your blood sugar results

July 18, 2009

Woke up this morning with a blood sugar of 13.8 or 248. Delayed absorption

of some of yesterday's food catching up with me, I think!!

Usually I would eat breakfast right away, but I'll do what some of you have

been doing and wait for a while after correcting to eat.

Jen

July 18, 2009

Woke up this morning with a blood sugar of 13.8 or 248. Delayed absorption

of some of yesterday's food catching up with me, I think!!

Usually I would eat breakfast right away, but I'll do what some of you have

been doing and wait for a while after correcting to eat.

Jen

July 18, 2009

Waking up I was 259, 14.3. This was from eating the cereal before bed/at dinner

time.

I dosed 10 units of humalog to break the high and skipped breakfast.

pre-lunch I was 117, 6.5.

I ate 7 chicken chuncks, non-breaded, with some brown mustard. I dosed 2 units

of humalog to cover the meal.

I'll post two hour post results later on...

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

Waking up I was 259, 14.3. This was from eating the cereal before bed/at dinner

time.

I dosed 10 units of humalog to break the high and skipped breakfast.

pre-lunch I was 117, 6.5.

I ate 7 chicken chuncks, non-breaded, with some brown mustard. I dosed 2 units

of humalog to cover the meal.

I'll post two hour post results later on...

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

Waking up I was 259, 14.3. This was from eating the cereal before bed/at dinner

time.

I dosed 10 units of humalog to break the high and skipped breakfast.

pre-lunch I was 117, 6.5.

I ate 7 chicken chuncks, non-breaded, with some brown mustard. I dosed 2 units

of humalog to cover the meal.

I'll post two hour post results later on...

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

People think I'm nuts for not using a pump since I am a computer programmer lol.

I could never do it... it is just another level of management that I'd never

have time to juggle. I admire you for being able to use a pump.... as you know,

it takes some work to use it!

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Wow!! Jen,

you must have an on board computer!! How do you keep track of all of that?

A photographic memory? Smile!!

July 18, 2009

Hi,

Similar to marijuana, several spirrits on a Saturday night makes you forget your

post dinner reading!

Bed time is 4.5

Here's hoping for a good morning, but since I will definitely sleep in a bit, we

will see!

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

When you get it wrong that carb guessing can be a bummer. good shooting so far.

I am a bad speller. How do you spell bolus?

RE: your blood sugar results

Here's the rest of yesterday as well as today ...

To finish off yesterday, last night I ended up having an ice cap from Tim

Hortons along with a few Tim Bits on the way home because I was starving. It

was 55 grams of carbs and my blood sugar was 4.5 or 81, so I bloused 4.75

units.

About an hour and a half later my blood sugar was 8.9 or 160 and I had pizza

and a Caesar salad. It was order out but I went for the thin crust

multigrain pizza which doesn't have a terrible impact on my blood sugar. I

will admit to eating 100 grams of carbs for this single meal! I used a

combination bolus on my pump, delivering 5.65 units immediately and

delivering another 3.5 untis spread out over the next five hours. I also put

my basal rates up by 0.05 units an hour.

About two hours later my blood sugar was 7.4 or 133, and another hour after

that it was 8.3 or 150. I bloused a small half unit correction and went to

bed.

This morning my blood sugar was 6.1 or 110. I had 36 grams of carbs for

breakfast and bloused 3.65 units.

Three hours later I had a shortbread cookie and bloused for 1.5 units for 15

grams of carbs. My blood sugar was 5.5 or 99.

About an hour later my blood sugar was 6.8 or 122 and I had sushi and a

latte, bloused 7.75 units for 85 grams of carbs.

Two hours later I went to class to find that the professor had brought pizza

in. I bloused for 62 grams of carbs, again using the combination bolus

feature on my pump. I delivered 3.7 units immediately and spread 2.5 units

out over the next five hours.

About four hours later I was 6.5 or 117 and had 30 grams of carbs, blousing

2.5 units to cover those carbs.

About two hours later I bloused an additional 5 units to cover 50 grams of

carbs ... a Starbucks frappuccino. As you can probably tell, I ate an

ungodly amount of carbs today!!!

