I have had excellent blood sugars for the past month and especially the past two weeks. I've had no crazy highs, been feeling my lows at 55-60, and seem to keep getting a tighter and tighter range of blood sugars.
This is, of course, until yesterday. I had my routine check-up at the dentist and my bg decided to go all crazy on me. I had two lows the night before that and was left feeling exhausted by the time I woke up at 6:30 AM. My fasting bg was 179. Anyways, I gave myself a correction and took a shower. After the shower, I was 182. I checked for ketones, and it was negative of course. I had a little bit to eat and gave myself some insulin plus a correction and then did my AM Lantus dose. I tested and was 260 and then 300 soon after that. I kept correcting, and after the appointment, I was around 210. I usually run a little high afterwards for whatever reason but I can't really figure out why. It is not a stressful experience and I've gone to the same dentist since I was young. Perhaps it was the change in my waking time that did it.
Anyways, I was feeling much better by the time I had a late brunch and was 102 post meal. I stayed in that range for hours. I even went a little low twice in the afternoon. I took a nap after the exhausting roller coaster that had been my night and morning, and always seem to drop when I sleep. The second one has been what has been happening to me every afternoon at 4:30 for no reason for the past couple of weeks (yay lantus?). I typically do eat dinner around that time so it is usually no big deal. Anyways, I was getting ready to go to dinner and had my 4:30 pm bg of 68 (not very low but I could feel myself dropping) so I had a glucose tab to hold me over until my meal came. I waited to bolus for my meal until about 10 minutes into it, which probably wasn't a good idea but I was still in the 60s and I didn't want to have to start drinking juice to keep up with the insulin I gave for the meal if it kept dropping. Anyways, an hour later I was looking at a 222 and feeling AWFUL. I had a really hard time bringing this one down, I just kept sitting at 150-170 for hours no matter what I did.
I took my nighttime lantus, finally fell asleep, and woke up with a bg of 300! Once again, no ketones! I've been trying to get it down for 3 hours and am now at 243. This is so frustrating and this is how my everyday life was for a long time. The slightest change in my routine screws me up for days. I have been working so hard and it gets so frustrating when things just aren't working right. The only thing I can do is try to stay positive and not let this get me down. I have dealt with depression and diabetes burnout and I don't want to let it get the best of me.
Well, here's hoping the rest of the day is full of readings from 80-120 and this achey feeling goes away soon. I would go work out but my entire body aches, I have a horrible headache, and it's raining. So for now, I'll be waiting...