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Deciding to postpone yesterday\u2019s run to this morning, following my hypoglycemic episode<\/a> was the right thing to do. I woke up at 5:00am this morning and checked my BS \u2013 it was 223. High, very high, but I knew this was a result of too little insulin at dinner (4 units) \u2013 an overreaction to \u00a0last night\u2019s hypoglycemia — \u00a0and taking a smaller dose of Lantus at bed time (10 units) \u2013 because of my planned morning run. I know that one should not run with BS over 200, but one sometimes does things he shouldn’t.\u00a0 I decided it would be okay<\/p>\n

I got up, had some black coffee, got my things together and was out running by 5:45am. I had a great run. I ran a 10mile interval run (yasso 800\u2019s<\/a>) which included 9 half-mile sprints, with jogs in between, a warm up and a cool down. It felt great and I was home making sandwiches for the kids by 7:20am.\u00a0 And my blood sugar was down to 135.<\/p>\n

Most of the run I spent thinking about the run itself, counting the minutes and seconds and checking my Garmin to see my pace and lap distance. But I also had time to think a bit about other things while enjoying the relative quiet of the early morning hours. (I didn\u2019t even have my ipod with me.) \u00a0I thought of how good it was that I hadn’t run yesterday, and how much I enjoy running early in the morning when the air is crisp and most people are still in bed or having breakfast. I thought about the song outdoors (\u201cBack in the cool cool air, Where the sun is shining, Nothing’s gonna stop me…\u201d<\/em>) by Jason Mraz which I\u2019ve seen a hundred times in the last few days with Adam on Sesame Street DVD\u2019s and on YouTube. I also thought about continuous glucose monitoring. Was I too quick in dismissing it, shouldn\u2019t I at least try it?<\/p>\n

My feelings towards CGM\u2019s have always been similar to my feelings towards insulin pumps<\/a>. Although I’ve never really given it too much thought since I assumed my insurance would not pay for it (I never actually checked), and I viewed it as the next step after the pump, which I am still resisting.<\/p>\n

But the truth is CGM\u2019s are a little different. There\u2019s no tubing and I can separate myself from the monitor if I want to.\u00a0 The truth is, I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about the pump and although I\u2019m not quite there yet I feel that it may be the right thing to do. Maybe starting with a CGM will bring me there.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ve decided to look into it and see if it\u2019s actually a real option (financially speaking) and then make the decision. It\u2019s not like I can\u2019t change my mind. I\u2019ll always have my glucometer.<\/p>\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZrqF7yD10Bo[\/youtube]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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