About three and a half hours later I ate out with classmates. I had a burger

and Caesar salad and blueberry pie for dessert. We'd also been walking

around a *lot* today. Before dinner I tested at 2.6 or 47. I had left my

quick-acting glucose in the car so asked for some regular Coke. I drank

about half the glass they gave me. I bloused for 100 grams of carbs again

using a combination bolus, delivering 7.9 units immediately and spreading

2.1 units out over the next five hours. Throughout the meal I continued to

feel low so drank the rest of the regular Coke. About an hour in I decided

to re-test and was only up to 3.7 or 67. I didn't have anything with me

except Insta-Glucose which is 25 grams of carbs, so I took that.

I was *sure* I would be high from drinking and entire glass of regular Coke

plus Insta-Glucose, that is a *lot* of sugar there!!! I also wasn't

completely sure of the carb count of my meal. We spent quite a bit more time

walking around after eating, and when I tested just now I was only 6.8 or

122 with a fair bit of insulin on board still. I've had a small 10 gram

snack before bed, but I think I will re-check in the middle of the night.

I am not sure whether raising my basal rates has had such an impact on my

blood sugars, whether I am just counting carbs too aggressively today since

I haven't been able to measure most of what I've eaten, or whether it's that

I got a lot of exercise, or if it's hormones ... or maybe a combination of

all of those. Needless to say tomorrow I should be eating much fewer carbs

since I will be at home most of the day, though I will be eating out with

friends tomorrow night, but will try to stay lower carb again! I haven't

been doing well at the lower carb thing but I think I will get there ...

Classes continue through next week but then they end, and I think once those

are over things will become much easier!

Jen

July 18, 2009

Do you know your Insulin to Carb ratio? It usually works pretty well if you

count carbs correctly?

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

Here's Saturday, July 18, early morning through lunch. I've divided the ml/dl

reading by 18 in order to convert to mmuls. I am not sure this is right, so

please correct me if it is not.

3:53 AM. 255/14.1; Looks like the apple crumb dessert from Friday evening, which

turned out to be store bought/bakery apple pie, caught up to me! I dosed 7

units of Humalog.

6:44 AM: 81; Wake-up, pre-breakfast. About 3 ounces of grape juice.

7:19 AM: 100/5.5; Pre-breakfast, and breakfast of Honey Wheat English muffin (5

grams fiber) with chunky peanut butter, and moderate portion of walnuts. Cup of

coffee with French Vanilla and 1 sugar cube. 10 units of Humalog, which is an

extra unit since I was guessing I might still see some leftover affect from

Friday night.

*Second cup of coffee with French Vanilla creamer, but no sugar. *I only use a

sugar cube with first cup in mornings.

10:28 AM: 64/3.5; Looks like I over compensated. 3-4 ounces of grape juice and 1

glucose tablet, 2 sandwich saltine peanut butter crackers.

*Between last reading and lunch, handful of dry roasted peanuts and bite-size

Snickers.

12:07 PM: 115/6.38; Lunch of 6 Triscuit crackers and large portion of walnuts,

water, medium apple, and 1 oatmeal cookie (homemade with old fashioned oats). 6

units of Humalog.

Dave

A wise man's heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction. (Proverbs

16:23)

RE: your blood sugar results

>

> Let's see if I can start over again today.

>

> This morning my blood sugar was 7.6 or 137.

>

> For breakfast I had a bowl of high-fibre cereal with milk for a total of

> 30

> grams of carbs, and also had a piece of cheese for protein. For the carbs

> plus correction for my blood sugar I took 3.55 units of insulin.

>

> I will be in class for the next ten hours or so, therefore I can't post

> my

> blood sugars as I take them but will post them tonight.

>

> Jen

>

July 18, 2009

Here's Saturday, July 18, early morning through lunch. I've divided the ml/dl

reading by 18 in order to convert to mmuls. I am not sure this is right, so

please correct me if it is not.

3:53 AM. 255/14.1; Looks like the apple crumb dessert from Friday evening, which

turned out to be store bought/bakery apple pie, caught up to me! I dosed 7

units of Humalog.

6:44 AM: 81; Wake-up, pre-breakfast. About 3 ounces of grape juice.

7:19 AM: 100/5.5; Pre-breakfast, and breakfast of Honey Wheat English muffin (5

grams fiber) with chunky peanut butter, and moderate portion of walnuts. Cup of

coffee with French Vanilla and 1 sugar cube. 10 units of Humalog, which is an

extra unit since I was guessing I might still see some leftover affect from

Friday night.

