A Diabetes Diary

February 19, 2010

cjatagirlsclub — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:36:32 +0000

My BG reading was 164 this am when I woke up.
I had scrambled eggs with cheese and 2 pieces of bacon about 11:30, my reading was 109 at 12:30.
had a salad about 2:30, forgot to take a reading before. My reading was 111 at 3:30. I was starving so I started dinner. I fixed pork butt steaks and ribs on the grill. I roasted a head of cabbage in the oven and steamed carrots. YUM>>>>
I forgot to take a reading before I ate but will take one at 6.

Monday October 19, 2009

cjatagirlsclub — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:48:48 +0000

BG level was 99 this morning. WOOOHOOO. No indigestion, no signs of diverticulitis.

I am however pretty bored of eating low carb.

I will just have to get over it!

Wednesday 09/16/2009

cjatagirlsclub — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:54:34 +0000

Well, I have been quite remiss in posting and in sticking to my food plan. I am really suffering the consequences of not eating low carb.

I have terrible indigestion after every meal, and my diverticulitis is pretty much kicking my butt. So I am trying to get back on track.

Did you know that today is 14KPWD Day?

dbatagirlsclub — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:12:11 +0000

Today is July 14th, #14KWD Day, the day 14,000 people with diabetes will test their blood sugar at the same time and post the result on Twitter, Facebook, their blog, send via text message to others, etc. If you can’t post at the exact time, it’s okay to do it earlier or later. The point is to raise awareness about testing blood sugar and its importance so what are you waiting for?

Here are the testing times:

* 1:00 pm PT
* 2:00 pm MT
* 3:00 pm CT
* 4:00 pm ET
* 8:00 pm GMT

Connie, be ready to get a text from me around 3 PM!

July 12, 2009

cjatagirlsclub — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:50:28 +0000

BG was great this morning and has been for days. I am working in Houston, and am much more active all day, every day than I have been in years. It is very hot here, and I am drinking gallons of water and sweating buckets. Oh wait, I mean I am glisteneing alot. LOL…. I am so pleased you are doing so well Denise with your workouts. I am proud of you. I am doing very well on my eating plan too. Terra and I went to HEB yesterday and bought some really good food for HOT weather. I have been eating very light.

Today I had fruit and cottage cheese for breakfast, a salad and cold ham for lunch, and grilled chicken and brocolli for dinner. It’s too hot here to eat much at one time. You have to spread it out all day.

July 11, 2009 – I actually ate breakfast!

dbatagirlsclub — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:19:52 +0000

So it wasn’t much of a breakfast but I just ate 1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese, 1/4 cup blueberries, and a little turkey breakfast sausage. I detest breakfast but ate it. I’m really trying to make myself eat something in the morning and I aim for eating before I’ve been up 45 minutes but it’s usually an hour to an hour and a half later that I can stomach food.

I know breakfast is important and I know they say its the most important meal of the day but I just can’t bring myself to eat it most days. And I’m trying, I really am! I just don’t feel hungry until I’ve been up awhile and the thought of eating makes my stomach turn. So, I think I did well eating what I ate this morning.

Hey, it’s a start!

By the way, my FBG was 134. Too high again. Dammit.

Well, pooh!

dbatagirlsclub — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:08:08 +0000

After a few good days of BG and little insulin it’s all blown up! This afternoon I ate 6 Triscuits, the plain ones, and the BG before dinner at the gym was 169. I took 4 units of Novolog to correct that, purposefully undershooting since I was about to go work out, and cover the 1/2 wrap I’d eat. Well, when they handed me my dinner there were pita chips on the plate. I ate some of them, not a lot of them, and then worked out for an hour. An hour! BG after the work out was 177 and an hour later it’s 211! Grrr, must have been the pita chips. I just took 10 units of Novolog and my night time dose of 20 units of Novolin N.

I won’t eat the pita chips again unless I’m really low.

Have I mentioned lately how much I dislike being Diabetic?

