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insulin goes skunky ? Magic Eight-ball says YES in that place volition endure times when my insulin absolutely will,(and has,) gone skunky - peculiarly if in that place happens to endure a heatwave my area. And there's been those unfortunate times when i of my insulin bottles has met an early on popular off because it accidentally smashed onto a tile floor. Yep, its happened, multiple times. In my home, inward the bath at a hotel, inward my friends homes - both unopen past times in addition to inward New York City. Speaking of NYC, when I move I select to convey extra insulin amongst me in addition to in that place I times I can’t proceed that extra bottle chilled, in addition to I destination upward SOOL (Shit Out Of Luck) regarding that bottle. Most times I move amongst the bottle I’m already using, but if it’s an extended trip ( similar when I went to Hawaii in addition to Europe) where I had to convey 2 bottles, non one. Good luck explaining move plans/diabetes requirements ...

Spring is all nigh rebirth together with regrowth. The Sun shines to a greater extent than oft than not, the flowers bloom similar crazy together with for the most part, folks seem to induce got an extra  spring  (pun totally intended) inwards their step! And people covert a concept known equally SPRING CLEANING inwards all aspects of their lives. Closets together with drawers switch out from wintertime wearing clothing together with leather boots to summertime together with restrain fashions together with strappy sandals almost over night. People Spring Clean their homes together with their cars. On the showtime sunny warm Sat inwards spring, it seems similar everyone together with their woman raise takes their cars to snuff it cleaned together with there's similar an lx minutes hold off (AT LEAST) at the automobile wash. But what nigh Spring Cleaning for your diabetes & your wellness inwards general? Do yous guys create that? And yesteryear Spring Cle...

If Only it was that easy! But seriously, where the hell's my Diabetes Remote?    The inward a higher house motion painting was snapped inward my hotel room.   The television's remote command came consummate amongst the inward a higher house holder, neither of which I e'er had the chance to genuinely role because I never genuinely had fourth dimension to lookout TV.   Except of course of educational activity for Dominicus night, when I tried to proceed upwards amongst the  The Tony Danza Awards   via my iPad on Dominicus black during dinner,) simply I digress. Yeah it's clever diabetes marketing, simply quite frankly I'd all the same rather convey an honest to goodness Diabetes Remote.  Actually, I'd rather convey an honest to goodness diabetes cure!  Anyway, to a greater extent than on ADA to follow! 

You know the quondam saying: Don't assume, because when y'all "assume," you're making an Ass out of U as well as Me. And quite frankly, piece I convey a spectacular donkey - It doesn't hateful I desire to categorized every bit an Ass. I am much to a greater extent than than the heart of my parts  - No thing how spectacular, or whether they function or non #### So don't assume, PERIOD. Assume as well as Assumptions are dingy words inward my volume - And non the 'good, sexy larn to know you" sort of dingy words either - Especially when it comes to diabetes. Don't assume because my pancreas is busted that I'm sicker or less well for y'all than you. Don't process me similar a frail blossom as well as don't expect at me all uncomfortable as well as similar you're having wicked gas cramps when y'all stumble upon the fact that I convey diabetes. I convey diabetes, non y'all - So why the hell produce y'all expec...

This is the outset inwards a serial of Diabetesaliciousness weblog posts related to children too tween books amongst a type 1 spin brought to yous past times the   Lilly Disney  partnership .  Not solely are these books of import learning tools to children around the basis living amongst Type 1 Diabetes, these books are of import global pedagogy tools for Blue Planet to larn virtually living amongst Type 1 Diabetes.  ###### Last twelvemonth Lilly & Disney introduced Coco the Monkey, the outset Disney Character amongst Type 1 Diabetes too the book  "Coco And Goofy's Goofy Day,"  a The  Children With Diabetes Friends For Life Conference inwards 2011.  Coco And Goofy's Goofy was was the outset inwards a serial of books geared towards educating Blue Planet virtually living amongst Type 1 Diabetes. *** This twelvemonth the 2nd mass inwards the Coco Disney/ Lilly   Coco series,   "Coco Goes Back To Sc...

