Data Entry

Life is still a little more hectic than normal, and to top it off, I've got an appointment with a new endo on Friday morning (about six hours before I hop a plane to London for a much-needed vacation). The new endo has already sent me a letter asking me to bring in my meter log and all sorts of info. Being the good patient I am, I've started another week of documenting my sugars every hour along with what I eat and when I exercise. (Unfortunately, when my life goes busy, exercise is the first thing to go, so I think there's only one or two of those entries on there...)

Anyway, since I haven't really had time to blog, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and post a couple of days of logging right here (logging, blogging, so close). A few notes: the 200 thing freaked the hell out me; that's really high for me. I discovered French Onion soup has more carbs in it than I thought. CU stands for carb unit (for those of us not used to counting carbs (hi mom!)). Oh, and I know I'm supposed to take the Lantus at the same time every night, but I'm trying to back up the time a little bit each night to make up for the time difference in London so I don't have to wake up at 3 in the morning and give myself a bleary-eyed injection. And while I may have been crazy before but with normal numbers, it was all false advertising, because these digits really show the stress and extra hectic-icity (I made that word up) that I'm going through.

Without further ado, days in the life of Lora...

THURSDAY, 4/2/09
8:11 = 87
8:15 juice box, Nutrigrain bar, 3cu
9:53 = 120
10:54 = 96
11:33 = 89
12:12p = 72
12:12p granola bar, 2cu
1:14p = 116
2:00p = 89
2:15p = 90
2:30p brioche roll, est 1cu
2:30p cup french onion soup, est 1cu
2:45p flatbread pizza, est 2cu
3:10p cookie, est 3cu
3:23p = 125
4:03p = 146
4:14p floor pedaller, 60min
5:15p 2 tylenol, 0cu
5:34p = 158
6:01p = 164
6:10p vodka drink, 0cu
6:20p tuna and fries, est 2cu
7:17p = 138
8:25p = 139
9:34p = 83
insulin @ 9:30p, 45 units Lantus
½ nutrigrain bar, 1cu

FRIDAY, 4/3/09
7:47 = 73
7:48 english muffin, 2cu
8:39 = 127
10:03 = 103
10:43 = 96
11:29 = 87
12:25p = 85
12:25p granola bar, 2cu
1:33p = 122
2:16p = 113
2:42p salad and roll, est cu3
3:30p = 113
4:38p = 111
5:39p = 120
6:33p = 105
7:39p = 87
7:45p vodka drink, 0cu
8:23p flatbread pizza, est 2cu
9:05p = 111
insulin @ 10:30p, 45 units Lantus
10:32p = 119

SATURDAY, 4/4/09
8:14 = 113
10:03 = 114
11:09 = 89
11:12 swiss sandwich and cracker sticks, 2cu
12:10p = 120
1:30p = 117
2:44p cottage cheese, small brownie, 1cu
2:48p = 81
2:50p chocolate pretzels, 1cu
4:50p = 106
4:53p peanut butter wafer, 1cu
6:15p = 105
6:18p small brownie, 1cu
7:39p = 115
7:45p beef sandwich and fries, est 5cu
8:13p small piece of cake, est 3cu
insulin @ 9p, 45 units Lantus
11:00p = 281 (test was slow for result; re-tested)
11:02p = 204 (tested on palm instead of arm)
11:02p = 238 (tested on palm on different meter)
12:20p = 157 (set alarm after going to sleep to make sure # on downswing)

SUNDAY, 4/5/09
7:45 = 141
8-10 clean house
10:05 = 95
10:40 = 87
10:41 granola bar, 2cu
1:02p = 82
1:13p turkey sandwich, 1cu
1:20p peanut butter wafer, 1cu
2:35p = 89
2:35p small brownie, 1cu
4:45p = 91
4:45p chocolate pretzels, 1cu
7:00p = 106
7:00 salmon, asparagus, potatoes, est 1cu
8:17p = 110
insulin @ 8:30p, 45 units Lantus
8:42p peanut butter wafer, 1cu
9:35p = 116

MONDAY, 4/6/09
7:06 = 86
7:13 granola bar, juice box, 3cu
9:16 = 124
10:34 = 88
10:45 cracker sticks, 1cu
11:27 = 73
11:30 pretzels, 1cu
12:05p = 112
12:36p = 126
1:36p = 104
2:09p = 92
2:15p small brownie, 1cu
2:40p = 110
3:51p = 109
4:35p = 129
5:36p = 93
7:16p = 80
7:50p flatbread pizza, peanut butter wafer, 2cu
7:53p = 113
insulin @ 9p, 45 units Lantus
9:20p = 126

As always, more to come (but not until after vacation, which I so richly deserve)...