Gluten Free

This will have to be a "to be continued" post.

But let's just say for now that my doctor's appointment was eye-opening. The doc put me on a gluten free diet supplemented with LOTS of vitamins. She warned me that it might affect my numbers and already it has. I had a 40:1 carb to insulin ratio at lunch and STILL bottomed out. For dinner I did 75:1 and DOUBLE bottomed out!! I've also gone down to 10 units of Lantus.

If tomorrow is the same I'll probably call the doctor and switch to 8 units Lantus. But the day was long, and tomorrow promises to be no different so now I absolutely have to get some sleep.

Exciting times!

Here are some numbers. Bear with me, there are a lot of them.

pbpk 179.6
9:58 -> 121 Cereal and pb&j, 150c with 5 units.
1:06 -> 101 Lara pecan 24c, water, vitamin D, Vitamin B50, injection of B12.
3:39 -> Apple 22c, Water, Protein Shake 5c
5:30 -> 80 Salad w/ turkey 15c, banana 27c, pea soup 48c, 20c raspberries, 14c avocado. 124c total with 3 units of insulin.
7:15 -> 59 Way low!! Had 12c candy and Ghiradelli Caramel square 9c and then another banana 27c (total 48c).
7:39 -> 67 Started rising, but still had 11oz blueberries 44c.
9:48 -> 203 Good. Had 92 carbs after dinner and only went up to 203.
11:27 -> 89 Mashed potatoes 27c, creamed spinach 20c, salad 10c, tomato salad 18c, 11oz salmon, 1 unit Novolog & 10 units Lantus.
12:31 -> 56 What the hell? Had 6 oz orange juice 19c. Felt symptoms while talking to Hunter and ignored them because it seemed too soon. Also the OJ will have to cut through the salmon. Had another 6oz of orange juice at 12:40 - 19c.
12:42 -> 70 At least I'm on the rise.
1:21 -> 62 Ugh! Low again. Had two rolls of smarties 12c.
2:02 -> 73 At least I'm climbing, but that's three lows in one day! Not good. Will try to stay high again tomorrow. To avoid going to sleep too low (especially with the new vitamins) I had 8 oz milk 12c, chips 18c with salsa 10c and a Lara Bar 24c.
2:34 -> 117 Good! :) Took half a serving of CalM (calcium and magnesium supplement).
3:46 -> 164 Shame on me for still being awake, but with so many lows I really just didn't want to risk anything. My fingers hurt though. That's a LOT of pricks in one day, 13 if I counted correctly. But worth the expense and the pain for the knowledge I got. Plus, everything I ate from 11:30 onward, a total of 177 carbs was offset by a single unit of insulin. The vitamins are obviously working.


True I had two 10 out of 12 hour tech days at work, and true, I get about 5 hours of sleep per night these days, and true I have been having a lot of lows... but - In a matter of a few weeks I've gone from 30 units of insulin per day to 20 units per day, and that number is just getting lower.

Day 24