kitedoc
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- Adelaide, South Australia
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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Hi there.
The following led me to posting this thread: pump reservoir and cannula change yesterday and BSLs all in range, including this morning, standard Adelaide time, like in the 4 to 6 mmol/l range.
Mind you , basal rate is running at 125 % following flu shot on Friday - which is usual plan for that for 4 days usually.
Then helped a friend this afternoon with sanding by hand an old dining room table, no lunch eaten but dropped the bsasl dose back to 100%. as i now find my BSL drops with exercise ( used to rise but on LCHF does the opposite!
Back home 6 pm, checked BSL --> 17 mmol/l. --> blood ketones only 0.5 mmol/l, ( usual on LCHF but not the BSL reading.
Yikes !!
What to do? --> sick day plan and pump problem plan combined: over the years i have done the following but still learning!
Drank 1 litre if water, ? had pump cannula been disturbed by the sanding activity? no easy way to tell, pump working, no leaks found, no fever or sore teeth, felt normal ( no laughter required from readers), fresh ampoule of insulin yesterday, new packet of insulin and was no indication of spoilage, freezing in the fridge
What about that high BSL? Plan says: inject x amount of insulin into the muscle (i.m.) ( worked out with DSN in past), i have some I inch needles and a syringe to use, but makes measuring insulin dose tricky.
Do not do this at home unless your health team !
Insulin in, pump cannula and reservoir replaced and set basal to 140%.
BSL one hour after i.m. BSL mmol/l = 7.5, 10 g carbs eaten ( chia, lindseed meal in coffee with some almond milk
2 hours after i.m. 4 mmol/l ( ever felt like you were diving off a high board into a river? Yep that is the feeling !
3 hours. ". ". ( suspenseful music)....4.3 mmol/l, eased basal rate back to 115% as per flu vaccine plan, ate sardines expecting
increased basal insulin to cover this.
4 hours. ". ". 5 mmol/l, 12 mn - 5.2 mmol/l. 4 am - 4.9 mmol/l
It is not fun when high BSLs happen, i feel nauseous and lousy when they do and having BSL down to normal, but not too far is a wonderful feeling.
What is your high dive like ?¿
Addit. Writing this in the early hours does test one' s mental acuity ( yes, i can hear the sniggering iver the waves) ! But in hindsight after the adventures of last evening i think in future i shall walking sedately down the dive tower steps, stop halfway, take in the view and then proceed tobthe bottom withiut a splash !
The following led me to posting this thread: pump reservoir and cannula change yesterday and BSLs all in range, including this morning, standard Adelaide time, like in the 4 to 6 mmol/l range.
Mind you , basal rate is running at 125 % following flu shot on Friday - which is usual plan for that for 4 days usually.
Then helped a friend this afternoon with sanding by hand an old dining room table, no lunch eaten but dropped the bsasl dose back to 100%. as i now find my BSL drops with exercise ( used to rise but on LCHF does the opposite!
Back home 6 pm, checked BSL --> 17 mmol/l. --> blood ketones only 0.5 mmol/l, ( usual on LCHF but not the BSL reading.
Yikes !!
What to do? --> sick day plan and pump problem plan combined: over the years i have done the following but still learning!
Drank 1 litre if water, ? had pump cannula been disturbed by the sanding activity? no easy way to tell, pump working, no leaks found, no fever or sore teeth, felt normal ( no laughter required from readers), fresh ampoule of insulin yesterday, new packet of insulin and was no indication of spoilage, freezing in the fridge
What about that high BSL? Plan says: inject x amount of insulin into the muscle (i.m.) ( worked out with DSN in past), i have some I inch needles and a syringe to use, but makes measuring insulin dose tricky.
Do not do this at home unless your health team !
Insulin in, pump cannula and reservoir replaced and set basal to 140%.
BSL one hour after i.m. BSL mmol/l = 7.5, 10 g carbs eaten ( chia, lindseed meal in coffee with some almond milk
2 hours after i.m. 4 mmol/l ( ever felt like you were diving off a high board into a river? Yep that is the feeling !
3 hours. ". ". ( suspenseful music)....4.3 mmol/l, eased basal rate back to 115% as per flu vaccine plan, ate sardines expecting
increased basal insulin to cover this.
4 hours. ". ". 5 mmol/l, 12 mn - 5.2 mmol/l. 4 am - 4.9 mmol/l
It is not fun when high BSLs happen, i feel nauseous and lousy when they do and having BSL down to normal, but not too far is a wonderful feeling.
What is your high dive like ?¿
Addit. Writing this in the early hours does test one' s mental acuity ( yes, i can hear the sniggering iver the waves) ! But in hindsight after the adventures of last evening i think in future i shall walking sedately down the dive tower steps, stop halfway, take in the view and then proceed tobthe bottom withiut a splash !
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