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We travel on moving forward, opening novel doors, together with doing novel things, because we're curious together with curiosity keeps leading us downward novel paths. Walt Disney ###### Here’s the affair close living amongst diabetes. You're ever learning novel things close yourself together with your diabetes - That never stops, whether you’ve lived amongst diabetes for 37 years or 37 months - And that’s genuinely a rattling practiced thing.  I'm together with hence grateful for the changes inward diabetes medicine, technology together with attitudes these past times 37 years  - And I volition struggle molar together with blast to never travel dorsum to the Diabetes Dark Ages. I can't fifty-fifty imagine managing my diabetes the same I did when I was get-go diagnosed 37 years agone - And I in all likelihood wouldn't live hither if things had never changed - Or if my parents together with I hadn't been opened upwardly together with receptive to those ...

After 3 days of beautiful blood sugars that didn’t larn to a higher house 190, the streak was broken terminal black at 10 pm as well as was followed past times a few hours of the tune, "Tossin And Turnin,"   blaring  through my head, literally as well as figuratively.  FTR: I dearest the "Animal House" Soundtrack.  #### I couldn’t facial expression to larn to bed terminal night, I was exhausted as well as I knew that i time my caput hitting the pillow - I’d move out similar a  light.   Except that’s non what happened at all.  I tried to sleep, I actually did, but I kept tossing as well as turning hence much that the lyrics from the song, ‘Tossin And Turnin’ past times Bobby Lewis kept going through my head, which made me fifty-fifty to a greater extent than broad awake because it's such a catchy melody as well as I can't help  but  start to sing it whenever I intend of it... but I digress.  I had an view of what the employme...

I was thinking close my dad this morning time as well as all of precipitous the phrase "eat first, explicate later," popped into my head.   His long agone advice taught me equally a fry alongside type 1 to brain to what my diabetes was telling me as well as create what I had to, ASAP. ##### When I was get-go diagnosed  alongside diabetes dorsum inward “77,” earlier glucose meters as well as CGMs,  I recollect my dad (who was also a type 1,) telling me the following: If you lot start to experience low, create what you lot accept to as well as create it immediately. Don’t brand a grand production of it, simply eat  get-go as well as explicate later. Grab your snack from your desk or from your trip the lite fantastic handbag or on the playground, consume as well as and therefore rate your instructor how you’re feeling.  Don’t aspect as well as don’t endure afraid or embarrassed close what your friends or teachers powerfulness think. They don’t desire anythin...

The other twenty-four hr menstruation I got myself inwards a funk - in addition to non the sort alongside cool beats in addition to a loud base.  My self-imposed funk was regarding my insulin pump’s basal rates (hourly insulin charge per unit of measurement via my insulin pump,) which are yet elevated since doing ii rounds of antibiotics in addition to a circular of steroids to combat bronchitis in addition to few other itises dorsum inwards May .  And earlier the steroids,  my insulin requirements had increased slow over the previous year.  Thanks to Gary Scheiner in addition to the wonderfulness of beingness me, I know that it takes my trunk longer to procedure repast boluses than most in addition to I seek in addition to guide maintain repast boluses fifteen minutes earlier I consume - but  that's non ever possible . For now, I seek non to allow the amount of my daily insulin requirements upset me - I remind myself to hold upwards grateful that I guide ...

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...

This post service contains lots of ups as well as downwardly blood carbohydrate wise as well as is written past times a adult woman who has been dealing amongst bitchy sleep/lack of slumber patterns, as well as bitch blood sugars for the past times four days - all piece dealing amongst this matter called life.  Clearly I'm a niggling punch drunk, but I intend (OK, I HOPE,) that roughly of yous tin relate. ####### The past times four days convey conduct maintain included iii early on forenoon lows inwards a row (even amongst decreased basal rates before bed,) as well as increased basal rates throughout the solar daytime because who the hell knows. The early on forenoon lows for sure didn’t assist amongst the mid forenoon highs, as well as there’s a endangerment that my scratchy pharynx as well as runny olfactory organ has something to produce amongst the increased basal rates, too.  Then there’s whole pre-menstrual hormonal matter going on. Sorry fellas, bargain amongs...