This morning the first thing I did was check my blood sugar. I need to do this every morning, but it just hasn't become a daily habit. I'm trying to correct that error.
My blood sugar was at 121. That is pretty good. While 100 is better, I'll take 121 since I've usually find myself in the 180-200 range. I continued the rest of my routine in getting ready for the day. I should have gotten up just a bit earlier because I had to start rushing to be at my bus stop by 6:30 am.
It was at 6:31 am that I realized I ran out without taking my Lantus shot. Lantus is insulin that stays in my body for 24 hours. It is there to cover the sugar that my liver produces. I take Humalog to cover the food I eat and Lantus for the sugar my body naturally makes. I don't take all my Lantus at one time, instead I take half in the morning and another half at night. I hate forgetting to take my morning shot. I had to get on the bus though and decided to take some more Humlog to cover the missing Lantus.
I got to work, I ate a bowl of cereal and had a bagel. I factored in that the cereal was 50 grams of carbs and the bagel was going to be around 60. 110 total grams divided by my 7:1 humalog ratio. For every 7 grams of carbs I take 1 unit of insulin. This is my morning ratio while the rest of the day I use a 9:1 ratio. Anyways, I came up with 15 units to inject and added two more for the missing Lantus. I felt pretty good about how much I took.
Two hours later I checked my blood sugar and I was at 411.
I've witness people stick to a goal and lose a lot of weight or people who have quit smoking. I know that bad numbers are going to happen and I just need to deal with how to correct the number rather then focusing on the number itself. I know that I can take good care of myself if I just stick with collecting good data and sharing it with my diabetic educator.
I just wish that the embarrassment, shame, and frustration of high numbers wouldn't effect as much as they do. I realize that when I have higher numbers, I have less control over my anxiety disorder. I find it difficult to see beyond my current blood sugar number and look at the big pictures.
I'm trying though, I'm writing about it. So, thats something.
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