Control over my blood sugar completed evaporated after the half marathon. Typically, my average blood sugar drops drastically after endurance events, allowing me to take less insulin. The past week was anything but typical.

 

The Sunday night after the half marathon, my blood sugar spiked to 400 mg/dL (normal blood sugar is 80-120 mg/dL). Consider me frightened. The last time it was anywhere near this high I ended up in a Singapore ICU with diabetic ketoacidosis. It was 600 mg/dL at that point, marking my introduction to diabetic life.

 

Throughout last week, I couldn’t gain ground on my blood sugar for the life of me (literally). It hovered just below 200 mg/dL despite upping my daily Lantis intake and post-meal Novalog injections. Something had to be wrong.

 

On Monday (Memorial Day), I found the answer. I switched my half-empty vial of Lantis for a new batch. Problem solved. The vial must have inexplicitly gone bad. I don’t know how or why, but I’m happy the switch worked.

 

Needless to say, last week was a tiring tug-of-war to gain ground. Things are back to normal now. Consider life back on.