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Monday, June 23rd, 2008

CGM: Day 4, the Ice Cream Problem

It’s Day 4 with the CGM and my questionable sensor actually seems to be working.

I have found it to be really amazing to watch the graphs of my blood sugar and how they differ depending on my food intake — always smooth, but with differing peaks and slopes.

Today’s challenge? The Diddy Riese ice cream sandwich I ate for lunch today. Usually I’m a pretty healthy eater, but after an early flight to LA and a late breakfast after getting into town, a scoop of cookies and cream squeezed between two freshly-baked cookies sounded like just what I needed.

I took an good amount of insulin for the carbs and even extended 60 percent of the bolus over the next hour and a half to try to deal with the ice cream.

But my blood sugar curve kept rising — for the next four hours! It’s finally on its way back down now, but the slow climb clearly illustrated how much fat was in the ice cream (and how far I really need to run to work it off).

I’m hoping that when I finally start to pull my CGM numbers off my pump that I can actually learn from all of these experiences (and mistakes) and come up with a dosing plan that can survive an attack of the Diddy.

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