So… update…

I met my endocrinologist yesterday for the first time. I’m going to my best to postpone judgment, but I think I’ll soon be on the market for a new one. I really wish I knew people up here who could give me a good recommendation for an endo…. I miss the guy I saw in San Diego. Is it too much to ask for someone who is knowledgeable in insulin pumps, CGM’s, *and* will take the time to sit down, figure everything out with you, and from the get-go work on motivation & habits? Ugh. This new endo is good and knowledgeable, but there was no sitting down and discussing habits, motivators, working on getting better…

Will postpone judgment!

And I have an appointment to see a RD, CDE (dietitian who is a diabetes educator) for next month. This is to actually help with the pump & CGM settings. I’m interested to see what being an RD, CDE is like from the patient end, since this is what I want to do for a living! Let’s see if I can pick up some tips

As for the objectives I’d set for myself –
Yesterday and part of today I had a great day with the BGs. It’s amazing what actually paying attention and being diligent will do. I will say that this is the result of my having met with the endo yesterday morning.

Only issue is that I ate, I think, 5 donut holes after working out. Damn, they were good! But then I didn’t bolus, like an idiot. So here I am fighting the high BG. Blech.

I’ve also been working on temporarily changing my basal rates when needed. For instance, if my BG is high after eating breakfast (damn raisin bran…) I’ll temporarily increase my basal rate to try to fight the craziness. And then when it seems I might go low over night or while working out, I’ll decrease the basal rates in order to try to keep from having to actually correct with food. It actually worked quite nicely sunday night / monday morning! Went from ~70mg/dL to ~150mg/dL in a couple of hours from temporarily stopping the basal rate for an hour. Sweet!

Now to remember to bolus before dinner each night. Between this and my seemingly-incorrect basal rates, getting these correct should really help. Yay for getting some clarity.

Hope that was clear for everyone else