Archive for January, 2012
Evidence.
Happy Tuesday party people! I arrived in Los Angeles last night for a work meeting…a meeting that will be lasting all week long. It’s all for very exciting reasons that I can’t disclose because I can’t talk about my work in detail on my blog, per our legal department, but let’s just say that there’s some [...]
What makes a diagnosis?
I worked at a patient program the other night for my company, and shared information about our two medications. One medicine we make is for Type 2 diabetes, the other can be used in both Type 1 and Type 2s. The presentation that night was about healthy cooking tips, and the audience furiously jotted down [...]
Just that one thing.
One thing that cracks me up (and sometimes drives me bonkers) about telling people I have diabetes is the people who react with the ONE thing they associate diabetes with. It goes like this. You say: “I have Type 1 diabetes.” And they say: “Oh so you have to eat lunch at the same time [...]
You again.
If my DexCom and I were listed as “in a relationship” on Facebook, it would definitely be “Complicated.” I love my DexCom dearly. We have a history together, and it’s completely changed my life and my d-management. I truly believe it’s made my A1c better, made me feel safer, helped me be a better athlete, [...]
The Carlsbad Half Marathon: Check!
There was a moment during the half marathon, where I looked around at the 10,000+ people up early on a Sunday morning and thought to myself about how funny it was that we all paid $60 to get our butts kicked by 13.1 miles worth of concrete. But just like the vast majority of the [...]
Gone running…
I’ll be honest folks. Between my last training runs, a hectic work week, and the steady bundle of nerves I’ve been developing all week in preparation for Sunday’s half marathon, it’s left a little drought in the creative juices department. I don’t have much to say today, but I am sure I will after the [...]
Before I ran on insulin…
…there was martial arts on insulin. My first sports love was karate. I discovered it in college by accident, after declaring myself “not athletic” due to years of warming the JV volleyball team’s bench (seriously…JV. For three years. I decided not to embarrass myself my Senior Year). Turns out, I had picked a sport to play [...]
The A1c Game: Keeping me Guessing
There are some A1cs that we’re able to predict. You kind of know where your blood sugars have been the past few months, the average reading on your meter makes sense, and you can kinda ballpark what the lab work will say. Right now is not one of those times for me. In fact, it’s [...]
Expert I am not.
I once received an email from a fellow d-blogger asking if she could forward me a message from someone who was looking for advice on running with diabetes. I obliged, and she responded with “Great, I just want her to be able to talk to someone who knows what she’s doing.” Ha. “Knows what she’s [...]
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. [...]
