Archive for December, 2013
Let the record show….
…that I had a no-hitter Christmas Eve Day. This is special because A.) we ate like crap and B.) that’s the exact day of my Diaversary. Nothing could be more celebratory that a 24-hour period of excellent BGs, helped in large part by all my cool, fancy-pants technology that I didn’t have 21 years ago […]
Merry Christmas All! And Happy Diaversary to Me!
I can’t believe it, but twenty-one years ago today I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. It seems like yesterday I was in the hospital room, watching Disney cartoons for hours while my mom and my grandpa were in the pediatric endo’s office down the hall figuring out what the heck to do next. It […]
Voodoo is right.
I don’t have a whole lot to say right now since we’ve had a week of good friends visiting, family in town, and a whole lotta Christmas cheer (and also Christmas movies. Those are my favorites). That, and the fact that I’m pretty sure 90% of you out there are taking this week off anyways […]
Level Foods: Delicous, low carb, and now in my cabinet, all the time.
I’ve had the same conundrum a thousand times: It’s early in the morning and I’m heading in to a hard workout in about 30 minutes. I need to eat something to get through the workout but I don’t want to have anything that will push my BGs through the roof like a traditional protein bar. […]
Diabetic Dabs: Why weren’t these around when I was a kid?
I’m always amazed by how far diabetes technology has come. From my CGM to my pump, to the fact that we have rDNA insulin that starts working in just five minutes, things done changed since I was diagnosed as a kid in 1992. But even with all the fancy stuff we have available today, I’m […]
This is art.
I am an artist. My medium of choice is daily attempts at mimicking the body’s natural, flawless physiology. This piece is called “Wednesday Morning. At 5:05am, my blood sugar had zoomed to just over 300mg/dL, thanks to a heavy meal the night before and perhaps a little dawn phenomenon thrown in. The arrow pointed with […]
31. And 21.
My birthday is tomorrow, and Christmas is of course only a week away now. This is my absolute favorite time of year. People always ask if I hate having a birthday so close to Christmas. When I was a kid, I didn’t like it because I thought the holiday took away from the specialness of […]
Winter Wonderland.
With temperatures in the 20s and 30s most mornings here in Portland, my 3-mile runs have become, um, less than enjoyable lately. But thanks to my post on this very topic a few weeks ago and the feedback from a few readers, I’m slowly getting the hang if this whole cold-running thing. First and foremost, […]
General Nonsense.
Dear Diabetes, I woke up this morning with a nice blood sugar. It was 143 mg/dL. I calibrated my CGM and then lowered my basals, just like I do before every run I go on. When I got back I was at 150 mg/dL which was also nice. Then we went to breakfast and I […]
November is paying off!
For My Personal Diabetes Awareness Month of November, I pledged to focus in on my diabetes management and really work on fine tuning in an effort to get my A1c down below that coveted 7%. And I’m so happy that when I checked my meter average the other day, this is what I saw: […]