Sorry, this is long.
Some background:
Dx 06/01/2003
Type 1 diabetic - positive GAD test
Severely insulin resistant - usual daily dose about 400u
Medication - insulin, no other diabetic drugs
I have Recurrent Vomiting Syndrome, and had an attack this weekend. (Basically rvs makes you spend 6-8 hrs continuously crawling into the bathroom to throw up, then back to try and rest. Fluid intake of any kind triggers more puking, producing dehydration). Anyway, early on I puked on the pump, so removed it and handed it over to poor husband for cleaning.
So Monday morning, I wake up with a hypo. I have had ZERO insulin for over 24 hrs, OK, also no food but... Have not yet put pump back on. After serious thought I assumed this is my liver restocking its sugar after a liver dump I was unaware of.
Monday evening. Hypo. Still not put pump on, but am eating small amounts (2x toast, pot yoghurt). Beginning of confusion.
Monday/Tuesday midnight. Ditto. That's right, hypo with no insulin. This time I checked with the Libre and two other devices. Beginning to think What's going on?
Tuesday morning. Reinstalled pump, fortunately had the idea to reduce basal rates, and since I hate hypos, I went to 50% of previous. Had lunch, bolusing about half what I normally would. Another hypo. Decided against dinner. Another hypo in night.
Wednesday. I'm just about keeping it under control, down to about 30-40% of previous doses (which have been steady for over a year). All Libre bg graphs just show a continuous steady downwards trend, only spiking when I eat at hypos.
What the heck just happened to me?
Any ideas, anyone please. Can 48 hrs of no food/energy intake 'reset' insulin resistance? I don't mind if my insulin dose goes back up, but if it crashes again I'm in danger. It's only because my husband was scanning my arm that two of these hypos were picked up.
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Some background:
Dx 06/01/2003
Type 1 diabetic - positive GAD test
Severely insulin resistant - usual daily dose about 400u
Medication - insulin, no other diabetic drugs
I have Recurrent Vomiting Syndrome, and had an attack this weekend. (Basically rvs makes you spend 6-8 hrs continuously crawling into the bathroom to throw up, then back to try and rest. Fluid intake of any kind triggers more puking, producing dehydration). Anyway, early on I puked on the pump, so removed it and handed it over to poor husband for cleaning.
So Monday morning, I wake up with a hypo. I have had ZERO insulin for over 24 hrs, OK, also no food but... Have not yet put pump back on. After serious thought I assumed this is my liver restocking its sugar after a liver dump I was unaware of.
Monday evening. Hypo. Still not put pump on, but am eating small amounts (2x toast, pot yoghurt). Beginning of confusion.
Monday/Tuesday midnight. Ditto. That's right, hypo with no insulin. This time I checked with the Libre and two other devices. Beginning to think What's going on?
Tuesday morning. Reinstalled pump, fortunately had the idea to reduce basal rates, and since I hate hypos, I went to 50% of previous. Had lunch, bolusing about half what I normally would. Another hypo. Decided against dinner. Another hypo in night.
Wednesday. I'm just about keeping it under control, down to about 30-40% of previous doses (which have been steady for over a year). All Libre bg graphs just show a continuous steady downwards trend, only spiking when I eat at hypos.
What the heck just happened to me?
Any ideas, anyone please. Can 48 hrs of no food/energy intake 'reset' insulin resistance? I don't mind if my insulin dose goes back up, but if it crashes again I'm in danger. It's only because my husband was scanning my arm that two of these hypos were picked up.
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