Archive for July, 2012
Burnt. But bouncing back.
I flipped through the calendar yesterday and realized I have an endo appointment and the accompanying A1c test in just three shorts weeks from now. And my reaction to that was somewhere along the lines of “fudge.” Except replace “fudge” with a totally different word that starts with “f” and you get the general idea. [...]
Goose egg.
On Saturday I woke up a little low - nothing too crazy, somewhere in the mid 60s. I didn’t treat the low because my blood sugar will often rise on its own first thing in the morning as my “wake up” adrenaline kicks in gear. I didn’t bolus for breakfast because I only had eggs [...]
Our strange little symphony….
On Wednesday, I attended a seminar for people with Type 1 diabetes. The lecture hall was full of folks pumping, CGMing, and testing. Between talks, you could hear the sounds of diabetes in the room: the beeping of meters, the musical notes of bolus buttons. It was a strange little cyborg symphony in the background. [...]
Just ask the Tribe.
After three days on the river, our boat finally pulled in to our final dock, and we began to unload all the coolers, tents, oars, life jackets, and other supplies we’d used. I looked down at my waist and clicked in to my DexCom, which was secured in my Tummietote. 121mg/dL. Nice. I turned around [...]
No ‘betes over here.
I wish that sparkling 81mg/dL in the picture below was my blood sugar. But it’s not. It’s my future sister-in-law’s. She wanted to check her blood sugar one morning while we were camping on the river, so we did. Nothing really says “good morning” like knowing your pancreas is working just fine, right? Wait a [...]
A Hat Trick of Highs.
There are certain variables with diabetes that are tough to control. When there’s one of them, the consequences can usually be mitigated with some mild adjustment. But when three notorious high blood sugar triggers all happen at once, the result looks like your CGM is trying to create an Etch-A-Sketch of Everest: [...]
River ‘betes: Success!
Guess who’s back? After two amazing weeks away on vacation, Jacob and I returned home on Saturday night and began to get caught up on real life again. And by “caught up” I mean we did what felt like 37 loads of laundry. Packing light wasn’t an option for this trip because of the itinerary: [...]
Things I don’t ever need to eat include:
…this macaroni and cheese pizza. Yes, you read that correctly: there’s an entire pasta dish on the pizza itself. More carbs than you can shake a stick at. Or bolus for, really. This food falls in the category of “Things I have absolutely no business eating.” But I was curious enough that I had one [...]
Re-Post: I Run on Insulin
Today I’m revisiting one of my favorite blog posts. I wrote this post after completing my first half marathon in 2009, and whenever I’m having a bad diabetes day, I remind myself that for every bad statistic about diabetes out there, there’s a whole other set of numbers on the other side of that. We [...]
Guest Post: Living well with MS
I am so excited today to have a dear friend of mine guest blogging. My friend was diagnosed a few years ago with MS, which is in the delightful family of “autoimmune diseases” that us folks with diabetes are very familiar with. While diabetes and MS are very different in a lot of ways, there [...]
