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Nekkid.
I took it all off this past weekend – that’s right, pump – YOINK! CGM? RIIIIP! I took a pump/CGM break over the long weekend from Sunday to Monday, and I have to say, it felt a little strange to be so….naked. My devices have started to feel like an extension of myself – they’re [...]
Making the break easier…
I took a pump break last Saturday – 24 hours back on Lantus and Humalog injections. I hadn’t done that for a loooong time – in fact I’m still not really sure when the last time I did that was. I’m pretty addicted to my pump/CGM regimen these days. My comfort level of wearing both [...]
Whatever works. For you.
There was a time when I was not on a pump. Or a CGM. In fact, just two short years ago, I was on multiple daily injections and regular ole’ finger sticks. And I was fine. I had great control, a happy life, and a system that worked for my lifestyle. At some point about [...]
Focus.
I’m pretty wired, as far as people with diabetes go – CGM, insulin pump – all hooked up like a tow truck. But it wasn’t always that way – there was a time not too long ago that I was on Multiple Daily Injections (MDI) and a plain ole glucose meter. Granted, I tested 10 [...]
Testing…one two? Hello basals? Are you there?
So here’s a confession: I’ve never changed my basal rates. Yep. That’s right. Almost two years on a pump and my basals are still the same. The thing is, I’ve never noticed any blood sugar patterns that would push me to change them – until recently. Thanks (once again) to the DexCom, I’m starting to [...]
Memorial Day Management…
Memorial Day weekend was nothing short of awesome. After a hectic few weeks, it was so nice to kick back for a few days and just…chill. The weekend involved: napping, running, cocktails, large Italian dinners, bad reality television, grilled salmon, parties, friends, sleep, the beach and….oh yeah…diabetes management. I hit my fair share of diabetes [...]
Well that’s a new one…
I’ve written before about the strangest places to get a low blood sugar, but I had a new one this past Friday: Staples Center, Los Angeles, Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Tour. Might have been because I was shaking my tailfeather to all the greatest hits of one my favorite rappers – I was down in the [...]
Nope. I’m still the captain…
“You still have to check?” My coworker says, glancing at my open meter case. He’s referring to the fact that next to the case is my continuous glucose monitor. I work for a pharmaceutical company that makes diabetes drugs, so its no surprise that folks at the sales meeting I’m working are familiar with the [...]
Yep. Its a beeper. Right.
I don’t know how we got on the subject of diabetes. All I know is that he had more product in his hair than an Exxon Mobil spill, and his Ed Hardy-knockoff v-neck was revealing a liiiiitle too much chest hair for midday. Even if we were out wine tasting. On a party bus. With [...]
Diabetes Bits and Pieces
They’re on me most of the time. One bulkier than the other, attached to my lower back, on alternating sides every three days. The other is usually found high on the outside of my thigh, switching legs every 7-14 days, depending on what I can squeeze out of the sensor. When I sleep, I know [...]
