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BLOOD SUGARS AREN'T COMING DOWN

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Hi,

I am currently having high blood sugars started about 3am last night and they was at 30! I corrected that with 14 units of insulin and when I woke up this morning my blood is 19.4 and obviously I corrected that and my pump came up with a occlusion so I changed everything and everything seemed fine and it came down to 18.0 but then an hour or two later it went back up to 21.3 and then another hour later it was 19.8! I don't have any ketones and I feel fine! Just frustrated as to why my bloods are like this!! Can anyone help please???
 
Hi,

I'm not a pumper. Is your cannula fitted right..? Could it have been dislodged..?
 
Sorry for all the questions....
I don't know your ratios and am not a doctor, but:
Is it coming down yet?
Are you sick and if so do you have "sick day rules" to guide you?
Have you been following your usual routine?
Could you try another cannula, or even swap the whole set again for a different phial in case it has 'gone off'?
Good luck... I will check back later...
 
mojo_101 said:
Sorry for all the questions....
I don't know your ratios and am not a doctor, but:
Is it coming down yet?
Are you sick and if so do you have "sick day rules" to guide you?
Have you been following your usual routine?
Could you try another cannula, or even swap the whole set again for a different phial in case it has 'gone off'?
Good luck... I will check back later...
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Hello i have done all of that stuff! :S it is down to 11.8! So getting there i guess :)
 
did you have any clues to the possible causes in the end... and is today any better?
once off track it can take a while to get back in line...
 
mojo_101 said:
did you have any clues to the possible causes in the end... and is today any better?
once off track it can take a while to get back in line...
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No clue at all! It was 10.7 before I went to bed but woke up this morning and was at 12.8 and then lunch time was 13.7 so not as bad I guess! :(
 
Your pump was most likely blocked for a while so that would explain the high blood sugar. It would take a while for the insulin to kick back in after the set change as you body would have been starved of insulin for a while. Always change the set if you get a high blood sugar. I've made the mistake before and ended up with ketoacidosis.


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Emma_P23 said:
Your pump was most likely blocked for a while so that would explain the high blood sugar. It would take a while for the insulin to kick back in after the set change as you body would have been starved of insulin for a while. Always change the set if you get a high blood sugar. I've made the mistake before and ended up with ketoacidosis.


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I've had dka before but luckily not whilst I have been on the pump! But I will try my insulin pen!
 
Just checked my pen and the bleeming insulin has dried out :S shows how long I have used that! My blood is 13.7 now though!
 
That's better did you find a pen or is it a prescription request tomorrow ?
 
Nicola
Your bloods when that high will need extra insulin as a correction bolus to get them down.

I too had an occlusion yesterday and pretty much went to your levels, I too changed everything... However when this high I add extra on to the correction dose.. Eg yesterday pump recommended 3.6 units to correct, I put it to 4.8- and this extra guess came in exact.. Within 5 hours I was back to normal.

I think I have a batch of problem tubes... When I reconnected after my bath, had brunch and an hour and half total later I was nigh on 25 too!! When I looked at the needle inside the connector of the long tube it had completely bent over for some reason when I reconnected it after my bath....never knowingly had this before in 4 years of pumping...


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