle of the night lows for no apparent reason, dead spots that don’t make themselves known for hours, and insurance companies that change their coverage and prescription rules without telling you.

And diabetes WTFedness doesn’t have to take on epic proportions, either. 

Having a glucose meter tell you that you didn’t get enough blood on the test strip for an accurate reading, when you KNOW for damn sure that you did is absolutely a case of diabetes WTFedness.

Diabetes WTFedness is infuriating, annoying, the only good thing about it Is the actually term: WTFedness, diabetes related or otherwise. 

Nor is it diabetes WTFedness limited to all of the above. 

What’s your experience with diabetes WTFedness, or just WTFedness in general? 

PS: Sidebar: I posted #WTFedness and the story behind the term on the diabetesalicious facebook page after I treated my low - And people really related to it!