I was wondering
I know as we are all here, or most of us, Insulin dependant Diabetics… what do you do when you are not feeling well… like with a Migraine, and really do not feel like eating? I know we should but sometimes I am just too nauseated to want to eat much, and afraid my Sugars will drop too low.
~~TINA~~
Stat by LeAnne
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April 13th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Recently Syd was sick and I was so glad we had switched to the pump. I tested her every 2 hours and her numbers stayed good even though she had no appetite and skipped a few meals. She snacked on crackers and diet soda when she could keep things down. The pump and lantus let you eat like a “normal” person and if you want to go from Breakfast until 2 for lunch it is usually ok, just keep something near by in case you feel low.
Migraines stink! I hat the kind where you just want to crawl into a dark hole until it is over. maybe skip meals and have a hard candy instead?
Hugs, Rhonda
April 14th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Tina,
When I was on the Lantus/Humalog plan, I would just not take my Humalog. The Lantus would cover, for the most part, and I would seldom get lows. However, my body sometimes allowed my sugars to go a bit high because of the extra stress to the system, and I would maybe have to cover with just a couple units of humalog, depending on my BS. At times it would be difficult to know how much of the humalog was left in my system, so I would not inject the humalog more often than every 4 hours or so to make sure the previous stuff was gone….
Hope that helps.
Joan