Idiot Update?

Question

Okay...I'm the idiot who forgot to turn her pump back on last night after a shower and ended up with a sugar of 439 at 0330.

I feel much better...physically speaking (sugars have been stable all day in low 100s) but mentally...well, I still feel pretty stupid.

Anyway, I read all the responses to the question I posted earlier and I appreciate everyone saying that I'm only human, and that I'm entitled to a mistake. I agree with that but this is one mistake that could have had dire consequences. That is really the one thing that is still bothering me.

The fact that I'm an EMT also rubs salt in this episode. I should know better...as a diabetic AND an EMT. I know all too well what could have happened.

I ate well today, walked my 3 miles, checked my sugar about every 2 hours and made sure the pump was running and that the alarms were on.

Well. I consider this a lesson learned. I hopefully will not make this same mistake again.

EMT
Type 1, Insulin Pump

It's a statement actually...I suppose the question mark appears automatically...the people who responded to my previous question will know what I'm talking about.

Answer 1

um.... is this a statement or supposed to be a question?

Answer 2

No human is perfect and since you are human-------------well. You made a mistake, learned from it and now you can put it behind you. Being an EMT does not make you infallible. Just more knowledgeable but making a mistake, even a bad one is still not beyond you. Just be glad that you have so many who are concerned and responded with concern and caring compassion. Just think, tomorrow it will be something else! LOL

Answer 3

Ending up with a blood sugar of 439 because you forgot to turn your pump on means that you must be controlling your diabetes more with the pump than with your diet.

Ideally, if you stick to a diet with moderate carbohydrate at each meal, (and correspondingly, you would need less insulin delivered) perhaps the blood glucose level wouldn't spike up so high if the pump was off (maybe it would just get into the high 200's and level-off, which isn't "as bad", compared to 439). Then the consequences would be at least lessened, and not as dire if it should ever occur again.

Answer 4

I'm sure you know that Autumn is dead wrong about this, since as a Type 1, you have NO endogenous insulin.
It's so irritating when people think that Type 1's have a choice about this.

Answer 5

I think that as long as you learned something.....and you are and will be okay, then you should let it go. Chalk it up to lessons learned, and continue on.