I am feeling like my health, control, self discipline, eating habits, exercise habits (or lack of) and general state of health are just snowballing out of control.

I think that my blood sugars have been AVERAGING about 260 these days.

Recognition is the first step to stopping the bleeding I figure. Ok – so I [...]

I’m in the all exciting state of Minnesota, and believe it or not, the snow has all melted and temperatures are starting to warm up.

We recently adjusted our clocks for daylight saving time, you know, spring ahead/fall back type of thing.

I made sure to adjust the time on my pump, moving it ahead [...]

Tested 42, grabbed a handful of glucose tablets, but with 3+ units still on board I headed to a nearby McDonald’s. I really should have stopped driving, but I didn’t feel that I had enough stuff in the car to pull me through the low with all that insulin still working.

I think I just [...]

My two year old daughter is sick, and was running one heck of a fever last night (103.1). Needless to say she was very uncomfortable, and didn’t sleep much. I think I MIGHT have gotten a grand total of about 45 minutes of sleep all night.

So, I’m tired as hell today. Toss in some [...]

I have been using/wearing an insulin pump for somewhere between 8-10 years (I can’t keep track of when I started). It is my opinion that the pump may be the best tool available for tight control of diabetes.

Of course, the pump is not for everyone, and it is not a “magic bullet” that will [...]