u/AdExtra5951

Yesterday was a bit of a pig out day, but this is a common pattern for me;

• I get blood sugar down, and omnipod keeps me at goal through the night.
• I wake at 9A, and sugar immediately jumps, I assume this is my liver waking up.
• At 11A, I'm going to eat a half bagel, which by the label is 25g carb + 4g (cream cheese) + 4g (SF coffee creamer) = 33g total. I lie to my controller, and tell it 45 g.
• At 2P, 3 hours after eating and light housework, still 175 and now trending back up? I do another bolus with 0g carb, and it adds 1u to IOB
• Finally, at 3P, I'm coming down to 157.

This pattern will repeat for lunch, then dinner - every day. I never get close to goal until middle of the night.

Though I'm 86% to 90% time in range, with 0% lows, my 90 day average glucose is 145 and GMI is 6.7%. Recent hgA1c matches this exactly. This is worse than when I was doing insulin injections.

Does this match your experience? How do you deal with this? Do you lie about how much carb you're taking in? That doesn't seem like the right way to be doing this. Do I need to lie harder?

I bought this MH two years ago. The previous owner did a full remodel inside and out. It's very nice, EXCEPT I get huge ice build up, 9-12 inches thick, on the metal roof. Especially on the backside where the furnace chimney is. I've been dealing with this using socks filled with calcium chloride to cut drainage channels and break it up so it will slide off.

The previous owner gave me the attached pics. You can see the old shingle roof is still in place with the metal roof installed over the top. In one pic you can see where he covered over an existing roof vent when he added the porch roof. The ceiling inside the house is vaulted to match the roof angle, and there are no 'attic' access panels, i.e., I cannot see what's under the old roof from inside the house.

I'm considering a couple of fixes; 1) Add snow brakes, de-icing cables and gutters, or 2) Find someone to cut through both roofs and install 'attic' vents, or 3) full tear off both roofs, add insulation (if possible) and replace a new roof. I wish I could say 'cost is no object', but I think the tear off is out of my range.

Any of these or something else a better option?