Diabetes and I are not on the best terms lately. My numbers have been running higher than I like, and I've been attributing it to the hot, hot heat we've been having. When it's constantly in the mid-90s, I do more staying inside and less walking, even though there is no air-conditioned relief.
I have another theory as well. Sometimes when I'm pinching my skin for my injection, I've noticed some of my insulin leaking out. This happens mostly when I do injections into my leg. I also happen to bleed quite a bit with injections, probably 50% of the time. I imagine that some insulin tags along with these bleeders. I really don't know what to do to improve this.
And then there was today. This morning I ate a very typical breakfast. I started out a little lower than usual at 97 and I gave myself the same dose I do every day. This leg shot bled just a little bit.
Fast forward four hours to lunch, and I did my pre-lunch test. I big ol' 237 flashed up at me. Thinking this was impossible, I retested and was greeted with a 265.
Why?? How did this breakfast treat me so badly? Did the insulin just not do its job? What is going on?
Now I'm groggy and a bit perplexed, wondering why what I did yesterday, and the day before, and the day before ad infinitum didn't work today.
Most days diabetes is frustrating. Today it's infuriating, and making me want a nap in the middle of my work day. I wish I had a Diet Coke.....
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