Archive for March, 2014
In Constant Escape.
Every year that goes by with diabetes that you don’t have a complications it feels like you escaped something. Like you’ve been running away from this awful specter of the dreaded, faceless “complications,” but you know that statistics say it will eventually catch up with you. But you always keep running, trying to outpace them. […]
No Cut-sies.
Diabetes has a way of “cutting to the front of the line” so to speak, when it comes to your health. We’re always prioritizing diabetes, and caving to its little tantrums that demand attention. Lows pull us in acutely, and can cost us exercise, food freedom, and brain activity. Highs do the same, messing up […]
Portrait of a Low.
Thank goodness for bread baskets. Because I’d ordered the steak…
Use it or lose it?
There was a time when the phrase “smart pump” did not exist in the diabetes world. There was basically one pump brand on the market and it did one thing: deliver insulin. But if you look at the pumps that have entered the market in the last five years, you’ll see all sorts of “smart” […]
And there it is.
Just like that. Just when I had started to worry that maybe all the hard work wasn’t paying off. That I was spinning my wheels. That I was going to Crazy Town, correcting 150s and 152s and counting out those exact 15 carbs for lows and trying every app in existence to get my carb […]
It’s in the notes. All official-like.
One cool thing about my new endo’s office is that they do chart notes electronically and hand them to you right before you walk out the door from your visit with the doctor (I am sure these are not her complete notes, but they cover what you talked about with her and items for follow […]
Yep, we’re gonna work out just fine.
She was awesome. She was about 10 years older than I am, but she’d spent those 10 years in med school and residency. We made some small talk - she’s into cycling too and loves living near the mountains. She has two kids of her own and knows how it is to be too busy […]
Glad I called.
One fact about living with diabetes that never ceases to amaze me is that if I wasn’t on top of my sh*&, I’d be left for dead on a corner somewhere by America’s healthcare “system.” Ok, ok, I’m being a little dramatic. But after the hours I’ve wasted the past several weeks trying to get […]
Drop it Low.
I’ve been on a mission for the last few months. It’s called Operation Get My Freaking A1c Back Down After Going Up Over a Full Percentage Point While Traveling in Asia a Year Ago (might need to get an abbreviation for this project name…). After struggling much more than I anticipated in the past year […]