Diabetes
Last Week July 03 2010
This week in the Philippines has been frustrating with too many black outs and health issues. Loosing most of my vision in one eye was alarming!
Diabetes Strangness
Whacky Blood Sugar Behavior
My blood sugar is doing some very strange things. Its crashing when it makes no sense to me and today after walking for about 1.5 miles my blood sugar was a mind blowing 276. That’s after my walk. Perhaps its because I’ve not been walking as much as I should. I didn’t feel like it again today but just forced myself to do it. I had some sugar free candy that claims its safe for diabetics to use on the package.
I may have to confirm that. I’ve not been eating as much this month, in the past I used it to try to not eat anything with calories in it. I hope I’ve not been getting screwed around. Surely not. One time I was taking vitamins that where packed full of sugar and was pushing my blood sugar up.
Diabetes, Exercise and Exotic Pets
Diabetes
I had another low blood sugar yesterday. Not a bad one. I felt shaky and check and was down to 79 which officially is not low but I was having some symptoms. Mostly shaky and irritable, felt like I need a Xanax but decided it was probably blood sugar. I was right, so I had some milk and two pieces of candy before I felt normal again. My legs were weak though so I didn’t go on my walk.
Weather & Exercise
I was getting ready to go for a walk when it hit. I planned to go up until the point I felt weak in my legs and decided I shouldn’t go. I’ve not gone as much in the last week as i should. I plan on going today but it is getting cloudy. If it actually rains, that would be helpful. It has been extremely hot in the last couple of weeks. Around 33 for highs at 60% or higher humidity! Its only 91 degrees which would be a cool day in July in Memphis but the humidity would be around 20% or less when its that hot. Not here, it gets even hotter just before a rainy day. Then it usually gets cooler after that. This time of the year, the cooler period doesn’t last long, usually not even an entire day.
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Blood Sugar Crashed HARD
Unruly Blood Sugar
Last night I had a scare. I was within moment of going to the hospital and within moments of passing out. I have had many low blood sugar spells. I had them for years before I developed diabetes. In my teen years, I would go for hours with that feeling and wonder what it was. Shaky feeling, weak, doesn’t feel good at all. Most diabetics say it is the worst feeling in the world. I long for the day when I was tough as nails, 16 and immortal. :)
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Normal Blood Sugar
Wow, Great Blood Sugars
Just a few days ago, I was worried that I had insulin in my near future because I was getting too many over 200 readings. Since then, I’ve had two low blood sugars. Yesterday it was about to crash but I headed it off so I could walk. This morning I wake up with my blood sugar at 99.
I haven’t changed that much, renewed commitment to walking more but I was doing better than I thought. I have a pedometer. I had not downloaded its data into my computer for a while but when I did, I had averaged a mile a day for February. I’ve increased it to 1.5 miles now, maybe not an aerage but I try to walk that much per day. I need to get my walks back up to 2 miles in order to average 1.5. I think I’ll go on one my extra long routes today, depending on how the weather goes. That is, if doesn’t rain.
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