Kendall
07-10-2008, 02:10 AM
So it is almost 1am here in California and I just woke up with a BG of 39 (2.1). I am so tired of not getting a full night of sleep. I haven't been sleeping a lot so I took a nap this afternoon and woke up at 51 (2.8). Waking up low is the pits...I'm so frustrated.
The last two nights I have been doing basal testing so up every hour or two. The two nights before that, I couldn't sleep because of mouth pain (long story but it's better now). The two nights before that I had to stay up late or get up early for some reason. Last week I had some weird, unexplained insomnia. I think the longest amount of uninterrupted sleep I've gotten in the last 10 days is about 5 hours.
I know it won't last forever, but I'm soooo tired every morning. I was so excited to finally go to bed at a decent hour and thought I was going to get 9 hours of good sleep. Then, WHAM, I wake up 39. I knew it might happen because I had a stubborn high before bed and had to correct a few times. I used my Bolus Wizzard to figure out IOB but it seemed to be a little more generous than usual. I debated eating a little something but didn't want to end up high. I debated setting an alarm to retest but really wanted to just be able to sleep through the night. I took a gamble and lost.
Okay, time to retest, eat a little something, and go back to sleep. And of course now I feel like eating everything in the kitchen. Bcause I was high before bed I didn't have a snack and now I could probably eat a dozen graham crackers with milk (my favorite post low midnight snack). I think the graham crackers and milk thing started back at diabetes summer camp. That was always what they gave kids who were low in the night.
Anyway, sorry to vent. I just needed to get that off my chest. Please send sweet dreams and stable BGs my way.
The last two nights I have been doing basal testing so up every hour or two. The two nights before that, I couldn't sleep because of mouth pain (long story but it's better now). The two nights before that I had to stay up late or get up early for some reason. Last week I had some weird, unexplained insomnia. I think the longest amount of uninterrupted sleep I've gotten in the last 10 days is about 5 hours.
I know it won't last forever, but I'm soooo tired every morning. I was so excited to finally go to bed at a decent hour and thought I was going to get 9 hours of good sleep. Then, WHAM, I wake up 39. I knew it might happen because I had a stubborn high before bed and had to correct a few times. I used my Bolus Wizzard to figure out IOB but it seemed to be a little more generous than usual. I debated eating a little something but didn't want to end up high. I debated setting an alarm to retest but really wanted to just be able to sleep through the night. I took a gamble and lost.
Okay, time to retest, eat a little something, and go back to sleep. And of course now I feel like eating everything in the kitchen. Bcause I was high before bed I didn't have a snack and now I could probably eat a dozen graham crackers with milk (my favorite post low midnight snack). I think the graham crackers and milk thing started back at diabetes summer camp. That was always what they gave kids who were low in the night.
Anyway, sorry to vent. I just needed to get that off my chest. Please send sweet dreams and stable BGs my way.