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Curve Ball 

4/18/2013

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This morning I was thrown my first curve ball at work.  When it comes to my diabetes and work everything has to be timed perfectly.  This morning the start of my day was delayed due to a light frost.  A thirty minute delay caused my blood sugar to rise quickly and any insulin I took would cause a low an hour or so later once I got to work.  At 7:30 my blood sugar was at 221 and rising, I decided to try taking 1.2 units of insulin and hoping for the best.  I got lucky and my blood sugar started to drop as I was headed in for my break.  The first curve ball of the season was fouled off.

The next curve ball came five minutes in to my break, I was informed that I would be on a machine all day.  For the next six hours I would be seated and my blood sugar would go crazy.  This was the knee buckling curve ball that made me look foolish, a lot like the video below.  I quickly took an extra two units of insulin to cover my lack of physical work that would follow.  My pump would vibrate around 10am letting me know that I was at 187 and rising, in goes another two units of insulin.  My blood sugar would go up to 211 but honestly I felt a bit higher than what my pump was reading. 

The rest of my day was uneventful but I was shocked when I sat down for lunch and took five units to cover a sandwich, an apple, and a fiber one bar.  On an active day that meal would only take 1.2 units of insulin.  These days happen and they are not fun.  As time goes on I will get better control of my blood sugars and hopefully stay below the 200 mark.

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