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Stress - can’t get sugars down

I didn’t think they’d be too bothered re the holiday as it’s my own responsibility and fault so I can’t really expect them to fit around it.
 
I didn’t think they’d be too bothered re the holiday as it’s my own responsibility and fault so I can’t really expect them to fit around it.
 
My bmi was borderline prior to this week but I have lost weight over the last few days but probably not much... so I guess borderline or just under maybe.
I don’t have a lot of weight to lose I suppose.
 
ExtremelyW0rried said:
I didn’t think they’d be too bothered re the holiday as it’s my own responsibility and fault so I can’t really expect them to fit around it.
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There can be many reasons a date would be unacceptable to a person. YOu exceeded the speed limit by a small margin (it has to be a small margin to even be offered the course), you didn't commit a armed robbery or travel at 100mph in the wrong direction down a motorway.

If I'm honest, I was a bit unlucky to be caught the time I was, because I usually passed that way much earlier (it was on one of my commutes to work), then the traffic would be so bad, I'd never have got close to 30mph, never mind exceed it. That said, I would be totally disingenuous if I suggested that was the only time I had even exceeded the speed limit.

That doesn't make it altogether right, but I doubt there is a driver around who hasn't gone over the speedlimit at some stage.

Please don't carry this as such a heavy burden. It's harming you.

If you are running at 28, have you tested for ketones? Please don't take chances with this.
 
Right. Tough love time. You need to read the replies you’ve had so far. Really read them. The worries you listed have been answered.

You WILL be given a choice of dates.

You will NOT need to cancel your holiday.

You WILL have breaks on the course to eat and administer your meds etc (to not let you do so would be incredibly negligent and open them up to all sorts of problems they won’t risk). It’s not prison. It’s a classroom. For adults.

Any other points still worrying you just ask. Lots of people have had this experience and can answer your questions.

You did not murder anyone. You did what just about every driver ever has done. You are harming yourself and by extension your kids by blowing this out of proportion. Take some deep breaths, literally. Then a few more slowly. Give yourself a stern talking to and then literally breath some more. Go sit somewhere quiet and listen to some calm music, go for a walk. Anything to calm you down fast so you can think straight.

Now I’m a type 2 and no experience of insulin but is starving yourself rather than eating really going to help anything? You may know better or other type 1 please correct me but why not eat a fat based meal. If there’s no carbs or protein there it won’t add to the current problem and getting some food inside might help a bit.

Have you tested your ketones? If not do it. Now. If you are at 28 and can’t bring it down shouldn’t you be getting help by now? As in immediately.
 
Hi @ExtremelyW0rried ,

If you are worried about the expense lost on a holiday conflicting with a driver aware course.
It may have been more prudent to just take the fine & 3 points..

Did you know my county has the least number of drivers opting for speed awareness courses, prefering to just pay the fine.
My area also does reasonably well on the diabetes result league table thing too!

Focus on your health..
 
I wanted to just take the points but dh said no because of the increase in insurance - although I don’t think it would make much difference.

However losing £2,500 on our holiday wouldn’t be great either.

I haven’t got any ketone strips. Bloods sitting around 25 now.
 
And the other thing is we go in five weeks and if I can’t go before then for the course it might not actually be worth on going on holiday anyway, given my blood sugars and the not eating. I won’t be able to enjoy it knowing the course is hanging over me when I get back. I do deserve this I know.
 
ExtremelyW0rried said:
I wanted to just take the points but dh said no because of the increase in insurance - although I don’t think it would make much difference.

However losing £2,500 on our holiday wouldn’t be great either.

I haven’t got any ketone strips. Bloods sitting around 25 now.
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If you are unable to test your ketones, please call 111 for advice.
 
As everybody else has said, you get the choice of dates. It's not going to be at the same time as your holiday unless you deliberately choose it to be. You've got a couple of months to choose from.

I did one recently, and when they said "turn all phones off" I put my hand up and asked if I could keep mine on for the xdrip alarm, and they said yes. Couple of hours later, it goes off, they start looking round ready to really have a go at somebody, and then they realise it's me busy silencing it with a slightly red face and a mouth full of biscuit :-)
 
I hope you’ve called 111 and your ketones and incipient DKA are fixed or being fixed. I know it’s a harsh thing to say but I feel that your castigation of yourself and your possible mistreatment of your T1 are more damaging to your family than a simple thing like a speeding ticket.
About that ticket, and the course - it’s common, it happens, lots of people speed by a small margin and do the course rather than pay the fine and get the points. I know at least three people who’ve done it.
Personally, I’m a little envious. Back in 2005 I was clocked doing 32 in a 30 mph zone and wasn’t even offered the course. If only! Yes, I felt cross with myself, and a little ashamed that I’d done something unsafe, but nobody’d been hurt (just my pride), no road furniture damaged, no animals scratched, and the only casualties were my licence and my bank balance. It seems ages ago now and I’d forgotten all about it until now.
The advantage of having to renew a licence every three years is that it doesn’t take long for the points to disappear.
 
