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For the last couple weeks I\u2019ve felt as if my glucose levels have been off. While I attribute some of the difficulties I\u2019ve been experiencing to carb loading before the marathon and then to not<\/span> running after the marathon, I still think something else is up.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve repeatedly switched infusion sets and sites and I even threw out an insulin vial thinking it may be bad. But none of this seemed to make much difference, especially in the last few days.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A few times things seemed to work fine right after replacing a set but soon after, my blood glucose went back up to the upper 200\u2019s and didn\u2019t come down no matter how much I bolused. A few of my infusion sets came out looking broken, which I guessed may be contributing to this.\u00a0 Maybe the insulin just isn’t getting through.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last night I ate a normal dinner with around 60g of carb. I bolused accordingly, letting the pump do the thinking. Two hours later I checked my blood sugar and was amazed when the glucose meter flashed 306<\/strong>. I plugged the number into the pump and bolused again. An hour and a half later, before going to sleep I checked again, this time I was 241<\/strong>. Tired and frustrated, I decided to switch my infusion set again.<\/p>\n

I got all my supplies and went to the study. The kids were all asleep and Jessica was almost asleep, too. Since I had just switched my infusion set in the morning I decided to just leave the insulin and tubing and only put a new infusion set in to a new site. I took a Quickset, placed it in the inserter and inserted it into my belly.<\/p>\n

Well, at least I tried to. The adhesive got stuck to the side of the inserter and although I tried to save it, I couldn\u2019t pull it off.\u00a0 (This has happened to me several times already.)\u00a0 I had to remove the new infusion set and try again. When I took it out, I didn\u2019t take into account that the needle was still in the set and pulled it at an angle. It killed! I let out a loud \u201couch\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When I went to get another set from the bathroom where I store them, Jessica asked me what had happened. \u201cIt\u2019s just the f***ing infustion set,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I got the second set and put it in, with no trouble this time. I detached from the old site and reattached to the new. I removed the old set carefully but for some reason it started to bleed. A lot! Maybe there was a problem with the site<\/em>, I thought to myself and headed back to bed.<\/p>\n

I bolused once more and set an alarm to check my blood sugar again an hour-and-a-half later.<\/p>\n

I slept through the alarm and woke up at 7:00 a.m. I checked my blood sugar and like many of the last few mornings I was high, 257<\/strong>. I wasn\u2019t high from a rebound, just high (the two kinds of high feel different to me).<\/p>\n

I dropped the boys off at school and went out running. I had a good 9 mile run. When I got home I checked my blood sugar again. It was 119<\/strong>. I hadn\u2019t reduced my basal rate and hadn\u2019t had a gel during the run or any food before, but I was happy my blood sugar had finally come down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I decided to not have any carbohydrates at all and see what would happen. Maybe all of this trouble was a result of a small change in diet. I ate some leftover chicken for breakfast and went to work. \u00a0Ninety minutes later I checked my blood sugar and was very surprised to see that although I had bolused after my run and eaten no carbs all day my blood sugar was 202.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Extremely frustrated, desperate and feeling like shit I called my Medtronic rep for help. I told him most of the above and he advised me to try and see if changing my basal rate (130%) makes a difference.<\/p>\n

I did that and bolused again. After an hour I was still 180<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Unsatisfied I contacted the people at Spring, since I have also been using their infusion sets. I spoke to Shmulik, Springs\u2019 International Sales & Support Manager. \u00a0I told my story again and was asked some of the same questions. The advice I got this time was different though: \u201cTry switching your insulin again, a new vial from a new batch. If that doesn\u2019t work use a syringe and see if that works. That way you\u2019ll know what isn\u2019t working.\u201d While on the phone I checked my stash of insulin – 5 vials from three different batches. I was set.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know you may just be coming down with something\u201d he continued \u201cyou may just be getting sick\u201d<\/p>\n

I sure hope not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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