Hi folks,
Thought I'd share and perhaps get some thoughts regarding an incident which happened a few nights ago.
Blood sugars were fine up until bedtime, I'd had my evening meal and knew exactly how much carbs were in it as it's a meal I've had numerous times and know exactly how much insulin is needed, this was around 6pm. I pumped the amount to cover it so that was all fine. Checked blood sugars at 11pm before bed and 32.7!!!! Never been this high before so was totally shocked. Anyway, checked pump, there was no non delivery message, checked for air bubbles, none, checked for any other blockages, non apparent.
It was very very strange, with no apparent malfunction or anything to stop the pump actually woprking, the canulla i thought may have somehow taken a knock and bent in my stomach but nothing of the sort, the only other thing I could think of at the time was that i masively misjudged my evening meal? But it was only fish and some mashed potato and bread and butter (it was a fairly carb heavy meal I'll admit!!) with a glass of cider (sat out the back garden, lovely night), all that was taken into account when working out carbs and amount of insulin to pump.
Anyway, I pumped a corrective does of around 9 or 10 units i think it was, and 2 hours later at just after 1am it was still up at 30.2 this time, so it was most definitely the pump, so dummied a set change and had plenty insulin coming through the canulla, insulin seemed to be running freely etc. The only thing now I can think of is that the insulin somehow lost it's potency, I was 2 days into this infusion set. I chucked that vial of insulin, changed the infusion set, reluctantly gave myself another correction and by 4am it was down at 20, then down to 12 by the time I woke up and was back to normal mid morning after breakfast and a further correction.
It's not easy this pump lark is it? :mrgreen:
Thought I'd share and perhaps get some thoughts regarding an incident which happened a few nights ago.
Blood sugars were fine up until bedtime, I'd had my evening meal and knew exactly how much carbs were in it as it's a meal I've had numerous times and know exactly how much insulin is needed, this was around 6pm. I pumped the amount to cover it so that was all fine. Checked blood sugars at 11pm before bed and 32.7!!!! Never been this high before so was totally shocked. Anyway, checked pump, there was no non delivery message, checked for air bubbles, none, checked for any other blockages, non apparent.
It was very very strange, with no apparent malfunction or anything to stop the pump actually woprking, the canulla i thought may have somehow taken a knock and bent in my stomach but nothing of the sort, the only other thing I could think of at the time was that i masively misjudged my evening meal? But it was only fish and some mashed potato and bread and butter (it was a fairly carb heavy meal I'll admit!!) with a glass of cider (sat out the back garden, lovely night), all that was taken into account when working out carbs and amount of insulin to pump.
Anyway, I pumped a corrective does of around 9 or 10 units i think it was, and 2 hours later at just after 1am it was still up at 30.2 this time, so it was most definitely the pump, so dummied a set change and had plenty insulin coming through the canulla, insulin seemed to be running freely etc. The only thing now I can think of is that the insulin somehow lost it's potency, I was 2 days into this infusion set. I chucked that vial of insulin, changed the infusion set, reluctantly gave myself another correction and by 4am it was down at 20, then down to 12 by the time I woke up and was back to normal mid morning after breakfast and a further correction.
It's not easy this pump lark is it? :mrgreen:
