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- 75
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
I'm feeling very frustrated with some highs at week 5. I'm not going much above 10 but there's more of them than I would like and lots of 9's and 8's. I just can't seem to get my readings lower than 8ish for the most part despite constantly increasing my basal rates over the last 2 weeks. And every time I seem to be getting more in range I'm getting lows, and my regular low treatment is shooting me back up to 9 or 10. My average reading over the last 7 days is 7.3, so not terrible, but not as tight as it should/could be. I've done basal testing a few times but within 2-3 days the rates that tested fine need to be raised again so it feels a bit pointless right now.
Today is actually going all right (highest reading was 6) but I just got off the phone with my endo and it left me feeling more frustrated because I know she wants to see the numbers lower on average. On top of it all, I've had recurring ear infections for 2 months and after finishing antibiotics on Friday it's back in full force. Luckily an ENT can see me tomorrow morning and my endo knows that might be causing some of the higher readings.
It sounds like most folks find their sugars drop a bit as the weeks go on but that hasn't happened yet. I don't use my CGM because I haven't successfully gotten it to work and I think I would find it more stressful to be wearing it - preferring to just test more often and chart it by hand. It's hard to get a really consistent schedule going too because life happens. I'm trying to cut carbs as much as I can because that's helped me get back in line in the past.
Mostly I'm just feeling the need to vent to others who have some experience of the diabetes frustrations and I know I'm feeling extra frustrated because I'm feeling sick on top of it all with the ear stuff and can't take my usual painkillers/sinus meds (paracetamol does next to nothing for me).
Today is actually going all right (highest reading was 6) but I just got off the phone with my endo and it left me feeling more frustrated because I know she wants to see the numbers lower on average. On top of it all, I've had recurring ear infections for 2 months and after finishing antibiotics on Friday it's back in full force. Luckily an ENT can see me tomorrow morning and my endo knows that might be causing some of the higher readings.
It sounds like most folks find their sugars drop a bit as the weeks go on but that hasn't happened yet. I don't use my CGM because I haven't successfully gotten it to work and I think I would find it more stressful to be wearing it - preferring to just test more often and chart it by hand. It's hard to get a really consistent schedule going too because life happens. I'm trying to cut carbs as much as I can because that's helped me get back in line in the past.
Mostly I'm just feeling the need to vent to others who have some experience of the diabetes frustrations and I know I'm feeling extra frustrated because I'm feeling sick on top of it all with the ear stuff and can't take my usual painkillers/sinus meds (paracetamol does next to nothing for me).