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Shoutout to Mr. Mike Lawson for the great logo! While the global ability of the Diabetes Online Community NEVER surprises me, it does continually amaze & inspire me.  When I published Friday's #IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes post,  (Once again, BIG Shoutout to Kyle Schwartz, a 3rd degree instructor inwards Denver Colorado who created a trust edifice lesson excogitation for her 3rd degree score called.  “I wishing my instructor knew.”   She started tweeting her students thoughts nether the hashtag, #Iwishmyteacherknew  & the balance is history!) I was thrilled to come across that betwixt Fri afternoon in addition to Dominicus evening, the #IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes hashtag had been shared over 400 times on twitter. On  Monday's post  I proposed nosotros purpose the the #IwishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes hashtag collectively today in addition to whatsoever happened would happen.  A lot is happening!   But don't accept my dis...

This past times Fri through Mon morning, my diabetes non solely behaved, it was damn close perfect. Perfect numbers to stand upwardly for a perfect concluding summertime weekend.  NEWSFLASH: Life isn’t perfect in addition to diabetes is a fickle bitch .   Monday morning time started exactly enough. I woke upwardly amongst a 140 blood saccharide an nine units left  of insulin inwards my reservoir. I set inwards a fresh reservoir, bolused for in addition to drank about coffee, in addition to thus headed out to larn my gentle stretch yoga on.  2 hours after I walked inwards the trouble solid amongst a blood saccharide of 95 in addition to feeling all types of groovy.  And in addition to thus slowly, similar the entertainment ride called Free Fall, a ride I loved in addition to feared every bit a youngster in addition to despise every bit an adult, my numbers started to ascension in addition to wouldn’t come upwardly down.  120 - no big deal. 1...

Because sometimes a  free-write based on my Facebook condition turns into spider web log post.  ###### Pantone painting demo courtesy of Pinterest Diabetes Awareness Month, 24-hour interval 2. Diabetes, no thing the type, is incredibly difficult.  Diabetes is every bit good demanding, never ending, together with ix times out of ten,  diabetes  is misconstrued yesteryear those who know aught close it. Diabetes is a fickle bitch, an unwanted together with constant companion inwards the lives of people who alive amongst diabetes on a daily basis.  Diabetes tin sack brand you lot cry, and  does then at the drib of a hat. And diabetes volition brand you lot laugh, because laughing at diabetes is sometimes the exclusively means to forestall yourself from going certifiably nuts because of diabetes. There are days when diabetes is the background, together with at that spot are days when it seems every bit if diabetes is front end ...

8 is great! It’s been crazy equally of slowly in addition to I'm glad for that.  But the craziness has made me me forget a few things - Like  picking upwards the dry-cleaning I dropped off 2 weeks ago, a  friend's recent Birthday, in addition to a dermatology engagement that was scheduled for this Tuesday - thankfully they called on Fri to reschedule or I would choose missed it - fifty-fifty though it was on my iCalendar (and I'm religious virtually using my iCalendar,) because it wasn't on my brain's radar.  And thus fifteen minutes agone ( simply equally I was virtually to write my Diabetes Awareness Month, Day 8, facebook status,) I suddenly, said  out loud:  SHIT, tomorrow my weblog turns 8 years old! How the hell did that happen?  When I started blogging virtually diabetes I’d never read a diabetes weblog before.  It’s non that I didn’t know people amongst diabetes earlier finding the DOC, because I did.  I met my comm...