Everything was going alright and this new pump thing seemed pretty good. Saturday was a pretty good day and my confidence was growing and life seemed to be moving along and I was sure happy to not have to use a needle since Tuesday, although my arms were getting a bit sore from all the testing but I knew it would get better.
Saturday night I made my first dive into candy as Easter was the next day and we were getting the kids Easter baskets ready. Who can really resist a Cadbury Cream Egg or a Reese's Peanut Butter Egg. Two of my favorite things beyond the Sweet Tart Jelly Beans. Well I ate some candy, counted the carbs and used the bolus wizard and was feeling pretty good until the 3:00 am check. I was 232, not surprised as a few jelly beans or a little Butterfinger egg may have slipped into my mouth on accident. It wasn't too bad but I was a little concerned.
Easter morning I woke up at 212 and was ok but a little upset that it seemed like another step backwards. We went to church and then over to my wife's family's house and celebrated Easter. This would be my first meal with no labels and just my knowledge of carbs to figure out how much to bolus for what I was eating. Before Lunch check was 169 and I was hungry. I had some coffee cake, kielbasa, bacon, sausage, and corned beef hash. I don't recall what I guesstimated the carbs to be but I didn't do as well as I though as I was 244 two hours after lunch.
It was time to do a site change for my pump. I picked a new site, still avoiding the hairy parts of my abdomen as much as possible and got everything rolling pretty good for my first site change on my own not at home. I get done and wait about an hour and test and my blood sugar is up to 261, I do a bolus and I am a little worried as I don't know if it was a bad miscalculation on the food or if I didn't pick a great site. I check about every 45 minutes to and hour after that and the readings go 252, 215, 193 down to 176 on my pre dinner check. I eat a little dinner even though I am not hungry and my 2 hour post dinner check is 104. Whew, back on track! The 3:00 am check was even good, maybe a little low at 107 but I was able to get some rest and stop worrying.
The next day, Monday (close to one week on the pump), I was to call in my blood sugars to see how I was doing and potential make some basal rates adjustments. I called in and we made some changes to my basal rates as my mornings were still a tough one as I would always be higher than I should after breakfast and we raised my evening rate a little as well. I started out at 0.5 Basal rate and now it goes: 12:00 am 0.5, 4:00 am 0.8, 10:00 am 0.6, 6:00 pm 0.7, then it restarts at midnight again.
From here I am pretty excited as it seems like the adjustments are getting smaller so I must be on the right path, then I have my first bad site.
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