amberthyme

Ever since I got my pump, I stopped logging my blood sugars. Typically, I kept a running chart of every blood sugar categorized by time of day and weekly averages. But since the pump stores all of my information and produces such wonderful graphs, I stopped logging.

However, those graphs do not show specific blood sugar trends on a weekly basis and the numbers are never directly in front of me (haunting me at times). So I decided that I would get back on the logbook wagon.

I've kept up with the logbook since last Monday. It's only taken about five minutes each day to just make sure everything is in order. The best part is that I'm already seeing trends that I didn't truly see before.

In the last week, I've noticed that my mid-morning readings (I already knew this one) are elevated, but also that my late evening readings are severely elevated. I'm averaging 136 for mid-mornings with occasional spikes to the 200's. My late evening readings are averaging 168 though.

My overall average is 135, which includes quite a few post-meal readings. Most of the time, I'm not seeing spikes after meals over 160, which is absolutely splendid. I'm having quite a few lows, which needs to be adjusted since I don't want to consume anymore calories than absolutely necessary.

I'm also over treating on some lows and not bolusing correctly after (either I bolus too much and end up too low or too little and end up too high). I'm trying to work on this by keeping quick 15 carb snacks around at all times. If I can get it where I don't drop so low, I won't feel like I need to over treat. Proactive is better than reactive.

Because my averages are running lower, I'm finding that I feel better at 100 than before. Occasionally, I feel low in the 90's. But as I refuse to treat those as lows, my body is adjusting to that number. I try to lower my insulin instead of consuming carbs to make sure I don't drop any lower than 95.

I can't believe that I've gone this long without logging. It's been such a relief in the last week to look down at those numbers and see reasons behind highs and lows. The one thing I have to work on is not over adjusting my rates when I immediately see a high. I'm not doing this so well at the moment, but I'm hoping once I get those two problem areas down, I'll feel more secure.