| I've had more time to review what happened on Saturday and think I've got a better grasp on what went wrong.
This much is known:
-- Lantus basal insulin was working, I had dosed correctly on Friday night at 9 PM.
-- Blood sugar waking up at 6:15 was 145 mg/dl, I injected 1u of Novolog to help with my wake up coffee.
-- Blood sugar at 8 AM had risen to 195 mg/dl.
-- I decided not to inject any more Novolog out of worries of what would happen if I ran for around 2.5 hours and 14 miles.
That last decision was the big mistake. My observations have revealed that extra bolus insulin that gets used during exercise periods often results in a correction factor of 50 to 70 mg/dl. I could have safely injected 1 unit of Novolog perhaps even 2 units with an idea of testing at around 2 hours to check on things.
But I didn't and for reasons I still don't know exactly why, it looks like my liver output was increased or I had some extra morning insulin resistance or a combination thereof, which caused my blood sugar to go trending upward and my muscles being unable to use the glucose with proper efficiency.
But I got nervous about I suppose we all worry most about -- going hypo. I thought that I would come back from the run and find my blood sugar down around 140 to 150 mg/dl, which is where I usually like to be to start.
I should have taken cues from how much my blood sugar rose with the coffee.
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Weather wasn't very pleasant yesterday so I did 45 minutes on the exercise bike and watched football while doing so. Even while watching football, the exercise bike is freaking boring. But I'll use it as needed. |