I can't nap anymore.
I want to nap, I love my naps, but my diabetes won't let me take a siesta in the middle of the day anymore.
Originally Bryan and I thoght it meant I just can't go back to sleep after taking my morning insulin. Then we found out it meant I can't return to bed after doing a massage. Now it means I can't nap at all anytime during the day.
Why?
My stupid blood sugar plummets. I wake up and boom low blood sugar. I don't know why this happens. I can't even formulate a reason as to why this could possibly happen. I'm pretty sure napping would cause a spike, which means low blood sugar may be the aftereffects of the spike coming down when I wake up. But I find it hard to believe that waking up from a 2 hour nap would cause this. I wake up and depending on how long I've been asleep I range from 31-78.
It makes no sense. At least to me, it doesn't. When you sleep you have awful spikes. The purpose of the long acting insulin is to stop these spikes from occuring. If I'm taking 20 units of long acting during the day, then these little potholes should not be occuring during napping.
However, I tend to sleep when I'm stress, so maybe the release of stress through sleep causes my blood sugar to plummet.
Either way, no more naps for Michelle. Sadness. First you try to kill me Diabetes, now you take my naptime. Grrr....
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