Apologies for not posting this week, but life has been so hectic recently that I've had to spend all my time on thesis writing for the last few days.
I've decided that every monday's post will be on dogs. In memory of dear Maxdog I've decided to call these posts "Maxdog Mondays". This will give me the opportunity of blogging about what I love most... that is dogs!
Said that, this week I've finally had a chat with my DSN dietitian. Unfortunately the new job as well as the rush to write up my dissertation won't let me attend any DAFNE course. Plus the next appointment with my physician is at the end of July (from last March). All in all my record diary is quite good, if it wasn't for those unexpected hypos which usually happen before lunch and dinner. The dietitian thinks it's the basal insulin, as I tend to have huge gaps (about 6 hours) between main meals and bolus insulin should be gone and forgotten by then. Since she runs the DAFNE course, she doesn't think I must depend on the in-between-meals-snacks to avoid these hypos... anyway she could not suggest me to change my basal insulin as she is a specialised dietitian and not the diabetic nurse there.
Last April the diabetic nurse reduced my basal insulin by one unit for the same reason... so two days ago I decided to take some action and reduce the basal insulin by another unit. I've never done proper tests to check if I was injecting the correct amount of basal insulin. It's really frustrating as my morning values are within range (between 4-6mmol) but I really want to find out if the hypos are caused by too much Lantus. To understand what's really going on I decided to measure my sugar levels at 2-3 am.
So far I have been unlucky in doing that, as one day I went running so the dinner bolus was unusual, and yesterday I had a pizza, so in both cases I woke up with very high levels at night (about 10-11mmol). Tonight I am hoping to have a less fatty meal and to find different values... otherwise I'll go and see the DNS nurse next week.
I did get a good thing out of this though. I've found out that pizza makes my BG levels spike a lot later than two hours. I knew this could be the case, but I had never done a 4 hours late measurement, as I tend to eat pizzas at night. And as every Italian, I tend to have dinner very late, and go to bed soon after. I don't think I'll stop having pizza but I'll try maybe to inject a bit before and a bit after I've eaten, and see if I can manage this way.
On wednesday I (finally) went to Cambridge. It's weird how I managed to get a job nearby and accept it without visiting the place. I have to admit I really like it, although I was there for only 2 hours. The rest of the day was spent driving (3+3 hours to go and come back) and sitting in the car while waiting for my partner to be done with a job interview (3 hours). I even managed to work for a bit while waiting, but after driving for 170 miles to get there, I wasn't that focussed! I wonder if living there will be nicer than being in Manchester - in any case I'm all for a change. The drama will be finding a house, as I really get stressed out by estate agents. I already imagine them phoning while we're driving there and apologising they cannot make the appointment. We don't even have time to stay there for a couple of days, so this time is going to be really difficult.
Despite this, I am really looking forward to the change, which not only will mean that I will be done with this thesis, but that I'll finally have my life back and I'll be starting my first job. Only two months to go!
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