Archive for November, 2009
Needling the point.
“Lexie I didn’t know you were diabetic,” says the bartender at my step mom’s restaurant. I look up from my kit, placing the orange cap back on my syringe. “Yep, I’ve had it since I was 10,” I reply, hoping he doesn’t ask for more information. It’s Sunday after a long holiday weekend and I’m [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sorry for the light postings this week folks - back next week in full diabetic force! Until then, enjoy this gem created for World Diabetes Day - and remember, you can have whatever you want on Thanksgiving, you just gotta know the carbs in it!! Whoa oh oh!! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsy_mwI5NI8
Peaks and valleys.
It’s a gorgeous November day in San Diego, and we’re trekking up a local hiking route, sweating out the previous evening’s debauchery. I’d tested before we began hiking, and was safely in the 200’s after a greasy breakfast. Still though, I’d given him two packs of GU to carry for me and I had two [...]
The Friday Rundown: The Search Term Soup
Happy Friday everyone! We’re almost at Thanksgiving break – thank goodness! I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a while, and I’m feeling just goofy enough this Friday to give it a go. Us bloggers, we run stats. On everything. We like to see how many people viewed our page, where they linked from, [...]
The Breakfast of (Diabetic) Champions: Meatloaf
I had meatloaf for breakfast today. Yep, that’s right meatloaf. And it was damn good too! Not to mention, super-duper low in carbs. Only bolused 1.5 units for the whole kit and caboodle. Let me back up for a minute – I’ve been in a bit of a food rut lately. I feel like I’ve [...]
Love. Me. Some. Nick. Jonas.
Dia-Rockstar. Hero. Ladies and gentlemen, Nick Jonas, and his insulin pump, rockin’ out.
I’d tell her its gonna be ok.
Walking in to a local drugstore yesterday, I was overwhelmed by an assault of Christmas decorations hanging from every nook and cranny of the store. Damnit, the holidays are here already, which means this year has gone by faster than ever. I can’t believe its already “mid-November,” with Thanksgiving just over a week away. I’m [...]
The Friday Rundown: Diabetes Month, Diabetes Day, free testing and ‘betes team testing!
November is American Diabetes Month (did you know even the President said so? Wow!), which is a time to raise awareness about diabetes and encourage those around you to learn more. And speaking of learning more, in honor of this month, Walgreens Pharmacy is offering free blood glucose and A1c testing at their participating 24-locations, [...]
The end of cargo pants as we know them?
The ‘betes “kit.” You know what I mean. The black, nylon, zippered case you keep your testing supplies in. Yep that thing. The little kit that forces men to find pants with big pockets and women to find larger purses to stash ‘em in. You can’t leave home without it, but you can’t stand its [...]
Where have you been today?
Hi. I’m not gonna lie, I’m about to complain. Peep the pic of the Dexcom. That’s my last 12 hours. 117 at bedtime. 375 by 2:30am. 5 units of correction. 41 by 4:58am. GU pack. 223 when I wake up. 2.5 units of correction. 62 by the time I get to work. Damn. The. Pizza. [...]
