let me know if you experience this girls
So I am about 4 months into my pump vacation, which means i am still learning how my body reacts to shots in different situations. I notice that there are weeks when i run very high...stuck stuck stuck in the high 200's. Usually it is the mornings that shock me considering i have not eaten anything throughout the night. Thanks to advice from you guys, i have switched my lantus from AM to PM which even my endo agreed will improve my morning sugars. i follow a very low carb diet, most of my foods are green veggies, tofu, almonds, occasional red meat, etc. The pattern i have noticed is that my sugars will be perfecto for most of the month, and then towards the end, probably the last week and a half, i find myself stuck in those 200s. i think it has a lot to do with timing of my period. it usually comes at the beginning of the month and through it my numbers are pretty normal, it is the week and a half before (end of the previous month) that i run high. I know that most people find this same problem but i want to know if most people find that they are STUCK...for example..corrections, exercise, diet....NOTHING seems to bring down my sugars. i worry a lot that it is only me. i even open up new pens, nothing works. even with increased doses. still stuck at like 250.
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Permalink Reply by MegaMinxX on -
Great ! Glad it was helpful.
Another idea, that I just realized in hindsight. When I was high during the week prior, and corrections didn't help, I would find myself eating more high fat/protein foods thinking it would help. Things like peanut butter and cheese sticks, etc ! Now that I'm doing 'lower' carb, and understand that protein does raise BG, I think that explains some of my stubborn highs. I was not counting protein at all (back then) for my bolus.
Now that I'm using a pump and CGMS, I've been able to use temp or 'alt' basals and increased boluses, as needed, and can control my BGs much better.
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Permalink Reply by Kari on -
I have the same issue, but not for as long as you. From about 5 days before my period until 2 days before my period I run high and have to give myself 10-20% extra on my basal rate. However the 2 days before my period and first day of, I have to decrease my basal 10-20% or I run low....
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Permalink Reply by andrea on -
does it stay high for you? i mean my corrections may as well be water...my numbers do not budge! is there any way to prevent these terrible weeks? would birth control help this problem or not really
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Permalink Reply by Julia on -
Yeah, when I had my last period my sugars went crazy! This was the first time I experienced this and it made me feel so.... yuck! My sugars were always between 200 and 320 in mid afternoon. Yuck! It is hard being a diabetic girl! Oh, and I'm on MDI, so that makes it worse because I'm on a tight schedule and cant just shoot extra humalog when my sugar is high! Ugh!!
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Permalink Reply by Maria on -
That is EXACTLY what happens to me. 1.5-1 week before TOM, stuck in the 200s, nothing will bring it down. I bolus and nothing. I exercise and nothing. I bolus again and again and crash. I'm really wondering what to do about it. I hear it's progesterone causing insulin resistance. There ought to be something one can do.
Maria
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