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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....

So much happened during this year's Children alongside Diabetes Friends For Life 2014 Conference, aka FFL, that I could write a mass - Seriously, half dozen days in addition to damn close 24X7 of learning, laughter, self realization in addition to agreement nigh life in addition to life alongside diabetes  - And  for the past times distich days I've been plagued alongside the question: Where the hell practice I start?  Starting at the real kickoff is of shape a real fine identify to start - But in addition to thus the post service would pick out gone off inward a Maria Von Trapp twist& that's non the  direction I was aiming for - And Lord knows how much I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE me around   "Sound Of Music!"   Instead I, decided to start past times setting my kitchen timer. I gear upward if for xx infinitesimal in addition to did a FFL costless write - And h ere’s what I came upward with.   ######## Ironicial: It’ second f...

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 ...

I  spent  a few  hours  this weekend cleaning out my onetime machine together with getting it prepped to give to my nephew. In the procedure I constitute my favorite beaded flip-flops from v years agone shoved nether the driver’s seat. And i n the glove compartment I constitute a handbag of petrified Jellybeans I’d used to process a few lows from a few Easter's ago.   In the console I unearthed a spare duet of inexpensive sunglasses, a hard-as-nails Lara bar that must receive got been 4 years old, along side a long agone ringlet of expired glucose tabs, Tropical Fruit flavored.  I likewise constitute ii unopened infusion sets together with reservoirs. I LOL’d when I constitute my D stash together with my flip-flops together with felt a piddling nostalgic.  My machine had been adept to me, much meliorate than I’d been to it - And presently I would travel proverb adept farewell to it for good.  My ‘new to me car,’ is solely ii years oneti...

Sometimes annoying things occur alongside diabetes that direct hold zip to create alongside our blood saccharide or our insurance companies.   We tin direct hold a few beats as well as figure things out or nosotros tin allow the D logistics ruin our twenty-four hr menstruum - OR nosotros tin larn all MacGyver on diabetes donkey  - It's our selection #### Spent a lot of fourth dimension on the beach this yesteryear Lord's Day as well as Mon as well as I'm really glad I did.  The Sun was shining as well as at that topographic point was a cool sea breeze, the H2O temps  were  in the 70s as well as the  waves were took your breath away piece breathing life dorsum into y'all at the same time. I wearable an insulin pump, it’s non H2O proof, merely that fact never stops me from embracing my inner fish.  I  was jonesing for some much needed common salt H2O activity - I HAD to larn my trunk inwards the sea as well as nether the waves, ASAP....

3 days of actually nifty blood sugars sugars (except for an eighty blood carbohydrate before bed on Midweek night,) forthwith followed past times 24 hours of crap blood sugars, (because, of course) 3 infusion site changes too moderate ketones that snuck upwards on me too therefore stealth like, I didn’t fifty-fifty experience their presence until I tested for them.  If I hadn’t tested for ketones concluding black afterwards my numbers started climbing yesterday at 7pm, when I checked my dinner blood carbohydrate too it was 242 too upwards from 176 ii hours earlier.  I changed my site too had a   tomato too mozzarella salad amongst roughly italian breadstuff croutons for dinner because I didn’t desire to consume anything heavy until me blood sugars evened out.    The numbers that followed were 239 at 8:45 too and 250 at x pm, which is when I changed out my site AGAIN.  So it turns out my 3 hr infusion site was non exclusively clogged, it was a bleeder ...

So, I started writing this post service because I was incredibly annoyed alongside my diabetes exploits in conclusion nighttime in addition to today. But in addition to therefore the note changed when I started writing nearly the Diabetes Online Community - Now my whole note for today has changed. Not a big surprise when y'all mean value y'all nearly it, but much appreciated! THANKS DOC! ####### I could write nearly how I kept going depression in conclusion night, fifty-fifty afterward a dinner that included means also much Italian staff of life dipped inwards sautéed garlic in addition to olive oil, or how afterward said feast I couldn't larn to a higher house 72 in addition to had to strength feed Starbursts to process the lows that occurred betwixt 8pm in addition to 11pm.  I could write how I only had java for breakfast this forenoon because of waking upwards alongside a 327 blood saccharide in addition to how my blood saccharide refused to dip below 200 until a ...