*Second cup of coffee with French Vanilla creamer, but no sugar. *I only use a

sugar cube with first cup in mornings.

10:28 AM: 64/3.5; Looks like I over compensated. 3-4 ounces of grape juice and 1

glucose tablet, 2 sandwich saltine peanut butter crackers.

*Between last reading and lunch, handful of dry roasted peanuts and bite-size

Snickers.

12:07 PM: 115/6.38; Lunch of 6 Triscuit crackers and large portion of walnuts,

water, medium apple, and 1 oatmeal cookie (homemade with old fashioned oats). 6

units of Humalog.

Dave

A wise man's heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction. (Proverbs

16:23)

RE: your blood sugar results

>

> Let's see if I can start over again today.

>

> This morning my blood sugar was 7.6 or 137.

>

> For breakfast I had a bowl of high-fibre cereal with milk for a total of

> 30

> grams of carbs, and also had a piece of cheese for protein. For the carbs

> plus correction for my blood sugar I took 3.55 units of insulin.

>

> I will be in class for the next ten hours or so, therefore I can't post

> my

> blood sugars as I take them but will post them tonight.

>

> Jen

>

July 18, 2009

Hi mate,

Don't feel bad, we all do it. the good thing about this challenge, is that we

can confirm that we aren't the only one that has swings. I'm sure you will get

back on track.

Cheers,

Brett.

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

Hi mate,

Don't feel bad, we all do it. the good thing about this challenge, is that we

can confirm that we aren't the only one that has swings. I'm sure you will get

back on track.

Cheers,

Brett.

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

I am having those low sugar symptoms, burningsensations in the neck, shoulders,

and armpits before the definite crash so, I better go eat.----- Original

Message ----- , I had better go eat.

From: Jesso

To: blind-diabetics

Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:03 PM

Subject: Re: your blood sugar results

The whole idea behind carbohydrate conting and dosing insulin in proportion

to the carbs eaten is that someoen with diabetes (type 1, at least) can eat

anything they want to as long as they take the appropriate amount of insulin. I

don't know many medical professionals these days who *don't* say that diabetics

can eat a balanced diet of everything, including candy or junk food every once

in a while. It's a bit different for a type 21 diabetic taking only medication

or controlling hteir blood sugar through only diet and exercise, but for type 1s

cabrohydate counting has overtaken the old " no candy " mentality.

Jen

> No

> doctor or endocrinologist would ever condone the practice of a

> diabetic eating candy, because the text book says this is a no-

> no.

July 18, 2009

Is that three of us now that woke up in the low teens / mid 200s today? LOL.

Jen

Re: your blood sugar results

Here's Saturday, July 18, early morning through lunch. I've divided the

ml/dl reading by 18 in order to convert to mmuls. I am not sure this is

right, so please correct me if it is not.

3:53 AM. 255/14.1; Looks like the apple crumb dessert from Friday evening,

which turned out to be store bought/bakery apple pie, caught up to me! I

dosed 7 units of Humalog.

6:44 AM: 81; Wake-up, pre-breakfast. About 3 ounces of grape juice.

7:19 AM: 100/5.5; Pre-breakfast, and breakfast of Honey Wheat English muffin

(5 grams fiber) with chunky peanut butter, and moderate portion of walnuts.

Cup of coffee with French Vanilla and 1 sugar cube. 10 units of Humalog,

which is an extra unit since I was guessing I might still see some leftover

affect from Friday night.

*Second cup of coffee with French Vanilla creamer, but no sugar. *I only use

a sugar cube with first cup in mornings.

10:28 AM: 64/3.5; Looks like I over compensated. 3-4 ounces of grape juice

and 1 glucose tablet, 2 sandwich saltine peanut butter crackers.

*Between last reading and lunch, handful of dry roasted peanuts and

bite-size Snickers.

12:07 PM: 115/6.38; Lunch of 6 Triscuit crackers and large portion of

walnuts, water, medium apple, and 1 oatmeal cookie (homemade with old

fashioned oats). 6 units of Humalog.

Dave

A wise man's heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction.

(Proverbs 16:23)

RE: your blood sugar results

>

> Let's see if I can start over again today.

>

> This morning my blood sugar was 7.6 or 137.

>

> For breakfast I had a bowl of high-fibre cereal with milk for a total of

> 30

> grams of carbs, and also had a piece of cheese for protein. For the

carbs

> plus correction for my blood sugar I took 3.55 units of insulin.

