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August 2, 2009 Hello Sisters! It’s been a roller coaster week for me….both emotionally and with my blood-sugars. Wednesday started out as a typical morning. I got up. I checked my blood sugar. I ate breakfast. I took a shower. I kissed my daughter and husband good-bye. I finished getting ready…and I left for work. I reached my destination for the day, which was an hour and a half away from my house, and got to work. I worked hard all morning trying to get as much work done before lunch as possible. I recall thinking around 10:30am that I didn’t feel great and I should check my blood sugar, but I ignored that thought and kept working. At 1pm, I finally stopped for lunch. After taking a few bites of lunch, I realized that I had not taken my insulin. I reach for my pump (under my shirt, in my bra) and to my shock, there was NO PUMP! “What?!?! This can’t be happening! I am an hour and half away from my house…which means an hour and a half away from insulin!” I thought as my mind raced. I quickly moved into action and made it down the interstate to the next interstate then, the final interstate. Along the way, I had plenty of time to critique the situation. What had I done wrong? How did this happen? Why didn’t I feel worse, considering it had been hours since my body had had insulin? How high was my blood sugar?…324, amazingly. I was shocked it wasn’t higher, but since my blood sugars tend to be lower at the beginning of my period, I determined this must have been my saving grace. However, I knew time was of the essence because my blood sugar had only one way to go since I had already digested part of my lunch...UP! In the essence of full disclosure, I must tell you that this happened once before (a few years ago)….and I was over an hour away from my house on that day too! By the time I got home, my blood sugar was over 500 and I felt so bad that it was all I could do to take my insulin, then make it up to my bed and fall into it! I laid there for an hour, scared that if I moved the vomiting would start. The memory of that day combined with the knowledge of all the things I still had to get done that afternoon sent fear up my spine. At the stoplight before my house, I checked my blood sugar. 459…CRAP! Finally, I reached my house and ran inside….Yuccckkkkk! I could feel the nausea set in as I ran up the stairs. I grabbed my pump, reconnected, and dosed my insulin. As much as I wanted to get some work done, I couldn’t. My body would let me. I decided I should lie down and rest for 15 minutes before going to pick up my daughter from daycare. 15 minutes turned into 20, 30, then 35 minutes. Ahhh! I remember this feeling…Afternoon delight! The sleep felt so good to my tired, worn down body. Then, the ringing phone awoke me from my peaceful slumber. Whew! Just in time to pick up my daughter. Gradually my blood sugar fell back down to “normal” range. This time, I recovered pretty quickly. Next time…Well, there had better not be a “next time!”Needless to say, part of my morning routine now includes checking for my pump before backing the car out of the garage! One final NOTE: Please pray for me this week as I venture to Atlanta to represent DiabetesSisters at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Conference. There are still a lot of women with diabetes who need our help and support!
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