Author: leannah

Low evening/bedtime again. I’m gonna change midday basal (4am-6pm) to .30units instead of .35units. I think the regular exercise is doing this. Gonna see what tomorrow looks like and then maybe change it.

11:30pm and 5.3. So hard to get up and have food- am so sleepy. Having 20g with no correction. Ok, back to bed.

Low again this morning. 2.9. This is because I am more active. Will see how things are on my days off but may need to do some adjusting. Mornings still tricky because of ‘dawn phenomenon’.

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Legs definitely feel less boggy this week, more stretched.

Trying a little harder to have proper food and exercise balance. Doing a 30 Day movement challenge, today is Day 3. Aiming for 20-30mins of activity/movement everyday and hoping to improve muscle tone and overall stamina.

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So Freestyle Libre will cost $57 out-of-pocket each time until I reach my deductible limit. That sucks. Am looking at Dexcom again as I believe it would all be covered under my health insurance. I really like the Libre but can’t claim it under my insurance.

Lows this evening at work. 2.7mmol before supper (5pm-ish) and then 2.9mmol before I headed home at 7pm. Didn’t feel them coming- no sweating or shaking. Scares me when my body does that. Hate to think I’d have an issue that I would need help at work. I know I shouldn’t be embarrassed by possibly needing help but I would be.

I got to tell a kid I was part robot today.

She noticed the Libre sensor on the back of my arm while her mom was heading through the grocery till. I explained that the sensor monitored the inside part of me because my insides don’t work as well as other peoples. Then I showed her the insulin pump on my tummy and said that’s where I get my medicine.

“So I am kind of part robot.”

She thought that was cool.

Kids ask. It’s very awesome.

Changed ISF to 6.5 from 7 this morning. The overnight change has done nothing for midday so the nurse had suggested changing the ISF. She calculated 6.2 but I’m gonna start with 6.5. 6.2 feels like a really big jump.

Just had an appointment with the nurse at the diabetes clinic to adjust my pump settings a bit more. Changed the basal overnight so the increase starts at 4am instead of 5am to try and catch that rise I get in the morning. She said to try a week with that and then possibly change the sensitivity factor- from 7 to 6.2.

She also gave me a Freestyle Libre sensor to try out. It’s a wearable sensor that implants in your skin. It comes with a little scanner that looks like a mini cell phone so you can see you BG reading without a finger poke. There is a bit of a discrepancy/delay with the reading so I couldn’t use it to dose for meals but it’s accurate enough that I don’t need to worry about finger pokes all day. I just put it on this afternoon and it should last 14 days. I am really looking forward to trying it out and hope it works for some piece of mind.

Closed tonight and did a temp basal again. Decreased by 20% from 6:30pm to 9:50pm. Am done work at 9:30 and then walk home (around 15mins). I was 7.9mmol at 9:30pm and then 3.4 at 10:10pm. I didn’t have a snack at close but maybe I should next time. Or maybe I’ll decrease basal by 30%.

Low when I was walking back up the hill from buying cat food. I could feel it coming on – sweating, stumbly. It was drizzling and I had my jacket and backpack on and didn’t want to stop and test on wet ground. Kept walking and had 20g as I walked. Was 8.8 when I got to work so must have been low!