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So I have almost completed my first week on my Continuous Glucouse Monitor System (CGMS). It has been very interesting seeing the trends in the numbers. Overall my numbers have been very high. I take my medications and the numbers mellow out, but spike within hours.

The CGMS involves a transmitter that is placed on my stomach. A receiver takes in readings 24/7. The transmitter is waterproof and is good for 7 days.

I have a habit of not eating regularly. My endocrinologist recommends eating 6 small meals throughout the day. I have never been a breakfast person, but for three weeks I had a yogurt each morning. Good right? Wrong. The yogurt had fruit in it. While the fruit is good for me, the sugars in the fruit causes me to spike. Then I will go at least 6 hours before I will eat lunch. At this point, my body is starving and if I understand, my body starts producing sugar to compensate and then my numbers spike into the upper 200s. Ugh.

It is in the overnight hours that surprise me the most. My numbers spike in the middle of the night. I take 1/2 of my daily meds at around 9pm so I wonder if something is happening in the middle of the night. Is it because my body has no food? I have been trying not to eat within 2 hours of sleeping in an effort to help my weight – but am I doing my body harm in another way?

So it is Saturday just after noon and I haven’t had anything to eat since about 9:30 last night. My numbers are in the upper 200s for sure. Time to eat.