Well, day 10 was spent concentrating on blood glucose levels. Another day of close monitoring and making adjustments. These adjustments took to form of diet. I started the day off with a bg of 82mg/dl. Pretty low compared to my normal. I used some coffee creamer to get my bg up into the 120mg/dl range. Managed to keep it right around 100mg/dl most of the day. 

I reduced my basal insulin (LANTUS) to 27u. I won't be able to track my bg today. I grabbed the wrong meter and have no test strips in it. So, I'll have to go on feel today. 

My weight continues to drop slowly. Today's weight was 216lbs even. 

If anyone is interested in following along, I track all this on LIVESTRONG.com. My stats can be accessed by clicking here. I share this in hopes of helping others and to also hold myself accountable.

Yesterday was a day of lows. That is to say I had low blood glucose readings a couple times yesterday. Now that I am getting active again, I am going to need to make an adjustment to my basal insulin (LANTUS). 

I hit the gym last night and did 30 minutes at around 150bpm hr. I felt great! I sure have missed being able to ride. Now getting my legs spinning again feels great! I wore my RED RIDER jersey to help motivate myself to do the full 30 minutes I had planned. IT WORKED! 

After the spin, my bg was 58mg/dl. I had blurred vision and had the shakes. I ate 10 Dex4 glucose tablets to get back up to 127mg/dl. 

As I continue to work to recover from 6 months of inactivity, I know there will be many adjustments to be made. 

I made it through the weekend and managed to keep the bg and weight under control.

I slept in Sunday morning. First time I have done that in a very long time. I headed to the gym and had what I think was a good work out. I started by warming up the shoulder with the arm bike The resistance setting at Zero. (don't really know the name of this exercise/machine). Then on to weight lifting with a focus on the arms and shoulder muscles. 

Next was 30 minutes of spinning. Felt good to get moving.

As you can see if you are following this blog, I don't post everyday. Life is hectic, complicated, and often I am not in the mood to write or there is simply no time. 

I have been very focused on my blood sugar of late. Something that I've let slide since the bike accident. I can't express the impact the bike crash and injury have had on my psyche. I have and still feel as though I am broken on several levels. I hope by getting back into shape and once again gaining good control of my diabetes that I will once again be able to be the man I once was.

I am now taking 80u of Lantus before bed. To some it may seem odd to take insulin before going to bed. For me, it is to cover the "Dawn Effect." This is where you blood sugar levels increase while you sleep with the highest levels just before dawn. With the Lantus, my waking BG has been hovering around 150mg/dl. Without it, I was in the mid 300s. 

I am juggling many things, as we all do. I hope I can keep them all in the air. I don't feel as though I am very good at it. I just keep telling myself, "Work hard. Keep trying. Have Faith." Getting active again should be a huge help. I must attend to my health. 

I made it to the gym last night. For the first time in over 6 months was able to get on the Giant Spin bike. It is a road bike type spin bike allowing full road bike simulation. It felt so good to be able to get into the road bike position and spin. I stayed on for about 30 minutes, then walked laps. Finished it all on the "arm bike" type machine much like the one I use at PT. 

I had a little pain in the open fracture area, but not as much as I had feared I would. Boy it felt good to get my legs spinning!

BG @ 530AM this morning was 196mg/dl. Still much to high, but getting better. Before bed last night I took a 70u bolus of Lantus. Forgetful me didn't remember to grab my Apidra pen out of the fridge to bring with me to work today. 

 My first weigh-in this morning was 218.8lbs. Put on 10lbs over the holidays. Still down over 10lbs from the time of the bike crash. 

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