Diabetes victory of the week: Even though we spent two days in the car driving to our vacation spot, my blood sugar only went above 200 mg/dL once this week!
Diabetes failure of the week: I need to be better about actually looking at my sensors at the 2-hour postprandial mark to be sure I’m coming in sub-130 my/dL. Part of the problem, I think, is that my sensor responds more slowly than my actual blood sugar. I’ve noticed that it rises waaay after a meal (45 minutes rather than 15), and it can often be 20-30 mg/dL higher than a BG reading when the sensor is showing a slight downward trend after meals. But I could probably be more reliable about actually checking, and maybe even with a finger stick, at those times.
Mostly unfounded fear of the week: That my baby will be too big for me to give birth to. I am noticing a persistent pattern about my anxieties these days...
Mostly intangible joy of the week: I feel somewhat free from the anxiety about weight gain that I was suffering before. There are enough things to worry about when you’re growing a human being inside your body and you have diabetes... eating too many calories, when you’re already limiting carbs and sugar intake, just shouldn’t be one of them.
Diabetes failure of the week: I need to be better about actually looking at my sensors at the 2-hour postprandial mark to be sure I’m coming in sub-130 my/dL. Part of the problem, I think, is that my sensor responds more slowly than my actual blood sugar. I’ve noticed that it rises waaay after a meal (45 minutes rather than 15), and it can often be 20-30 mg/dL higher than a BG reading when the sensor is showing a slight downward trend after meals. But I could probably be more reliable about actually checking, and maybe even with a finger stick, at those times.
Mostly unfounded fear of the week: That my baby will be too big for me to give birth to. I am noticing a persistent pattern about my anxieties these days...
Mostly intangible joy of the week: I feel somewhat free from the anxiety about weight gain that I was suffering before. There are enough things to worry about when you’re growing a human being inside your body and you have diabetes... eating too many calories, when you’re already limiting carbs and sugar intake, just shouldn’t be one of them.