I had to portion because this made tickled pink! Or inwards this case, pickled cranberry. Not really, but y'all know I mean. And it likewise reminded me of something my mom would create for my t1 dad. She ever packed him a cooler of nutrient for the auto when he was on the route (he was a Sales Rep,) as well as she ever placed ii lilliputian drinking glass jars (emptied as well as dishwasher rinsed mayo or peanut butter jars) of OJ inwards at that spot for my dad, simply inwards instance he needed juice. This was inwards the 1970s/1980s, earlier plastic jars as well as pre juice box days.  Turns out, my mom was on to something.  :)  #### Mason Jar Juice Boxes I realized final nighttime at 11:55 pm that yours genuinely was out of juice boxes as well as I ever similar to continue i past times my bedside.... simply inwards case.  I was annoyed alongside myself, until I squall upwards that I had around vi oz Mason/Ball Jars inwards my pantry. I continu...

FYI: Early Bird registration for The Diabetes UnConference is $139 until Oct 15th, at which fourth dimension the toll to register volition go $159 ##### I can't expect to attend The Diabetes UnConference at The Flamingo Hotel inwards Las Vegas on Fri March 13th in addition to ending Lord's Day March 15th at 1pm. I CAN'T WAIT.  And I could wax poetic close in addition to hence many things.  Like how fantastical Christel Marchand Aprigliano is for creating a conference for all adults living amongst diabetes in addition to regardless of the type, in addition to how amazing it volition go to participate in addition to have all the love, back upwardly in addition to agreement from in addition to past times a clan of people who "get it." And how speaking of "getting it," T he Diabetes UnConference is run past times people amongst diabetes for people amongst diabetes.  I could verbalize for hours close how diabetes is 24X7, amongst no fourth dime...

Hard to to run across the complexities of the tide pool, but receive got a hold back at the duet amongst the domestic dog & maintain inward heed that they're standing far from shore, inward talocrural articulation deep H2O in addition to on the border of the tide puddle embankment. Photo courtesy of Purple Girl's Mommy   Last Sun was 1 of the most beautiful Indian Summer Sundays, EVER.  It was sunny in addition to 79 degrees amongst a cool breeze in addition to a slightly higher H2O temp, which made y'all to a greater extent than aware of the fluttering of autumn inward the air.  And to transcend it off, the currents in addition to tides had created a tidal puddle betwixt three in addition to only over five feet deep along the shore trouble that stretched out along for God knows how long.  My friends children were kayaking along the enormous stretch of tide puddle in addition to their dads were taking turns tossing each kid (between the ages of vii...

I’ll never forget beingness inwards a dressing room years together with years agone together with the Sales Woman rushing dorsum to my changing cubby amongst the harshest of lightening together with amongst to a greater extent than clothes for me to travail on.  She saw my insulin view clipped to my hip together with and of course of didactics she asked me if it was a beeper.  When I explained that it was an insulin view together with I that wore it because I had t1 diabetes, she nodded her caput knowingly together with asked me when I was diagnosed.  When I told her Halloween, only had exhibited signs earlier, I’ll never forget her response.  Sales Woman: Diagnosed inwards the fall, that makes sense. September together with Oct look to live the golden fourth dimension for therefore many diabetes diagnoses.  And the next went through my head:  I had never actually idea nearly that or noticed it  I didn’t know how to respond her together...

I grew upward at the tail terminate of the Diabetes Dark Ages. Only a few types of insulin were available then, nosotros tested urine instead of blood sugars as well as in that location were no such things every bit CGMs or insulin pumps.  My parents had three children out of half-dozen alongside type 1 as well as my dad had t1. Things were hectic as well as crazy as well as it wasn't calm or easy.  I’ve written most it earlier but honestly I don’t know how the hell they survived diabetes sans back upward - but they did - And I am hence grateful.    It’s funny that nutrient prep tin select dorsum childhood memories of life with  D, but it totally does as well as did. The following  happened  Sunday night.  ###### Mom & I - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1  few months earlier I was dx'd Sunday black I was prepping nutrient for the week. And yesteryear prepping I hateful pre-slicing Granny Smith apples, spritzing the slices along...