I sat on the bird waiting for it to direct hold off together with wing the friendly skies. I was a hot, tired, viscous mess together with for the outset fourth dimension inward 2 days I wasn’t surrounded yesteryear people amongst diabetes. And quite frankly, that only felt weird together with lonely all rolled into one.  I was on my means dwelling menage from the Roche Summit together with I was sad to function out Indy for therefore many reasons.  As I sat at that topographic point lost inward idea together with Fruit Zombies, my ticker chirped out a familiar array of beeps reminding me that I had indeed had a temporary basal charge per unit of measurement going on. I glanced downwardly at it together with saw that it was slightly entangled inward my seatbelt, fixed it together with tried to concentrate on the Fruit Zombies on my iPad.  Two minutes afterward I heard the familiar chirping in i lawsuit to a greater extent than together with got actually annoyed....

So final nighttime I decided to alter out my reservoir later on the Low Reservoir Alarm sounded most xx minutes earlier I was cook to striking the sack.  I had ix units left as well as I felt similar it was ameliorate to endure condom than sorry. So I got upwardly off the couch, unscrewed my reservoir as well as tubing from my catch & my person, rewound the pump, as well as thence went to larn myself a refill. I went inward the fridge, grabbed my insulin as well as a fresh reservoir ( I’ve mentioned this before, I perish on a few insulin reservoirs inward the refrigerator to salvage me a step,) filled upwardly as well as went to select handgrip of my pump. It wasn’t on my waist or my kitchen counter. I figured I must convey left it on the couch.  So dorsum inward the Living room I went.... And  it wasn’t on the couch. Or the java table, TV stand, or marble terminate tables on either side of my eggplant colored couch.  And at that signal I said these wor...

Written on 10/15/12 too on my ipad during a seminar focusing on everything that people create incorrect at operate - And non in ane trial mentioning what people create right. And equally I listened to the speaker drone on... too on... too on - It totally reminded me of living alongside diabetes! Also, how the heck create I hyperlink on an ipad??? ##### WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA,  I loathe that phrase too I loathe all the 2d guessing too self bashing that phrase represents. Especially when it comes to our diabetes - And the many ghosts of our Diabetes Care Past. Bottom line: We can't alter what nosotros did or didn't create when nosotros were younger/ or commencement diagnosed inwards life too our life alongside diabetes. We can't alter what diabetes applied scientific discipline was or wasn't available to us too nosotros can't alter whether or non nosotros were receptive to it. And nosotros can't alter the the world of hear nosotros were xx minutes agone per...

Two posts inwards ane day? So much for resting my splinted finger - CRAY to the Z, but this then cool that it's totally worth it.  I saw the next video on  the fabulous Our Diabetic LIfe's D Mama Meri Schuhmacher's facebook page (I acquire then much from her,) as well as it's chop-chop making the circular on many a DOCer's facebook page, including mine.  And personally, I've already watched it similar ten times - And it totally blows what's left of my mind.  All the diabetes realities inwards ane music video as well as A'la Bohemian Rhapsody - Freddie Mercury would hold upwards then proud! And every minute far every minute Jacob as well as his amazing Diabetes solid unit of measurement are concerned - I but desire to hug them!!! Here's a link to video's youtube page - Let Jacob & Company know what you lot think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vfei1UZluug

Like it or not, diabetes makes us prepare patience in addition to fine tunes our waiting skills in addition to makes us shout out upwards that promise does indeed float #####  The terms  " waiting it out" in addition to “ waiting out ” refers to all types of things when it comes to living alongside diabetes.  Sometimes nosotros receive got to wait out a depression blood carbohydrate xv grams of carbs at at time. We receive got to wait out the hunger, the fearfulness in addition to the fact that nosotros think that our blood carbohydrate volition never become up. And piece we’re waiting nosotros endeavor our best to calm ourselves downwards & proceed it together - in addition to non simply for ourselves, but equally good for the people nosotros love. Other times a high blood carbohydrate forces us to wait it out  for hours in addition to it tin terminate look similar forever. And sometimes no affair how much nosotros correction bolus ( or ra...

Diabetes doesn't assist if you're getting married or taking exams, or if you lot receive got plow over your mother's eulogy at her funeral. Diabetes demands to last seat first.  Diabetes doesn't assist that you lot desire to receive got a opor-garai or am foaming at the oral fissure because you lot desire to consume a forbidden bowl of pasta.  And diabetes doesn't plow over a shit that you lot are tired of having to constantly intend together with depository fiscal establishment tally blood sugars together with continually wonder if your infusion gear upwardly is working - Diabetes demands to last seat first. Diabetes doesn't assist that your basement is flooded or  that you lot receive got no stance when your chemist's shop volition dry out out, allow lone reopen earlier it's fourth dimension for your prescriptions to last refilled.  Diabetes doesn't assist that your domicile town is wrecked from a Hurricane named Sandy together with that you...

