For the past week or two I’ve been waking up around 3am SUPER high. Above 250, sometimes reaching the 300’s. In my book, that’s a nightmare. I wake up to a blaring Dexcom and a full bladder. Sorry if that’s tmi, but we all know what I’m talking about. The first couple of nights I chalked it up to something I ate that had a long lasting effect on my sugars. A piece of cake, dinner was unusually unhealthy. Then I thought maybe I’m stressing out and tossing and turning while I sleep. Bad dreams? Finally I adjusted my basal rate. I amped it up half a unit and would wake up low so after a few nights of trial and error I finally figured my new rate. Nothing better than guessing and hoping for perfection.
Then two days ago I swapped out my Omnipod for my Animas. (That’s another story) Woke up last night at 2am around 320, then at 3am at 190, then at 4am at 250, then at 6am at 170. Test, bolus, repeat (about four times). Finally I wake up this morning at 70.
WTF… Then I remembered when I switched pumps I had forgotten to change my basal rate. Son of a… So tonight I try again to conquer the random “why am I going high in the middle of the night after years of it being steady” blood sugars.
Wish me luck!
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