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Indiana91

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Type of diabetes
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Had enough of high bloods.

Feeling sick, angry, tired and all over sh*t today.

I've got a very very important job interview tomorrow which is an hours drive away and can't afford to be feeling like this.

Not recommending it to anyone but I've administered myself a huge dose of insulin to bring it down.

Hasn't been below 14 for a few days now and I've had enough!!

Angry, poorly & fed up Indiana x


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Just tested before injecting and this is my score

***.

Indiana x


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Hi Indiana,

I feel your frustration & I've injected seemingly enormous amounts of insulin in similar circumstances.
Just make sure you are testing regularly in case it takes a nosedive.

The stress of the interview won't be helping your BGs.
Hope you get a good night's sleep tonight & good luck with the interview.
 
Glad I'm not the only one!

It's 11:35 now and I've tested about 6 times already since midnight because I've been feeling so bad

Hopefully it does the trick! I think my bad insulin injection sites stops my correction doses working sometimes because it's a small dose.

Thanks for your reply and good luck wishes

Indiana x


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When this happens it's a nightmare. Injecting, or pumping, insulin like it's water.

I'm guessing this might be happening in advance of or during a bit of illness ?

The one thing I do that usually works when this happens is to just walk that sugar off. It can be a pain as I find it takes a good 30 mins or more of walking but it is effective.

Take some insulin, go for a good long-ish walk and make sure you've got glucose tablets and your meter with you in case you start to feel low. The walk is the one really effective thing I find that works when the sugars are so stubborn.

The other thing I do through the working (or studying) part of the day is to resist the urge to eat away the hunger (which we know only helps raise sugar levels further). This can be tough but, with the walking as well, is a real relief when the sugars start to come down a bit.

Best of luck

Ed
 
Thanks, I don't know what's causing it. I had a cold last week but I'm over that now.
Maybe I'm getting something else!!

I've tried my best to do my carb counting, which I'm quite good at and I've increased me basal recently too. I'm supposed to be doing basal testing this week, can't see that happening!

If it's still high later I'll go for a walk. I've injected 10 units on their own so I'll wait and see what happens in the next hour or so.

Thanks for your reply.

Indiana x


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Both Duneplodder & Alaska make some good points, stress can wreck havoc with bg but exercise can significantly reduce it..... especially after insulin dosing.

It's a pity you've not been able to do your basal tests this week Indiana, the first rule is to get the basal insulin right then look at your insulin to carb ratio's, don't forget if your meal ratio's do change you will have to we re-enter your ratio's in the Expert meter.
 
I know, thank you.

I'm going to try again on Friday, no point tomorrow, I don't want to drive that far whilst basal testing. I hate driving at the best of times!

I'm annoyed that it's swinging so much, I think that because it's been like this for a few days it's making me feel really ill. Haven't managed to do much today because I'm feeling rubbish.

Gets me down.

Indiana x


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Before taking any exercise please check you don't have ketones. If you do, exercise will worsen them and then you'll feel worse. It might the stress that's pushing you up. Be careful not to stack your correction doses or you will seriously nosedive (you really don't want a night hypo before an interview!) Keep testing and make small adjustments. Remember, insulin works for 4 hours once given.
 
I don't have ketones (thank god!)

I won't be doing any more corrections until this one has all gone.
I injected about an hour ago and it's 13.7 now so it's came down a bit.
I'm expecting a hypo this afternoon, I can deal with that more than I can deal with being high!

I won't exercise until it's came down either.

Thanks for your advice.

Indiana x


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Out of interest, how much of a correction do you think you've had over the last 4 hours?
 
Has there been a significant change in your diet over the past few days? I recently couldn't lower my levels because I ate extremely high levels of fats, my correction dosages would barely lower my bg by one mmol.
 
Over the past 4 hours is probably 13units.

I wouldn't say I've had a drastic change but I suppose it could have been a bit more fatty than normal. It could be that then.

Indiana.


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I agree then - you'll probably be hypo this afternoon, especially now that it's moving. Keep a close eye on it.
 
Will do I'm prepared!

Indiana x


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No thank you, I've seen you advertise this 'product' on another post as well.
Not interested.

Indiana.


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Oh I hope it all goes well Indiana - I tried my basal testing last weekend, and I was watching one of my kids compete, needless to say the basal testing showed that I needed to increase my basal - not loads - my sugar level moved upwards by about 4mmol….so thought maybe stress was in there tho the first day I didn't feel stressed, and was only nervous briefly on the 2nd day…. so I increase my basal by 1/2 unit and then Mon and Tues had the 'crash' side of it and just too many hypos, yesterday I struggled to keep it above 6 despite eating quantities of food that would normally have me in the teens and now today I seem to be back to a slightly more normal sugar level! So complete empathy I too have the periods where it just seems for a few days impossible to get your sugar down (which can be illness, or some kind of infection, so look out for any other signs), then things settle or you can have the impossible to get you sugar up….I do think stress has a lot to do with it so hoping after the interview goes well you will be back to normal and take care - try and avoid the drop in sugar level and monitor yourself carefully once all that stress is gone.
 
Oh and just a another vote for exercise - done a little experimenting and if I jog for about 10mins I can get my sugar to drop by at least 3mmol very quickly and then it will gradually drop some more after - so sometimes I must look bizarre as I do a little jogging in from to the TV just to help…hoovering is also great for lowering blood sugar too
 
Thank you, it's really nice to know that I'm not the only one!

Glad you're feeling better.

I don't think it's the interview itself that I'm worried about, it's getting there! I don't like driving at all and it's all motorways and through towns and things. Not nice!

Hopefully Friday will be better, I could really do without ****** blood readings as well as all of this!

I'm scared that I'll hypo on the way and not have a clue where I am or where to pull over. Even if I was to ring someone I wouldn't be able to tell them where about I am.
Obviously I'll have lucozade in my car with me and everything.
I'm more scared of having to pull over on my way and being late!

This interview means a lot to me, I've been out of work for about 6 months and the last job I had I'd been in since I left school!

If I can get this, it will be the start of a career that I've always wanted.

Cacking myself is an understatement!

Indiana x


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If driving to your interview is the stressor, could you go by train, or another means? Or perhaps, have a friend drive you, just this once?

I appreciate you will feel suboptimal with high readings, but if the stress is the root cause, perhaps concentrate on that? (Notwithstanding that you will, understandably, be up tight about the interview.)

Good luck with it all.
 
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