Ugh – I
really don’t like losing an hour sleep! I actually woke up this morning – at my “usual” time within my internal
clock – looked at my alarm clock (luckily I didn’t have any outside work today
so it wasn’t set) – and low and behold – 09h06! I’m usually up between 07h30 to 08h30 – and of course – with the time
change – my body was right – but not according to the clocks that rule our
world!!
I learned
on my last holiday back in December – where time zones vary as you travel across
the big blue marble– that being on an insulin pump if you don’t change your
clock settings – well – you’re abit out of whack with your basal rate setting
(in the injecting world – it would be your long lasting insulin – e.g. Lantus /
NPH / UltraLente). I realized a few days
later on my last holiday that – oops – I had forgotten to change the time on my
pump – so this meant I was waking up a few mornings with lower blood sugars
then I have programmed into my pump. Quick change – and viola – back on track again. Being new at the pumping world – I will not
forget to change my time again on my pump !
I did
travel more frequently to Europe at one point in my life – and would basically adjust my
insulin regime / eating habits as soon as I got on the airplane for the
destination I was heading too. A little
bit of tweaking here and there – with perhaps a few more vampire stabs of the
fingers – and no problems with my diabetes. Okay – so maybe a little bit elevated in blood sugars until my body
adjusted to the time change along with the different foods I was eating – but
nothing that would permanently affect me later down the road. If only I’d had my present blood meter that I
use now – Freestyle Lite – where I can test on my forearm due to the small
droplet of blood.
Well, with
my late start in the day – I’d best get back to work!! Though now I have this hankering to start
looking for cheap deals to Spain (great country – great people) –
anxiously looking up in the sky for that big bag of money to drop on my head!