Archive for May, 2012
Things that make me feel like a rockstar include:
Bolusing so perfectly for this potentially disastrous meal of fish tacos (protein + carb + fats usually = blood sugar land mine)……. ….that my CGM looked like this the next morning. Steady as she goes, all night long, nary a beep or a blip to disturb my slumber. [...]
Forward Facing Defense
Its probably obvious by the very fact that you’re reading an open blog written by me that I’m very public about having diabetes. I tell people at the gym that I have diabetes, the people I work with, all my friends - shoot, I even tell the grocery store cashier that I have diabetes whenever they ask [...]
Thank goodness he’s CPR certified….
The scene: Alexis is going “gym shopping” in hopes of finding a workout facility closer to her home. It’s Sunday morning at 10am, and she’s just walked in to a local gym specializing in kickboxing and MMA. Her hopes and spirits are high, but her blood sugar is a little low, so in the interest [...]
The Tape Wars
At any given time, my body may looks like a canvas for dried glue artwork. The adhesives on my insulin pods and my DexCom sensors often leave behind a sticky signature, and sometimes it can take quite a bit of work to get it off. I change my pod every three days and my sensor [...]
Tables turned.
I have written MANY blog posts about the obnoxious things people say to people with diabetes out of ignorance. It seems like every day I get a comment or a question that’s offensive/prying/downright rude, and all because the person asking doesn’t know anything about what it means to live with diabetes. But last weekend, I [...]
Things that drive me nuts include:
This. Especially because I was about to bolus waaaaaay to much for dinner to correct the high my DexCom was showing. Glad I checked with a finger stick! Technology: Amazing when it works, the biggest pain in the ass when it doesn’t.
Reality ‘Betes Bites
What if all the popular reality shows were suddenly starring people with diabetes? The Real Diabetic Housewives of Beverly Hills: “OMG did you SEE her Gucci testing kit? She totally copied my Louis Vuitton gold-plated lancing device. Whatever.” The Bachelor: “Will you accept this rose?” “OF COURSE…actually hold on, I’m low (BEEEEP goes the DexCom [...]
