No, I'm not talking about the song by Don Ho (God rest his soul.) But I'm talking about the tiny bubbles in the infusion tubing attached to the pump. They are not the happy kind of tiny bubbles as Don Ho sings about in his song. They're pretty irritating, actually.
I usually don't have much trouble with bubbles in the tubing. But the other day, I noticed on good-sized one in the reservoir before I primed my pump. So I thought I corrected this situation by holding the reservoir so that the bubble was at the top. Then I primed my pump & I thought I saw that bubble go through the tubing and out the needle. So I didn't worry about it anymore - until....
Friday afternoon, I had a huge increase in my BGs:
5:30 pm = 264 (bolused, but didn't eat anything)
7:15 pm = 335! (bolused; then ate supper & bolused for that at 7:30 pm)
10 pm = 240 (coming down - slowly)
7 am Saturday morning = 161 (getting back closer to normal)
I don't know what could have started those high ones. I hadn't eaten anything weird. Actually, I hadn't eaten anything since lunch about 12:30 pm. BG was 117 then (bolused & went shopping with my daughter).
Could it be that tiny bubble? Did I not get it out of the reservoir and/or the tubing like I thought? Probably not - sneaky little thing.
5 comments:
Hi Donna.
Sort of a diabetic version of the bends -- gas bubbles forming where you don't want them. The little buggers sure can cause big problems.
I find that small air pockets sometimes "hide" around the rubber o-rings, and pop up a day or two later. They force me to always be on the lookout.
Maybe this will help??!!
http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml
Jeff - I've never noticed them before. But I guess I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for them from now on.
Colleen - I haven't seen this for a while. It's so much fun. Thanks for sending it to me!
Wow!! Those numbers look great compared to what we get in this house. Pump here we come!!!
Lynnea - I know you can't wait for JJ to get his pump. I can't wait either! :)
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