Well DD’s numbers have been extremely Hi. You know that you are Hi when all the meter will tell you is Hi. Its pretty scary. SO far her ketones have been negative every time (except maybe once). We called the Dr. together yesterday and I put her on speaker phone so that DD could have some input on the conversation as well. The Dr. asked right over if she had been taking her insulin. Yes she has, I know that the #'s are high. And it seems that when she knows her numbers are high she test less. I think this is from the stigma of her numbers being self esteem. I am working hard to change that fact. I think I am getting some where. but it all takes time.
So the Dr. Changed her insulin/carb ration for lunch and dinner and also for breakfast. She also upped her Lantus from 15 to 20 at night. Didn’t have much effect - she still woke up at 327 and correct and ate breakfast with a carb ratio of 2/15 and it shot up to 421. She is very upset. I am thinking that we will be calling the Dr. again tonight with more numbers instead of waiting for Saturday. We will see if we can get her numbers down before then, but it seems that she will be taking more and more isulin. Is this good? How often is too much? I am having her test every couple of hrs. right now. She has a script for 10 x a day right now.
Ugh, I’m sorry to hear this. I feel for her…Being this high for this long makes a person feel HORRIBLE. In addition to all the stress, she can’t feel very good physically.
When I was on injections I tried not to give more than one correction within 3 hours because the insulin is still effective for 4 hours.
Is it possible that the insulin is bad?? If she isn’t going down, then you probably want to open fresh insulin and see if that’s the problem. (I don’t throw out the old insulin until I figure out if that was really the problem).
That is what the Dr. was thinking. But the exp. date is 3/2010 - Is this the date that we use? We order her supplies 3 mo at a time so we shouldn’t have had it for more than 3 mo. She did just change pens so she is using a new Humalog pen and its still not working. I will start having her check at the 3 1/2 hr mark then and see what’s going on then.
i’m sorry she is having episodes Christina, god knows I feel for her, being high is the crappiest feeling. You should check to see if shes getting sick or anything like that… sometimes this disease decide to turn on us even when we can’t quite pinpoint the problem. I would say go to the doctor and get urinalysis and blood work to rule anything out… one time this happened to me, and the cause of my high sugars was a UTI, which diabetics are apparently very prone to getting.
Kristin’s idea of the Lantus makes a lot of sense. A waking number that high will be most likely effected by the basal insulin, the Lantus.
I’ve had vials of insulin over the years that just didn’t work right… whether it got hot somewhere along the supply chain or just plain bad luck, it can happen.
We’ve all had those WTF days… but if that day tends to stretch out for another day and then another, there is a reason for it. it is just that sorting out what that reason is can be a pain, so start simple. Open a different vial of insulin and see what happens. It won’t be any worse, if there is no change you can still finish off the original vial. If it does improve, you’ll see the results pretty dang quick and that old vial can visit file 13
Oh, and the expiration date is based upon the date of manufacture of that particular lot# of insulin. Stability tests are performed to show, on average, what type shelf life can be expected for this particular medication. The medication may indeed be perfectly good past that date, but there are no guarantees…
Cool Thanks Guys I had her get a new Pen of Lantus out just to be on the safe side. Like I said (I think) she just opened a new pen of Humalog. SO we are all fresh on everything. I think I might just make the Dr. appt. I just take her to the Pedi right? I will call when I get home and get an appt. THanks Guys!!! This WTF time has been about 21 days in all. I felt horrible when I counted last night. Sometimes its hard she doesn’t always share with me. SO we are getting it all taken care of now. Thanks a bunch!
Hi…Im 28 and have been a diabetic for 21 years. Those teenage years were the worst for me. From about 14-17 I had that “I dont care attitude” if my b.s. was high I didnt care and fiigured I’ll just take another shot. My a1c’s were probably about 8-9 those years. And what finally got me back on track and woke me up was getting on the pump (I was 19) It gave me more freedom and options with my food, whether I wanted to eat or not and got my a1’c’s back down to high 6’s. I know its hard being a mom and not understanding what your daughter is going through. My dad reminded me that when I was maybe 11, I had a “tantrum” from a high blood sugar and my dad said to me"I know what youre going through" and I replied “you don’t” and from that day one he realized that he really didnt. From a person who has had this pretty much my whole life I can tell you its a frustrating disease, especially to be a teenager with it but if you need any advice, Id be glad to give it to you. There are times when I tell my husband not to talk to me for about 15 minutes(while my b.s. adjusts) and then I’ll be fine
Thanks Pricilla! That would be great. I have often told her that I don’t know what she is going through, but I can be here for her and be as understanding as I can. It does affect her the most, but it does affect my Whole family not just her. Thank you for your reply. I know that she is very very frustrated, and we are trying to take the connection between her #'s and self esteem out of the picture. It is going to take a while to do that and I am sure it will take a few years. THank you for sharing with me. I really appreciate it.
but it all takes time.