Archive for March, 2012
Those common threads.
“I’ve seen a lot of doctors lately,” the young waiter at a local chain restaurant tells me. He’d asked who all my to-go food was for and I’d told him that I’m a pharmaceutical sales rep and I often bring lunch in for a doctor and his staff. “Oh yeah?” I said casually, trying to [...]
Complicated Guilt.
With a few days having passed since the wretched eye appointment and the appearance of that pesky speck, I’m feeling better about things. I have the support of an amazing family and boyfriend and friends who have all been willing to listen to my fears and help get me out of the down-in-the-dumps cycle. Overall, [...]
The Fruit Aisle…
….makes me feel like this. Because I don’t know how to bolus for this:
Some Tummy Trouble….
I’ve been participating in a DexCom study which requires me to wear my sensor in the FDA-approved location of my stomach, and I can now say without a doubt that my aversion to punctures of all sorts in the abdomen is indeed confirmed. I might have an iron stomach when it comes to international cuisine [...]
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 [...]
Bright eyed…to say the least.
I had my annual diabetic eye exam on Wednesday (more on that next week), and for those of you who don’t know, that entails eye drops that force-dilate your pupils so the doctor can check the back of your eyeball for retinopathy. Super fun and super cheerful it is not, but it’s a necessary part [...]
A Tale of Two Meters….
I’ve started doing at least two glucose checks a day on a LifeScan meter because the DexCom study I’m in requires it (they download your DexCom and meter results each month for this study, and need testing to be uniform). And although I’ve always known that glucose meters can have varying results (because the FDA [...]
Go Marty Go!!
Who is Marty? Marty is a friend of mine, Type 2 diabetic, and all around badass. Marty used to be a self-professed couch potato. At one time not that long ago, Marty weighed over 300 pounds and wasn’t taking care of his diabetes. Then, he watched his mom lose her battle with MS, and he [...]
Mondays are pretty lame anyways….
Hot on the heels of my “I HEART my d-technology” post, I have this complaint: Ever wondered what the most annoying bloodsugar is? The answer is whatever your “HIGH” alarm on your DexCom is set to. For me, my threshold is set at 180mg/dL which means the most annoying blood sugar in the world for [...]
The Real Snooze Button.
I’m a person who places a high premium on sleep. In other words: I love my shut eye. And since I’m regularly out of bed in the 5am - 6:30am range most days of the work week, I relish weekend days when I don’t have to set an alarm, and I can catch zzzz’s to [...]
