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Holiday Burnout 

12/26/2013

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This is not what I expected as the holidays approached, I thought I would have a few ups and downs but nothing like what happened yesterday.  Again I'm not sure what happened but I'm not happy about it.  I did not take my own advice, I wanted to enjoy the holidays but a few cookies made my blood sugar battle an adventure.

I'm use to taking thirty to thirty-five units of insulin per day.  Yesterday I took a staggering 50.25 units of insulin, mentally that is very tough for me to see.  I would be a lot more accepting of the fifty units if I had more than two blood sugars below 200 all day.  My usual blood sugars of 130 and 100 were replaced with obscure numbers like 276 and even a 304!!!  Again that did a number on me mentally.  As I went to bed last night I was sad that my blood sugars were so crazy but said to myself "It was Christmas, tomorrow things will get back to normal."  This morning with a blood sugar of 150 when I awoke I felt good.  That would be the last good number until this afternoon, after two hours of basketball my blood sugar was at 226, I did a quick thirty minute workout before another varsity basketball practice.  With a bad migraine and a blood sugar of 237 I headed home for a small lunch and a nap to sleep the migraine off.  I took a ridiculous six units of insulin for a sandwich, almonds, and a granola bar.  I awoke without a migraine but my blood sugar was at 190!!  190, I should have been at 90.  This last reading really has me upset, I don't want to be mad at my diabetes but I can't figure out what is going on.  I'm working out and eating the right food and I'm still above 150 most of the time.

I hope that this is just a funk, I'm sick of seeing higher than normal numbers.  I want to be low!!!  I want to be around 80 and wondering why I can't get my blood sugar above 120.  More than likely this is just a small bump in the road, I will continue to take more insulin than normal until my blood sugars are back to normal.  I may even tweak my basal rates to get things under control.  I know it's only December but I want Spring so I can be out running, biking, and having lower blood sugars.

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