Being Sick

I should have seen this coming...  Whenever I get sick my blood sugar readings rise 20 points for no apparent reason.  Last Sunday I noticed that all my readings were whacked...

You'd think after 5+ months of doing this I would have had the common sense to realize that I might be coming down with a cold.  Naw, it couldn't be anything as simple as that.  So, my brain started to scream, "Your meds AREN'T working," "Make an appointment to consult with your Doctor," "Pay more attention to your carb intake," and "You're smarter than this, do what you should be!" to just name a few.

So, instead of hitting the panic button, I decided to sit back and see how it was trending for a few days.  I was confident that I could do so because I was doing what I was supposed to.  I did increase the number of times I checked my sugar throughout the day, though, just to be a little extra careful.  (I'm just thankful that my Doctor made sure that I had the blessing of enough extra strips to do so...).

When I get sick, my blood glucose numbers tend to jump by about 20 points across the board.  When you're used to seeing pre-meal numbers between 89 and 117 and all of a sudden they are all in the 130's you start to wonder too many things.  For me, the panic subsided when I started to feel extremely yucky on Monday afternoon...  Now I knew what was up.  Now I could be a little bit more relaxed about those pesky numbers.  Now I could let go of the stress.

Now if I could only get rid of this cold that easily...