So, the day before yesterday I moved my infusion set from my stomach to my arm. After changing it I was stuck in the 200s for pretty much the rest of the day.
Then (no change in anything), overnight I dropped into the 50s ... twice. I treated and woke up still in the 70s. Had breakfast and went a bit high (180s), corrected and by lunch I was low again, and after lunch I was low so ate without bolusing, and before dinner I was low, and after dinner I was low and had to eat without bolusing, and before bed I was STILL low (considering I'd eaten without bolusing!), so I bumped all my pump setting down by the minimum amount possible.
Then a few hours later I had gone above 200. So I corrected.
Then this morning I woke up at over 300! So I corrected and went back to sleep. Three hours later woke up and was still in the 160s, so I corrected and had breakfast. And then two hours after breakfast I was heading low so ate without bolusing, and now before lunch I am low ...
Note that yesterday I went LOW overnight and HIGH after breakfast. Maybe today is like opposite day or something ...
I really wish I had a CGM at times like this. For all I know maybe I went low overnight and rebounded, but that doesn't explain the other weirdness. I wish I could just find a way to stay between 70-200 most of the time ... I am trying hard not to stack insulin (to wait 2-3 hours to give an additional correction if I'm high, for example) and to not over-treat lows (limit it to 10-12g or less if I'm about to eat), and still fewer than half of my readings ever fall between the dotted lines (which I have set to 70-150).
Also, and this is really awesome: I got a new job. VERY EXCITED! However, it means that ALL the consistency in schedule I have managed to achieve (not that it's helped much ...) is about to be completely overhauled. And this new job will also require some business travel which I have never done before. I've only done vacation travel, and my blood sugars are ALWAYS horrible and ping-pong between 40 and 400 almost daily, even with the pump and even though I don't go crazy eating crap or anything. I think it's mostly from unfamiliar food and rather unpredictable schedules.
Also, I was looking at an old logbook from 2006 or so and was like, WOW I have made some great changes! Not only is my schedule as consistent as I can get it (compared to back then when I just did whatever), but in those days I was eating a LOT of carbs ... 60-80g for most meals and even snacks! These days I keep most meals at 15-25g and try to weigh or measure almost all my food. I also exercise every day now while in 2006 I was doing nothing because I was in teacher training and crazy busy all the time.
So all those are great! It just drives me a bit crazy that my blood sugars are still so all over the place even with all those changes. I am looking really forward to my new job but not looking forward to what effect the changes might have on my diabetes control ...