It's also doing a serious number on my blood glucose levels, I think.
I woke up and it was under 100. Decided to have the rare treat of a donuts. I dosed, but found I just didn't want to eat very much. Still, donuts! Then I got it in my brain that I wanted to go to the kite festival with my husband which was going to involve a 1/4 mile walk up a mild gradient with my walker. I was DETERMINED to do it despite having barely left the house to do anything but go to the doctor's for the last month or two. Suffice to say, that made for a long walk with several stops. I need to work on that!
We get into the park and I've gone from a BG of 130 to /65/. So I take 2 glucose tablets and we sit awhile and then I take a shortcut that leads to the road out, my husband goes and gets the car and picks me up and we head off to a restaurant that allows dogs on the patio. Well, all the handicap spots were taken so he drops me off near the front and goes to park. I feel wobbly. I take my glucose and it's 55!
I take 2 more glucose tablets and when we get our tea I use 1 packet of real sugar. Then we get chips and queso to get some food in me, and they also bring out biscuits. I have a biscuit, and maybe a dozen chips total. I order chicken-fried-chicken for lunch and it comes with mashed potatoes and steam veggies. I eat about half my meal. Normally I have to dose 1U of insulin for every 2g of carbs to keep my bg from soaring through the roof. Turns out I only have 12U in my pen - whups! That normally would have been enough to cover the chips, 2 glucose tablets and the packet of sugar.
I come home and take a nap. Wake up 2 hours later, and my blood sugar is only at 100, and likely heading downwards. Holy smokes, go gabapentin GO.
On the bright side, I've heard of people taking up to 1800mg a day and I'm only at 600 a day total, so I've got a ways to go if I end up needing more at least.