July 8, 2009

dbatagirlsclub — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:55:53 +0000

I just got back from gettin’ my sweat on at the gym..for an hour and twenty minutes. What fun! No, not really but after my day I needed it. We had Chinese food for lunch, the first Chinese we’ve had in three weeks. I did take 7 units of Novolog before going and the BG was 134 two hours after eating. Not fantastic but not horrendous, either. A couple of hours later I ate a few pretzels and before I had dinner of meatloaf, sliced tomatoes and a few green peas my BG was 229. Thanks pretzels! So I really needed to work out to bring the BG down.

I deliberately didn’t take any Novolog because I wanted to see what the exercise sans insulin would do. When I got to the gym the BG was 206. It had gone down a little on its own without outside intervention so I got the sweat on and after the workout the BG was 130. Not bad but half an hour later it was 189. Huh? Damn you, Diabetes!

Some days it seems I can’t win for losing. But I won’t give up. I’m on the right track and I know it. Time, patience, and a lot of effort and I’ll get there.

July 6, 2009

dbatagirlsclub — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:04:08 +0000

FBG was good this morning but I couldn’t stomach breakfast, no matter how hard I tried. I did fix the man some cream of wheat and 2 slices of turkey bacon but couldn’t eat any myself.

I was about to have salad for lunch when I got a call from work telling me I was late. Ooops! I forgot the schedule changed and I was supposed to be there at 11 rather than 1 so I ignored the salad, got dressed, and rushed in. During my lunch break I had some unbreaded grilled chicken with a little bit of pizza sauce and cheese, all baked in the oven. It’s way too high in fat but is okay for a now and then quick meal.

When I left work two hours later the BG was 96. I ran to the office, changed clothes, picked up the man, and we hustled to the gym. We had dinner at their little cafe; 1/2 a turkey pastrami and cheese wrap (whole wheat wrap) and a few baked pita chips. BG right before working out was 74. I knew I couldn’t go crazy with the workout (like I ever do!) so I walked an easy pace for 1/2 an hour on the treadmill and checked it again. It was 54! Oooops! Mind you, I hadn’t had insulin since 7 AM so it wasn’t insulin causing that and I’d just eaten a small meal of pretty good carbs. So what happened? I don’t know but I do wonder if my insulin sensitivity has increased. Can it improve so dramatically and so quickly? Good question..

I stopped the workout, chewed a couple of glucose tabs and took my shower. We got home and it was better at 97.

I really have to figure out this exercise, insulin, and carb issue, and might have to eat a few more carbs before a workout.

Thoughts on this?

July 5, 2009

dbatagirlsclub — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:37:52 +0000

FBG this morning was 141, too high! I took my standard Novolin N and 3 units of Novolog to correct the high and cover the coffee I was about to drink. The rest of the day it was good so I didn’t sweat it and didn’t need any insulin. Until I got home from work at about 6:30 tonight. I tested and it was 370. What?? 370?? Normally I’d test again because I haven’t seen a number that high in awhile and I didn’t eat anything to cause that. But…I’ve been feeling kind of queasy for a day or so and figured I’m getting sick and illness causes my blood sugar to go wacky. So, I shot 20 units of Novolog, ate my dinner of three ounces of baked salmon and a very small baked potato and we headed for the gym.

We only worked out for 35 minutes since the gym closed at 8 tonight and we needed time to shower after the workout. When we got home I checked the BG and it was 68. 68 less than two hours after it was 370? I checked it again and it was 70. Hmmm… I felt okay but ate 10 small green grapes because the last thing I need is a hypo. 15 minutes later it was 74 , not much better. Now I’m trying to head off a hypo…

Anyway, the point is I messed up big time by not checking the BG again after that 370. I don’t think that was accurate. Then I injected insulin. Then I added exercise to the mix. But hey, I haven’t needed Novolog except for when I first wake up in the morning for four days now so this is the first time I’ve shot much insulin and then exercised. Yet another crap shoot for Denise to figure out, huh? I’ll figure it out but man, its a little scary at times.

Update – by 11 PM I was in the throes of a hypo (BG was 32) that just about knocked my socks off. It took about an hour to get the BG up to a safe level and I woke up with it this morning at 114. Whew!!

Suggestions on how to better handle insulin and exercise would be very welcome!