My new pump

EleanorLynn1989 wrote: »

I'm usually low when I wake up. And then I'll check it before I go to bed and I'm high. Then it's all over the place throughout the day. A few weeks ago I was gone for like 10hrs doing Christmas shopping and whatnot, I ate only once the entire time I was out and I came home after all that walking and when I got home my blood sugar was almost 500. I have no idea how it even got that high. All I did was have a Diet Coke, a burger and some fries. Burgers and fries don't even usually make my blood sugar that high. Then I did all that walking to the point that my feet were sore for 3 days. I don't know what would've caused it to get 500! I was so mad.

k_lethal wrote: »

EleanorLynn1989 wrote: »

I'm usually low when I wake up. And then I'll check it before I go to bed and I'm high. Then it's all over the place throughout the day. A few weeks ago I was gone for like 10hrs doing Christmas shopping and whatnot, I ate only once the entire time I was out and I came home after all that walking and when I got home my blood sugar was almost 500. I have no idea how it even got that high. All I did was have a Diet Coke, a burger and some fries. Burgers and fries don't even usually make my blood sugar that high. Then I did all that walking to the point that my feet were sore for 3 days. I don't know what would've caused it to get 500! I was so mad.

That actually makes sense - I'm not a diabetic so not an expert but exercise generally triggers glycogen release from your liver, which would increase blood glucose. I participated in research that, among other things, looked at fasting blood glucose vs blood glucose after exercise without eating or drinking anything and mine went up fairly significantly (from about 3.9 mmol/L to 5.1 mmol/L). I understand it's to be expected.