Duck Fiabetes
Doubled up on poor planning.
On Sunday night, or rather the wee hours of Monday morning, I was woken up for the third time by my DexCom alerting me to another low blood sugar. “Damn” I thought to myself in the haze of yet another low. “This is one stubborn low.” I stumbled to the kitchen and pulled out the [...]
Waking up.
My alarm goes off at 6:30am. I feel so tired, I barely open my eyes while my arm searches the bedside table for the snooze button. No way am I getting up right now. Snooze please. I’m so exhausted. Somewhere seemingly far away - somewhere between dreams and awake, I can hear a buzz-buzz sound. [...]
New Spec(k)tacles. Same Person.
I mentioned in a post last week that I’d write more about my eye appointment later. It’s been looming over me all weekend, and I realized I was feeling reluctant to put the words on paper (or computer screen….) because I’m having a hard time with what happened at my eye appointment. But it’s time to [...]
Mangled by the Mango: A Short Story in the Theater Known as Diabetes
The Scene: My couch. 9:45pm. The Protagonist: My valiant efforts to look up the carb count for a mango, and dose for it with laser-like precision. The Antagonist: Diabetes. Who else would it be? Alexis is ready to retire for the evening. She had a sensible dinner of chicken and spinach, with almost zero carbohydrates. [...]
Full disclosure.
There was relief from the dreary feelings of yesterday’s blog post after I went in for nerve testing Tuesday afternoon. They found a small increase in the carpal tunnel on my left hand, no sign of it in my right hand, and only a tiny bit of ulnar nerve irritation on the right side. Big sigh [...]
High there.
Diabetes has a way of keeping us humble. Wednesday of this week was a reminder that just because I have a low A1c right now doesn’t mean diabetes won’t occasionally kick my ass. I’m still tired today, thanks to Wednesday’s shenanigans. And to think, it all started with the good intentions of going for a [...]
In the Sparring Ring.
No one ever said diabetes was easy. And no one ever said it was fair. And it was never more evident than yesterday morning ,when my well-intentioned self woke up early to hit the gym before work. I felt groggier than usual, but thought it must be because I was up late watching The Bachelorette [...]
Yep…still have diabetes over here.
Let me start this post by saying that I appreciate the concept behind the program that I’m about to rant about. I really do. I just don’t need it, for me. Here goes: My company has a program through our insurance provider that does proactive health coaching for people with a variety of diseases, diabetes [...]
There’s really no good title for this crap…
What is that? A topographical map of the Rocky Mountains? Nope. That’s Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, and it sucked. What the hell happened you might ask? I’m not really sure, but it involved a charity event from 6pm - 8pm with apps and wine, a 9:30 mini dinner that I over-bolused for and then [...]
Fresh air.
The morning began cool and misty, and I pedaled my bike from my house the mile or so to where some friends were waiting. I rolled up to the parking lot around a quarter to eight to greet three smiling faces of fellow Tour de Cure riders - all three of them dressed in their [...]
