Archive for September, 2011
Training…for my diabetes.
I just finished putting together my 16-week training schedule for my half marathon in January. As I tacked it up on the wall next to my desk, I realized I was wishing it was really as simple as 16 weeks of incremental running training. But as we all know with diabetes, nothing is ever “that [...]
But I remembered the other 20,805 times…
Yesterday I went to lunch with a bunch of Tour de Cure folks to discuss some official business (we are the least official gang of goofballs that I know actually, but it sure is fun to say “official business.” Makes us sounds like pack of bike-riding ninjas. Which we are…). We sat down, perused the [...]
And for that, we thank you.
I’m the first to admit that sometimes d-blogs are a place for…grumbling. Many posts can come across as complaining because we have such specific, and oh-so-frustrating struggles with this disease on almost a daily basis. Sometimes I look back at a week’s worth of post and wonder if I have anything positive to say! Which [...]
‘Betes Battles.
“Hi is this Alexis?” says a woman’s voice on the phone. “Yes it is, can I help you?” I return. “Yes I’m calling from your mail order pharmacy. Do you use the Freestyle test strips with your OmniPod?” “Yes. Why?” “Well they are discontinuing your test strips, so do you have another meter that you [...]
Now I gotta find a spot for that too??
They say people get runner’s amnesia: e.g. you do a long distance running race, practically drag yourself across the finish line, declare you’ll never participate in such agony again…and then sign up for another race the next day because “it was just so awesome….” Well, it wasn’t a day later (actually two years since I [...]
HA! Contain this!
One of the benefits of dating a thoughtful Physician Assistant who works at a bustling clinic is that as his diabetic girlfriend, I can make the request of “Honey, can you check and see if you can get me a sharps container from your clinic? Mine’s all full.” Not the request most chicks are making of [...]
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 [...]
To further complicate matters…
Two and half years ago, I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel in both hands. I’d made an appointment with a hand doctor because both of my hands were going completely numb in my sleep, giving me pins and needles so bad it would wake me up several times a night. During that initial visit, my [...]
Yes, I am allowed to eat that.
It’s all in the timing…
Happy Friday party people! We made it. I love diabetes gadgets - I’ve practically turned myself into a robot these days because I love them so much. So when the makers of Timesulin contacted me about their insulin pen caps that remind folks when they last dosed, I just had to know more. Back in [...]
