Showing posts with label fairy dust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fairy dust. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Grumbledy grumbledy groo!

This is a first . . . persistantly high blood sugars for the past two days for no discernable reason, despite frequent testing and way more insulin than usual. Doesn't matter what I eat, I'm 200-something. Doesn't matter how much I rage bolus, I'll be 200-something in a few hours.

The following variables have been eliminated:
  • bad site (I changed my site this morning and am still experiencing The Wonky BS)
  • stress (work is pretty slow, husband and I are fine, marriage party planning is okay)
  • bad insulin (it works...eventually! I actually got down to 65 yesterday after a few rage boluses. AND despite The Wonk, I have woken up both days with 100 and 109 fastings. I attribute this to a temporary basal rate set for 24 hours at 126%!)
  • pregnancy (tested today; "Not Pregnant." Phew!)
The following variables could be the causes of The Wonk:
  • sickness (maybe I'm still getting over last week)
  • period (I'm a couple of days late at this point, but my cycle has been kind of stupid for the past few months anyway. And I've NEVER had persistant highs like this from premenstrual hormones. Sure, I've had *some* resistance, but this is ridiculous.)
So I guess I'll just soldier on with my basal rate at a temporary 126% and keep rage bolusing until the status quo returns...at this point whatever my Bolus Wizard says, I automatically add 1 or 1.5 units and I'm STILL not in range all of the time. I don't know whether I am more mystified or pissed off. Insulin usually works for me. Maybe I need magic fairy dust?