And so, at 10:30 on a Saturday morning I’ve already been on a rollercoaster ride of emotions!
Yesterday was my lovely mum's birthday. This morning I received an email from her and it really made me wish I'd been able to spend at least some of her birthday with her. The pros and cons of being so far from England I guess...
The last couple of days have been a bit funny; I began the week tired because of the school camp followed by a weekend away and I ended the week absolutely exhausted because of bouncing blood sugars.
On Thursday evening I went to the gym again. But this time I had a snack and covered it with insulin in the hope that the insulin would prevent my BG rising, as I explained in my last post. It worked in the short term, when I tested after exercising my blood sugars were on the low side of perfect, absolutely fine for before dinner. I ate and injected, reducing my RAI dose by 10% to allow for the exercise and when I woke up in the night I was, again, sky-high. I still don’t understand why this peak is occurring in the night.
Yesterday I had an almighty hypo in the afternoon. As often happens after a hypo, my BG then shot up: before dinner I was in the high 200s. J and I went to a colleague’s house for dinner (and had a lovely time!) but due to the hypo and possibly eating a little too much I woke up this morning with a BG level of 324: way out of range. As usual, this made me feel awful, both physically and mentally. For the last few days my eyes have been feeling ‘funny’: just slightly strained and out of focus. It might be that my prescription has changed but in my head it’s always the onset of diabetic complications. This morning was no exception. My eyes felt blurry, my throat was dry and my head was thumping. It was half 7 so I got up, did my basal injection and took a shot of RAI to correct my levels before going back to bed. I dozed off and on for a couple of hours but couldn’t really relax; I was feeling very frustrated. It seems that the more I try with my blood sugars the more confusing it all gets and the more out of control they get. At that point I was ready to give up.
Often, at this point, I let myself wallow and I end up getting upset and being moody. But today I remembered my blog and I decided that today was not going to be one of those days! I was lying in bed, listening to the music J had put on, dozing and willing the insulin to work. I was frustrated as I’d planned to go to the gym when I woke up, but rather than getting annoyed I decided to go later. Small things you’re probably thinking, but when my blood sugars play up I can find it very difficult to be rational where my mood and my diabetes are concerned.
About an hour ago I tested again, and this time I was 174, still a little high but much better than 300. I used my App to email myself the data from and am going to spend a little time later trying to see any patterns in my BG levels. Then I had breakfast and decide to write this short entry before the day starts properly. As if to match my mood, the weather has been horrible the last day or so: constant driving rain, grey skies and cold! Tonight, the firework festival in Busan starts, if it is not too wet! Hopefully later we will go and watch the show. I am undecided as to whether I will drink: alcohol affects BG levels and at the moment I feel like they’re just bad enough already.
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