Highest Waking Number

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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on October 27, 2009 at 9:55am

LOL! That's NOTHING! Try over 400

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Permalink Reply by Danny on October 27, 2009 at 10:08am

Ken, you run a tight ship. I hope you never have to experience a "waking" 154 mg/dl in your life my friend.

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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on October 27, 2009 at 10:27am

LOL! I should have added that my 400+ is hardly the highest number amongst the members here.

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Permalink Reply by Allison Blass on October 27, 2009 at 12:14pm

The times I woke up and my insulin pump had become disconnected, I was probably 500+.

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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on October 27, 2009 at 12:39pm

Yeah, it sucks if a set comes out at night, or we get a "no delivery" for many hours. that's why I no longer use Quick Sets--I had 5 bent canulas in the space of about 4 weeks. I've had a Soft-set or two fall off at night (years ago). I can't recall if I've lost any Sure-T's at night.

oh, and I no longer ever remove my pump for bedtime "fun" because I twice fell asleep before hooking back up.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on October 27, 2009 at 2:30pm

Mine stays on too :) The only time I ever take it off is to shower..

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Permalink Reply by Peter on October 27, 2009 at 12:16pm

192. This morning.

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on October 27, 2009 at 12:58pm

I've had many fastings over 225--dawn phenonmenon.

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Permalink Reply by lane jaeckle santos on October 27, 2009 at 1:15pm

160 i think- either from inadequate bolusing in the after dinner or from nasty dawn phenom.

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on October 27, 2009 at 1:27pm

400+ as well... Not an everyday event, but it has happened more than once.

You may still be honeymooning. When I had my honeymoon period, I never saw numbers above 200. Then one day I woke up at 400 and knew that a new phase had begun!

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on October 27, 2009 at 2:29pm

Agreed... I often had "highs" during my honeymoon in the 180 range, but I rarely had fastings over 110 and almost never saw #'s over 200 no matter how many carbs I ate or how "off" my carb counts and boluses were. The only time I consistently saw higher #'s was when I was "off" insulin on my dr's orders (that didn't last long).

When I was coming out of my honeymoon it was pretty sudden... my #'s became much more variable and I started battling DP issues that were nothing like I had experienced before.. and my insulin needs increased dramatically over just a couple of weeks. Shortly after I saw my first "HI" on my meter... which was the result of a failed site and me bolusing for sparkling grape juice assuming I was covering it... obviously I wasn't :)

I have within the past 6 weeks seen fasting #'s above 300... it happens. Not every day, but I think it's important to understand how to handle those events when they do happen. Even when my morning #'s are good, I can often look at my CGM data and see that I had spiked to 300+ overnight. I did last night, actually.. but my morning # was 79.

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Permalink Reply by Jacquie on October 27, 2009 at 3:09pm

Show off. :)

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