rebrascora
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- Type 1
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A whopping 13.2 for me. Got stressed yesterday afternoon and totally lost control of my diet. Tried to binge on boiled eggs and tuna with mayonnaise and coffee with cream but that just didn't cut it, tried some granola with raspberries and cream but still climbing the walls and ended up on cola bottles, which I bought when I couldn't get any JBs. I never ever eat JBs for comfort.... they are like medication and I only use them as and when I need to and very sparingly but for some reason, I can't maintain that mentality and discipline with other sweets and I kept going back for a few more and a few more. At least I didn't eat the whole packet or even half but far too much on top of all the other stuff (the granola took about 2x4 units itself as I went back for seconds) and once my levels went above 10, there was no bringing them down despite lots of stacked insulin each time I went back for more. Eventually I hauled myself out of the house for a walk and to pick my car up from the hospital car park where I left it after retinal screening. (The joys of rural hospitals with large car parks and no parking fees.
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Libre couldn't cope with all the sweets and insulin chaos, so just kept giving me the try again in 10 mins message. I made sure to take a very public route and rang Ian to let him know where I was in case levels dropped rapidly. 2 miles along the road my sister rang me and we had an in depth conversation about GGs health issues whilst I walked and then suddenly levels plummeted. Caresens BG meter wouldn't work (too cold) so needed to go down the bra to warm up, Libre still not scanning. Popped 2 JBs and managed to tear open one of the Optium test strips I bought recently to use in the Libre and got a reading of 1.9. 😱 Caresens eventually decided to work and a much better 3.3 and then Libre gave me a scan reading of 3.0 with an horizontal arrow.... all whilst juggling my gear against someone's garden wall. Found a bus stop to park my bot in for 5 mins and ring my sister back and let her know I was OK and ring Ian to update him on progress and then continued my walk back to the car, the final mile being uphill. Levels kept dropping so more JBs needed but just the bare minimum. Of course, when I got to the car I was hypo again, so stranded for an hour waiting for levels to come up but at least I had a warm comfortable place to sit and the radio for entertainment. Then of course they went the other way and contrary to DAFNE advice I hit the high with a 2 unit correction and headed off to the supermarket once I was legal to drive. Did my shopping and got home but levels stayed high. Despite my earlier walks, I jabbed 2 units of Levemir and more Fiasp corrections before bed. but still been above range all night.
Have I learned my lesson?.....Yes, my system really doesn't like it when I get "drunk" on sugar!..... Will that teach me not to do it again at some point?..... Probably not 🙄 , but hopefully not for a long, long time!
Think I handled it pretty well though on the whole apart from creating the problem in the first place of course. Kept people informed of my situation and that I might need help, made sure I had 3 testing options and plenty of hypo meds, kept to very public and easlly accessible route, rather than my preferred route, the old railway line walkway.
Anyway, still battling to get my levels down, but have just managed to dip under 10 2.5 hours after getting up with 2 stacked corrections in my system and a basal increase of 2. Needless to say my stats are shot for this week. 🙄 The remaining half a packet of Cola Bottles will be heading up to Ian's as soon as I can trust myself to handle the packet😉
Many congratulations to @Mr Pixels on another House Special.
@ColinUK Does that house on the sea actually float. Must be pretty gruesome in rough weather though! I quite like that it has a saucer underneath the pod to "catch" any "spills" and a little garden on the decking of one of the lily pad feet.
)Libre couldn't cope with all the sweets and insulin chaos, so just kept giving me the try again in 10 mins message. I made sure to take a very public route and rang Ian to let him know where I was in case levels dropped rapidly. 2 miles along the road my sister rang me and we had an in depth conversation about GGs health issues whilst I walked and then suddenly levels plummeted. Caresens BG meter wouldn't work (too cold) so needed to go down the bra to warm up, Libre still not scanning. Popped 2 JBs and managed to tear open one of the Optium test strips I bought recently to use in the Libre and got a reading of 1.9. 😱 Caresens eventually decided to work and a much better 3.3 and then Libre gave me a scan reading of 3.0 with an horizontal arrow.... all whilst juggling my gear against someone's garden wall. Found a bus stop to park my bot in for 5 mins and ring my sister back and let her know I was OK and ring Ian to update him on progress and then continued my walk back to the car, the final mile being uphill. Levels kept dropping so more JBs needed but just the bare minimum. Of course, when I got to the car I was hypo again, so stranded for an hour waiting for levels to come up but at least I had a warm comfortable place to sit and the radio for entertainment. Then of course they went the other way and contrary to DAFNE advice I hit the high with a 2 unit correction and headed off to the supermarket once I was legal to drive. Did my shopping and got home but levels stayed high. Despite my earlier walks, I jabbed 2 units of Levemir and more Fiasp corrections before bed. but still been above range all night.
Have I learned my lesson?.....Yes, my system really doesn't like it when I get "drunk" on sugar!..... Will that teach me not to do it again at some point?..... Probably not 🙄 , but hopefully not for a long, long time!
Think I handled it pretty well though on the whole apart from creating the problem in the first place of course. Kept people informed of my situation and that I might need help, made sure I had 3 testing options and plenty of hypo meds, kept to very public and easlly accessible route, rather than my preferred route, the old railway line walkway.
Anyway, still battling to get my levels down, but have just managed to dip under 10 2.5 hours after getting up with 2 stacked corrections in my system and a basal increase of 2. Needless to say my stats are shot for this week. 🙄 The remaining half a packet of Cola Bottles will be heading up to Ian's as soon as I can trust myself to handle the packet😉
Many congratulations to @Mr Pixels on another House Special.
@ColinUK Does that house on the sea actually float. Must be pretty gruesome in rough weather though! I quite like that it has a saucer underneath the pod to "catch" any "spills" and a little garden on the decking of one of the lily pad feet.
