I have passed the 48 hour mark of the UTI and am still running high blood glucose, except in the morning, Was low this morning (45--way too low..) Ate breakfast (a frozen waffle-my breakfast of champions!) and was 212 at noon. Been high glucose (for me..212, 190 at 2pm, with correction 175 at 6pm)
I am really afraid. My readings are high all day. I am bolusing appropriately, using the wizard to determine doses. I remain high all day and the after all the boluses are done, I go way down.
I have had a day that was similar. I am generally a flat liner; but for some reason my numbers spiked after breakfast. So much that I did a 10 unit correction before getting it lined back up for lunch. My breakfast does not vary much so its really crazy that it happened.
But here is the good news; at least you know the source of your highs. With your pump do you pay much attention to active insulin? I find that my sensitivity in the early morning hours declines and when I run high I watch that total number. It helps me to not over do it with delivery while I watch the insulin decay as I ride the curve.
I am hypo unaware so I am really scared of going low.
I had not considered insensitivity at a particular time of day. I do know that if my blood glucose is really high (over 200 is my really high number,) it takes more insulin to correct it.
My pump has a bolus wizard. I input the meter reading, then food (if any,) and it calculates the bolus and considers the on board insulin.
Through this week of problems, and running a lot of highs, I have had increased sensitivity during the two lows I did had, and they were overnight. I even had a sweat attack, and it has been YEARS since that happened. So the docs are right: if my levels are not as low as I normally like them, I do get a return of awareness when low. Is there a lesson there for me?
That was the question I asked on the webcast yesterday. How to go about restoring hypo awareness and Gary said for 2 weeks, don't go low. Do whatever it takes to keep in line, or even go above the line if it means you are not hypo and some of the alerts will re-appear. Of course he said that while pointing to his Dexcom and yet again hyping its' use in tight control. I do think he either gets his sensors for free or is on their payroll because he did talk about it a lot.
