Calculation Station
Tuesday by the numbers: 48 checks of my CGM 2 correction bolus doses 4 boluses for food 1 basal rate reduction 1 f-bomb after realizing I didn’t need the basal reduction 6 finger stick tests 4 DexCom calibrations 3 Symlin injections 1 hour of working out 15 minutes being low for the first time that [...]
For breakfast this morning, I’ll be eating my words.
Party People, we made it to Friday, and what a crazy week it’s been. I’m literally doing two jobs right now, wrapping things up in my current position and studying materials to get ready for training for my new role that starts Monday (for those of you that know me well, no worries – same [...]
Action packed, in fact.
I’m a member of the online medical dictionary Medpedia, which is like Wikipedia for medical shtuff. People post questions in different subgroups, including the diabetes group I’m part of. Although I gloss over many of the questions (such as “what is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes…yeah…I am going to skip that [...]
Just kidding…
In honor of April Fools Day, I thought I’d publish a list of the top 10 “jokes” I’ve heard about diabetes….too bad most of them aren’t funny. 1.) Diabetes will be cured in 10 years. (The doctor who diagnosed me…..17 years ago). 2.) You can control diabetes with diet and exercise. (Did my pancreas hear [...]
Now Hiring: Management Positions Open
Sitting outside of the grocery store yesterday, I put a blood sample on my meter and waited for the result. 70mg/dL. Not technically low – yet. But I had tested because I had that “I’m on my way down” type of feeling. I was sans CGM thanks to a bum sensor I had removed the [...]
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 [...]
I was on Island time…
I took one glorious, sun-filled, super-touristy day off on Monday to treat my boyfriend for his birthday with a trip to Catalina Island. There was good food, spectacular views, fascinating tours, and of course, diabetes. As usual, I had packed up my ‘betes and all its accoutrements for the trip. On one hand, it’s remarkable [...]
I promise to tell the whole truth…
As most of you can tell from this blog, I’m pretty open about having diabetes. Even though there are often negative reactions when you “put it out there,”(“oh, you have diabetes because you ate too much sugar, right?”), it hasn’t stopped me from sharing my thoughts on the disease, or doing whatever I have to [...]
The weekend included, but was not limited to, the following…
This weekend was full of ‘betes snapshots – both literally and figuratively. By literally, I mean I took a lot of pictures. By figuratively, I mean there were many funny, annoying, awesome, awkward, and interesting diabetes moments this weekend. Moments that made me stop and think about the way my frame of reference for everything [...]
I’ve had some poor timing lows too, Kris…
Exercise is a key component of diabetes management, but sometimes it seems nearly impossible to balance my workouts, insulin, and food. I’ve had many days when my exercise is interrupted by diabetes. Just last Thursday, I hit 54mg/dL near the end of my boxing class, forcing me to take in calories I had just burned, [...]