>

> I will be in class for the next ten hours or so, therefore I can't post

> my

> blood sugars as I take them but will post them tonight.

>

> Jen

>

July 18, 2009

Hey guys,

ok, pre-lunch I was 117, 6.5. 2 hour post I was 90, 5.0.

I wanted an afternoon snack, not dinner, so I ate fresh green beans with

parmesan cheese on it, salt/pepper, and a hard boiled egg seasoned with a pinch

of hot pepper.

I dosed 2 units of humalog to cover the afternoon snack.

I'll post my pre-dinner but I am assuming it will be around 90, 5.0, as well.

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Similar to marijuana, several spirrits on a Saturday night makes you forget

your post dinner reading!

Bed time is 4.5

Here's hoping for a good morning, but since I will definitely sleep in a bit,

we will see!

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

Hey guys,

ok, pre-lunch I was 117, 6.5. 2 hour post I was 90, 5.0.

I wanted an afternoon snack, not dinner, so I ate fresh green beans with

parmesan cheese on it, salt/pepper, and a hard boiled egg seasoned with a pinch

of hot pepper.

I dosed 2 units of humalog to cover the afternoon snack.

I'll post my pre-dinner but I am assuming it will be around 90, 5.0, as well.

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Similar to marijuana, several spirrits on a Saturday night makes you forget

your post dinner reading!

Bed time is 4.5

Here's hoping for a good morning, but since I will definitely sleep in a bit,

we will see!

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

Thanks Brett. It is really helping me to see that there are other folks who are

human too *grin*.

Especially that Pat over there. Good grief Charlie brown, she is a retired

registered nurse, a type 1, and goes out and eats 9000 pounds of Italian

pasta/rolls?

Sheesh. and I thought I was bad *wink*.

Hope that made you smile Pat since I am kidding!

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 18, 2009

Don't eat Harry, just pass out and be done with it. ok?

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

The whole idea behind carbohydrate conting and dosing insulin in proportion to

the carbs eaten is that someoen with diabetes (type 1, at least) can eat

anything they want to as long as they take the appropriate amount of insulin. I

don't know many medical professionals these days who *don't* say that diabetics

can eat a balanced diet of everything, including candy or junk food every once

in a while. It's a bit different for a type 21 diabetic taking only medication

or controlling hteir blood sugar through only diet and exercise, but for type 1s

cabrohydate counting has overtaken the old " no candy " mentality.

Jen

> No

> doctor or endocrinologist would ever condone the practice of a

> diabetic eating candy, because the text book says this is a no-

> no.

July 18, 2009

Yeah, and we are all gunna do better today, right guys?

Regards,

RE: your blood sugar results

>

> Let's see if I can start over again today.

>

> This morning my blood sugar was 7.6 or 137.

>

> For breakfast I had a bowl of high-fibre cereal with milk for a total of

> 30

> grams of carbs, and also had a piece of cheese for protein. For the

carbs

> plus correction for my blood sugar I took 3.55 units of insulin.

>

> I will be in class for the next ten hours or so, therefore I can't post

> my

> blood sugars as I take them but will post them tonight.

>

> Jen

>

July 19, 2009

yes, I do. However, this is nothing more than guess work... none of us can count

carbohydrates 100% accurately and we will always swing low, or high, and having

to eat all the time to stop passing out. I cannot stand it and wonder why in the

hell I keep doing it!

I'm trying to get off of this damn roller coaster as I am sick of it!

Regards,

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 19, 2009

It is because you are a type 1 diabetic who cannot count well. Check out your

carb counting guide, which is available upon request.

Re: your blood sugar results

Hi,

Okay, pre-lunch was 8.9, I had a snack bar with 18 grams of carb and a black

coffee. I dosed 6 units of insulin, 4 to cover lunch and 2 to cover the high

reading.

Post lunch was 4.5 and pre dinner was 3.2. For dinner I had a couple of

hamberger patties and vegies, estimated at 20 grams of carbs, so had 3 units of

insulin, to account for the low. I also took the insulin after I had eaten,

since I was low and starting to feel the effects of it.

Cheers,

Brett.

July 19, 2009

Fortunately, I am a type2 diabetic and I love to have those warning signals

unlike you, a type 1 diabetic who just goes to lala land when you bottom out

without a warning.