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After returning home from a short trip to New York<\/a> last month, I got a cold or virus of some sort and my heart rate went completely out of control. On one of my runs<\/a> my HR monitor indicated I ran for miles with a heart rate of over 200.\u00a0 At one point it actually showed a reading of 249. This, I know, is absolutely impossible, but it made me worry enough to go to the doctor. My doctor sent me to get a bunch of tests done including a stress test and some blood tests.<\/p>\n

Worried that these tests may interfere with my marathon plans, and since my heart rate seemed to be getting back to normal after a couple weeks and a change of the HR belt (I took strap from my old Garmin 305 forerunner), I decided to put off all the tests until after the marathon.<\/p>\n

So on Monday, still high from my marathon results<\/a>, I went to do the blood test that I had been putting off.\u00a0 The tests included a TSH test to see if the abnormal heart rate was connected to my thyroid gland. Apparently this is a standard test for people with type 1 diabetes, but somehow I never had it tested.<\/p>\n

My blood sugar was high that morning (250 \u2013 another problem to deal with) so I wasn\u2019t surprised when my FBG result of 251 came in. I was happy to find out my thyroid gland was fine. I was also happy to see my cholesterol was good thanks to my medication \u2013 LDL 73.2, Non HDL 87 and HDL 84.6.\u00a0 This morning after coming back from a 4 mile run I checked to see if any more results had come in. They had, and among them was the one result I was dreading – my HbA1c.<\/p>\n

For the past few months I\u2019ve been having a very hard time keeping my blood sugar under control, especially during the night. I had been sick a couple times, but that wasn\u2019t it. I haven\u2019t changed my diet and my running has been steady for months.\u00a0 No matter what I do 4 out of 5 mornings I wake up over 150 (many times in the 180-250 zone). I\u2019ve tried to increase my basal Lantus dose but find myself going low during the day, especially when I run.<\/p>\n

So I should have been prepared for another disappointing result but somehow I never am. Last time<\/a> I tested, I was very disappointed with an HbA1c of 6.8%. But today was worse.\u00a0\u00a0 My HbA1c is back up to 7%. I know that this is considered normal for diabetics by many doctors but to me it’s a step backwards and a sort of a confirmation that I have a real problem with my blood sugar control.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t really need the blood test to tell me that I was having a problem since I check myself often enough to know. My numbers are fine during the day and since I follow a low carb paleo diet this makes sense. But I don\u2019t understand what happens when I go to sleep and I really don\u2019t know what to do about it. It seems that if I go to sleep low, I hypo in my sleep, and wake up high and feeling like I\u2019ve been hit by a train. \u00a0If I go to sleep a little high, I wake up much higher. The Lantus dose doesn\u2019t seem to help.<\/p>\n

All of this has left me frustrated and a little desperate. I\u2019m not really sure what to do. My endo seems to think I need a pump (and a CGM which my insurance won\u2019t pay for). I just don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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