Sugar Sugar

Numbers for the last four days: 1087494 1049958 9511373 1178567 Now *that’s* more like it. Looks like I can drop my Lantus dose from 18 u back down to 16 again, too, to prevent that evening low.

1) It really is better if I get up between 5-7am instead of 10-11 am. My numbers just look better when I get an early jump start on the day. I’ll test around 90-100 between 5-7, but by 10-11, my sugar’s already risen cause of the whole dawn phenomenon, and I’ll come out at 130-160(!).

My credit card company, for some inane reason, decided to up my credit limit (I mean, I’m unemployed! What better reason to up my limit!). So I took the opportunity to stock up on my meds, since as soon as I can’t make that CC payment, they’re going to cut me off. This cost me:

This morning’s number: 92 This is supposed to be a *normal* morning number for me. It shouldn’t take effort to get there, just routine. Not having a routine is probably what’s ruining it for me. After yesterday’s appalling numbers (178 196 152), I broke out my aggressive testing/dosing strategy that I used to curb my

Before bed test revealed! 232 Blast that damned barista! According to spreadsheet, I’d correct a 232 with 8 units of insulin, but that’s only if I’m going to eat something beforehand, and it’s also bedtime, so I subtract 2 units. But I know that if I take 6 units I’m likely in for a nighttime

Mmmmmm nothing more annoying than when the barista puts in regular syrup instead of sugarfree, except maybe not realizing that until four hours later.

One of the toughest things I’ve been dealing with the last month – aside from (and relating to) negotiating personal relationships – is depression. It’s not bad enough that I can’t function, but the longer I go without a job, the worse my health gets, the less money I have for stuff like meds and

… than wacky sugar numbers and the resulting cognitive fuzz that makes you just not care. So tired.

Put this Insulin Calculator (scroll to the bottom) at the top of the list of things I wished I’d been made aware of when I first got diagnosed. It probably took me about 6 months to figure out the exact same conversation rate (base sugar number, plus amount of carbs you want to eat =

I’ve been having some issues with my sugar since I got back from Spain, so I’ve been running numbers like this (as a refresher: a normal person has a fasting glucose of about 80. I need to stay under 150. Over 200, you do permanent damage. I record three times a day: before breakfast, lunch,