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Originally Posted by spike Thanks, but the crazy thing is I keep getting really high. Right now my bg is 305 on the Accucheck Plus. I'm gonna go check on the Ultra2...254. Like I said the other day, the Plus reads a lot higher than the LifeScan meters. I feel like a failure when I keep underestimating the carbs. We went out for salad, meatball sandwich, and then I gave in to temptation and had dessert--ice cream on a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie. MY BAD!!! |
I have a hard time with carbs when I'm eating out as well. I forget all of the numbers - 1 cup of cooked pasta = how many carbs? 1/2 cup of ice cream is how many again...? I think I'd do fine if I brought a set of measuring cups & spoons and a scale. I weigh/measure everything at home, and I almost always bring my lunch to work so I've been doing okay with carb counts. But if I eat out, I go back to guessing, which got me in so much trouble when I was on MDI. Seems like I pull a random number out of the air. That's why the Animas pump with the food databse is very appealing. Of course I could buy a PDA and carry a database that way.
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Originally Posted by spike I'll never see the 4's. My wife got yelled out for numbers in the 4's too. I couldn't understand why; her hypos weren't that frequent. We both think she's a 1.5, and she's on a pump. Her last was 5.1 and the doc is cool with that.
I hear you too--I hate getting killer lows. i don't mind the usual 55-60, but when I hit less than 45 I'm miserable for a while. The lows intrude on my life when I'm busy. I can't count how many hours I've had to sit at my PC recovering from a low, when I'd rather be working in my shop. I count myself lucky to make it through an entire gardening session without having to run in for tablets or a snack. But having just complained about all this stuff, I must tell everyone I'm so much better off than before I began pumping. I get low because I forget to turn my pump down for prolonged activities, so it's my own fault. I get kinda sloppy with the details...  |
When I've had the 4.9 results it was because I was having multiple lows every day. Bad lows. There were days when every single BG test I did was in the 30-50 range. It wears you down and as you know, it takes away time you'd rather be spending doing other things.
I sometimes forget to set a temp basal when I go for my walks. When I do remember it works out well most of the time. Today I knew that I was going to go for a long walk. I set a temp basal of 50% for 2 hours. MY BG was going low (68) before I set out so I ate some trail mix. An hour into my walk I checked my BG and was 100, and I had a small Clif kids energy bar )22g carbs). When I got home, after 2 hours of walking, I was 135. Later I shot up to 185. I usually don't get a rebound high like that after exercise but it does happen sometimes. If I forget to set a temp basal I'll need to eat constantly during my walk to keep my BG up.
On shots, I'd be lucky to walk for 20 minutes without feeling liek I might pass out. It feels great to be able to walk for 2 hours nonstop and not to have to think about my BG constantly.
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