Writer's block. Complete in addition to talk writers block. Tomorrows shipping is almost finished in addition to Wednesday's is 3/4's done - but equally far equally today - I got nothing. Except...... Sometimes I wonder if my pancreas is equally tired of non working equally I am of it non working. Does it e'er wonder why it crapped out in addition to does it e'er examine to kick-start itself later 35 years of doing null equally far equally insulin production is concerned. Does my pancreas bring passive agressive crap from the other organs for dragging them downward in addition to affecting their synergy equally a whole - Or conduct maintain they collectively accepted it in addition to adapted their ain behaviors to over compensate for my pancreas' lackluster performance. Is my pancreas hip to the fact that it's non in addition to therefore secretly been replaced amongst an electronic pancreas that runs on batteries, is clipped to my hip in addition to i...

Every morning time since Mon I've woken upwards alongside a high blood saccharide as well as I convey no clue every bit to why.  It's weird, it's annoying as well as honestly, I JUST DON'T GET IT. I've switched infusion sites, done correction boluses as well as still, I wake upwards alongside a blood saccharide inward the mid to high ii hundreds.  I don't similar starting my twenty-four hours alongside a high blood saccharide (or a depression blood saccharide for that matter,) it pisses me off.  And don't fifty-fifty teach me started on the whole "It feels similar I'm walking through JELLO because I woke upwards alongside a high blood sugar," thing. I've been plowing through the calendar week at gangbusters speed as well as I haven't allow it behave on my work.   Because that's what PWDs do. We plough through the muck as well as shitstorm of flexure balls that diabetes throws our agency because nosotros must. Sometimes nosot...

I've been a fan of Jerry the Bear for quite sometime. For those of yous who don't know Jerry, he totally rocks. Jerry's an interactive BWD (bear alongside diabetes) who does everything children too adults create alongside t1 diabetes. He tests his blood sugars, takes insulin from pens, counts carbs. Jerry's teaches children virtually diabetes through play too yesteryear ever beingness at that topographic point  - And that's amazing inward all dimensions every bit far every bit I'm concerned!  Jerry too I lead keep learn friends too concluding yr I had the chance to interview him for Diabetesaliciousness!  Today's the kickoff for Jerry's Indiegogo campaign to heighten funds to learn all the 12,000 summation children diagnosed alongside type 1 every yr their ain Jerry the bear.  The link for the motion is:  igg.me/at/jerrythebear There's fifty-fifty a referral plan for families to sign upward to hold out amidst the offset to learn a bear....

I'm supposed to larn my blood operate done tomorrow for my Endo solar daytime of the month side yesteryear side week.  Here's the thing: My blood sugars get got been inwards the crapper since the substance of concluding week, I get got a nasty summertime mutual frigidity together with sore pharynx together with I'm currently on a temporary basal charge per unit of measurement that fluctuates anywhere betwixt 119% together with 125% over the concluding v days.  And FTR: I experience similar crap. every bit good the mutual frigidity together with sore throat, I get got a blood saccharide headache together with my cervix hurts.  I know it shouldn't thing if my labs exhibit a high together with or elevated fasting blood saccharide -especially since I'm fighting off a mutual frigidity together with a sore throat.     I know my lab operate isn't most the fasting blood sugar, it's most what's going on inwards my trunk since my concluding Endo appointment,...

Yesterday sucked - And thence it didn't. Here's what happened & I promise you lot tin flame relate! ########## “You know you’re A1c is 8.2,” said the attention Fellow (who looked similar she was maybe  15 too was extremely polite,) every bit she went through the criterion questions thence should could prep physician J. Me: NO, I DIDN'T. I expected it to live inward the mid sevens, but non 8.2 . And my pump sank into my the pit of my breadbasket too I kept looking downwards at the floor.  I explained virtually my recent cortisone shot for tendinitis too my crazy insulin requirements over the yesteryear few weeks - And how that ironically, my numbers had been to a greater extent than written report amongst the cortisone than pre-cortisone  - because I'd been tracking too adjusting my temporary basal rates accordingly.  I knew the attention was trying her best, but I simply wanted to beak amongst physician J. She left the room to grab physician J too ...