Thriller in the Chiller: Day 1

'Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour, or a day, or even a year. but eventually, it will subside. And something else will take it's place. If I quit, however, it will last forever.' First days are always nerve racking. Whether it's the first day of school, the first day …

EXPERIMENT #4: Pretending I can eat carbs like a normal person

I've had beautiful blood glucose levels all week. Just look at my graph, staying pretty steady and within the safe lines. Do you notice anything? Let's me talk about Tuesday. Tuesday was a good day. We made the 5 hour round trip to Invercargill for my post-surgery follow up appointment. I'd had a delicious breakfast of bacon, eggs and avocado, and …

Experiment #3: Testing BS 90 minutes after eating

As diabetics, we are told to test our blood sugar 2 hours postprandial (after meals). This is because of the rate of digestion combined with the activity level of the fast acting insulin we've taken to cover the carbohydrates (and protein) in our meal (I take NovaRapid before meals, whose onset is 10-20 minutes, the peak …

Experiment #2 & 3: Reducing my basal insulin & trying bulletproof coffee

08:00     5.0 mmol/L (two cups of coffee) 09:00     5.0 units Lantus I reduced my morning basal by 1 unit today - from 6 units of to 5 following yesterdays drop. I had two cups of filtered coffee and then I decided to experiment with 'Bulletproof Coffee' as I was neither hungry nor doing …

Experiment #1: Splitting my basal insulin into two shots

This morning I woke up to a beautiful level: 08:30     4.6 mmol/L I took my Lantus half an hour later, as for the last couple of days I've been injecting it in two equal parts twice a day (6 units at 9pm and 6 units at 9am) because of Dr Bernstein's opinion that 'there …