I think the hardest part of diabetes is that everyday is different. Yesterday, Nathanael had a really good day. He woke up with a really good number and stayed low all day. (In the lower to mid 100's) We were able to just count carbs and take enough insulin to cover what he was eating and not add anything for a correction. His highest number all day was 188. He hasn't been this good in a while. It seems that he has only been chasing his blood sugar and yesterday was not like that. Yesterday during bowling, he was starting to get cranky and not bowl so well. I gave him some beef jerky and he got his head back in the game. His response was, maybe I was just hungry. Sometimes he just doesn't know if he is hungry.
Today has been a completely different day. He woke up with a blood sugar of 266. He was acting like he just didn't feel well. By the time he ate breakfast an hour later, he had risen to 276. Then after church, 3 hours later, he was in the 300's. Technically, he blood sugar should be the lowest 3 hours later. The Novolog is good for 4 hours. He gets so frustrated when his blood sugar is high and there is no reasonable explanation of why. Then he tends to over compensate on his insulin for lunch. He took a fairly large shot and ate some lunch. He is now finally under 200. Will he stay there? I have no idea. That's what's so frustrating. Different foods behave so different in his system. Then if you combine foods, who knows how they will react to him. Never ending saga. What was life like before diabetes? It is hard to remember and it's only been 6 months. We definitely have it easier than a lot of people but it is still a daily struggle, not knowing what the day will be like.
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