[spike]

my bg's get into the 300's, if even for just an hour.

On MDI I'd go up and down every day, higher than I knew at the time, because I didn't have a meter for the first 10-12 years of MDI. I used Tes-Tapes and then I got visually readable strips, Chemstrip Bg. turns out I didn't read the color of the strips properly and was running much higher than I believed I was. My first meter was a Lifescan and when I got the readings I was shocked to see them hitting the high 200's so much. Now that I pump I'll still hit the 200's but not often do I make it up to 300! This past week I did a 400+ and this morning I hit 327. both times I've felt nervous and had to avoid going out until it settles back down because I took a boatload of insulin to bring it back down. I'm currently 121 but because of the extra insulin I've taken this morning I'm leery of going out and having one of those knock-me-on-my-butt hypos of MDI fame.

I'm reminded of how important my pumping is critical to my wellbeing. Now I know why some folks are soured on pumping, if today's experience is something they've had happen on too many occasions.

(Looking forward to no more pumping issues for the foreseeble future...)

[Cinnabon]

Its normal, I'm glad everything is ok now. Sometimes we need that lil kick in the *** so we always refresh on what we do in of an emergency.....

[sydneya]

I hate normal when things like this is normal. Did you overcorrect because of it being easy to do on a pump. I don't pump so I'm not being sarcastic. I hope to pump in the future and am just trying to think through these pump threads. However I do understand your leeriness to go out.
I'm glad things did go back into range and hope it stays that way for oh.....a lifetime.

[spike]

Originally Posted by sydneya

I hate normal when things like this is normal. Did you overcorrect because of it being easy to do on a pump. I don't pump so I'm not being sarcastic. I hope to pump in the future and am just trying to think through these pump threads. However I do understand your leeriness to go out.
I'm glad things did go back into range and hope it stays that way for oh.....a lifetime.

No, I used a syringe a couple of times because I had to be SURE I was getting my insulin. but I've been known to overcorrect when bolusing with my pump. I hate being high.

On MDI for 18 years I dreaded going anywhere! Now I can go out in the boonies by myself, if I choose to go without my wife, who usually goes biking with me.

My problem today underscores the imporance of not installing a new set before bedtime. It's better to change them before supper, at the latest, to be sure the bolus is working. If you change a set late in the evening, there would be no way to know the insulin is leaking outside the skin as mine did today a week ago, as the bgs would creep up slowly in the middle of the night. Unless one woke up within a few hours of retiring for bed, they'd miss finding a high bg. and even if they did, they might just bolus once and fall asleep again for the rest of the night, not knowing that bolus didn't work.