@ExtremelyW0rried there has been plenty said about the speeding course.
What have you done to get your BG lower?
Are you taking corrective bolus doses?
Have you increased your basal dose?
Are you aware we become insulin resistant when our BG gets high so need more insulin to bring it down?

I know, for me, a high BG makes me stressed and extra stress makes my BG rise more which can lead to a vicious spiral of stress and high BG. With this in mind, I try not to panic and keep at it with extra BG and frequent testing,

As others have said, starving yourself is not going to help.
Perhaps you can eat something very low carb such as an omelette to help you get out of that spiral.
 
ExtremelyW0rried said:
im a total loser of an idiot and got a speeding ticket (first in 20 years) on Monday for 35 in a 30.
I’m doing the awareness course but I’m so stressed about it and I cannot get my sugars down. My sugars always respond badly to stress. My worry is it could be weeks before the course and I’m not able to eat anything. My basals are all up but I’m still sat between 12-15 all the time. I’m super stressed that we are booked to go on holiday and that the course might be then - costing us several hundred quid to cancel let alone the disappointment of my kids because their mother is a dimwit. Also I don’t think you can eat or drink in these courses? So if I go low (I won’t be - I will be super high and thirsty) I can’t treat it?

And yes I know it’s my own fault and I deserve it and to feel like this before anyone points it out! But any suggestions other than don’t speed and keep upping the insulin?
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Hi, I am not a car driver, but I went out with someone who went of these 'awareness courses' quite a lot of people were there, about 20 and the guy said it was really informative and useful, learning about what can really happen when going to fast on the toad, also an antiques celebrity was there from Bargain Hunt and other similar antique TV programmes
Don't worry to much, you are showing responsibility by attending this course to be more aware and learn.
Lots of deep breaths, count to 10 and relax, take care.
 
My sugars have been ok overnight again - around 6, although they are rising again now so eating will be unmanageable.

I found some urine ketone strips and ketones are +++ on those although I know they aren’t hugely reliable as they aren’t real time.
I don’t feel sick at the moment though so I’m just drinking plenty and will keep an eye on it.

I got my course letter and have booked a course for three weeks time (before we go away) so only another three weeks of this and hopefully things will calm down again afterwards. At least it won’t mean my children are disappointed and we won’t lose all the money we’ve paid.

I really appreciate everyone being kind, I don’t deserve it, if I’d killed your child while speeding you probably wouldn’t be as sympathetic.
 
helensaramay said:
@ExtremelyW0rried there has been plenty said about the speeding course.
What have you done to get your BG lower?
Are you taking corrective bolus doses?
Have you increased your basal dose?
Are you aware we become insulin resistant when our BG gets high so need more insulin to bring it down?

I know, for me, a high BG makes me stressed and extra stress makes my BG rise more which can lead to a vicious spiral of stress and high BG. With this in mind, I try not to panic and keep at it with extra BG and frequent testing,

As others have said, starving yourself is not going to help.
Perhaps you can eat something very low carb such as an omelette to help you get out of that spiral.
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Oh yes I’m definitely in the high blood sugar, makes me feel stressed and annoyed, results in higher blood sugar cycle. It winds me up hugely.
I’ve got all my basals up but it’s very difficult to predict when sugars will stop rising and go into freefall.
My ttd is usually 12-14u. This last week it’s been 26u or more and I still am not coming below 10 in the daytime and I’m not eating anything really. I had 30g carbs total yesterday and that was it. I find it quite scare doubling all my insulin even though I know I need to. 26u on a normal day would be dangerous for me. I’m correcting on top of the higher basals.
 
ExtremelyW0rried said:
My sugars have been ok overnight again - around 6, although they are rising again now so eating will be unmanageable.

I found some urine ketone strips and ketones are +++ on those although I know they aren’t hugely reliable as they aren’t real time.
I don’t feel sick at the moment though so I’m just drinking plenty and will keep an eye on it.

I got my course letter and have booked a course for three weeks time (before we go away) so only another three weeks of this and hopefully things will calm down again afterwards. At least it won’t mean my children are disappointed and we won’t lose all the money we’ve paid.

I really appreciate everyone being kind, I don’t deserve it, if I’d killed your child while speeding you probably wouldn’t be as sympathetic.
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But you didn't kill anyone thank god, so the course will benefit you to be more aware and learn.
 
Blood was 5 when waking, now it’s 16 again and vertically rising according to my libre.
This is hopeless.
I’ve had a glass of water since I got up two hours ago.
 
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