OK. Monday-Friday I fought high blood glucose reading of reaching 240. Overnight my readings went from 100 to 214 in one hour, and escalated incrementally all night. I was visiting the grandchildren so I made no basal changes.
Now with same basals, I have ben LOW for three days--ranging between 39-74. Today I have had raisin bread toast, a small ham sandwich (19 carbs,) and some ham and bean soup--about a cup and homemade. ALSO--juice 2X, plus 3 snickerdoodles (miss my mom and these are her signature cookie, but I only eat them if my readings are below 60) and ham and bean soup. My CGM currently reads 68 and my meter 3 day average is 68--too low. I am TRYING to raise it, but nothing is working. No juice,please.
I have done the standard things, but cannot seem to overcome the low BG readings. Guess I could really carb up and pay BIG TIME tomorrow.
Did you recently change your infusion site location ? I find that some locations have better absorption than others, and use different basal patterns to account for them. At first I didn't see the connection, but after several similar excursions such as what you're describing, I found the connection.
Another thing I'm experimenting with for mild lows (drifting 70->60's) is to suspend or set a 0% basal for 30-60 min, and often return to good/flat BG levels. But if it then drifts down again, then I do a switch to different pattern, or a longer reduced temp basal.
I've had a similar although not as extreme set of issues the last couple of weeks. We went south for a family re-union and my overnights dropped into the 50s three nights in a row. I reduced my overnight basal and for the next week I was regularly hitting 170-200 overnight. I just bumped my basal back up and last night I drifted a little low.
I would use a temporary basal - maybe 80% - to try and bring your line back up a bit. If I had to correct with food, I would use glucose tabs. Real food is better for you and tastes better but it can be slow and you might end up with a sudden surge if you stack your snacks in frustration. I've had that happen more than once.
