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Garbage In = Garbage Out. GIGO. As used in a newsletter from my friend Gary Scheiner’s practice, it applies to being able to accurately count carb grams. If you calculate the wrong number of carbs, your blood sugar will not…
Garbage In = Garbage Out. GIGO. As used in a newsletter from my friend Gary Scheiner’s practice, it applies to being able to accurately count carb grams. If you calculate the wrong number of carbs, your blood sugar will not…
I’m the middle person. A lady in front of me who says she has an 8:15 appointment with the same doctor I am to see. At 8:15. The guy behind me, I overhear, is also scheduled with the same doctor,…
Counting. That might be one of the things that bothers me most. We’re always counting. And it bothers me. There is some very primal feeling of restriction when you have to count everything that goes into your mouth. I want…
Basal rate testing is a pain in the butt. The concept is to fast for a chunk of time so that you can see if your blood sugar remains steady. Ideally you eliminate as many variables as possible so that…
Warning – graphic and gross pictures ahead. Turn back now if you are bothered by blood. I changed my infusion set tonight. It had been three and a half days, a little less than another day of insulin in the…
Diabetes is, for the most part, an invisible condition. Unless you spend a bit of time with me, you may never know that I walk the never-ending tightrope of blood glucose management. Even if you do spend a bit of…
The trail is treacherous. Lots of curves and switchbacks. I’m not able to see what’s coming around the next corner. There are lots of rocks to twist and sprain an ankle, lots of ruts and holes to step in and…
Another one of my many trouble areas is that I do almost everything I can to avoid actually measure or weigh any of my foods. This includes depending heavily on pre-packaged, already measured foods, also just SWAG or LADCS bolusing.…
A couple of years ago I bought myself an old, beat up, full size pickup truck. A 1993 Ford F150, extended cab (have to be able to fit the kids in there somewhere…). It has served me well over the…
I was thinking about all of the work it takes to troubleshoot and evaluate where your diabetes management is just not working for you. The thought struck me: I don’t want to fix it – I just want it fixed!…
I am often frustrated by the absorption times of the insulins we use these days. Don’t get me wrong! They are much faster than what we had back when Regular was the best tool for the job. Back then we…
This post was inspired by a comment that Bernard made on a post I did back in July. He commented about having to plan ahead: “For me, the only thing that really bites is having to sort of plan in…
I haven’t been logging much for the last two weeks. It doesn’t hurt. The world is not falling apart. In fact, I have not noticed a single bad thing as a result of not logging. Do you know what happens…
There are things in life that we don’t have a choice about. Diabetes is, of course, one of those things. Gas prices and taxes are a couple others… I don’t like having diabetes. In fact, it quite honestly really sucks.…
That term means something to us pumpers – as in “disconnected” from our pumps. But, that’s not what I want to write about today. Instead I’m talking about the disconnect we have in one of our very basic bodily systems.…
One of those things. It’s usually just swept under the carpet until the pile of crap under the carpet is just too noticeable to be ignored. I don’t know what the current statistics are, but those dealing with a chronic…
If you take the last five or ten decisions you have made, everything from what to eat or drink to whether or not you should do something right now or later, and look at the matrix of just how many…
One of my favorite blogs to read is “aiming for grace“. I’ve talked about ada’s wonderful blog before. Not only are the photos she uses great, but the messages she delivers are even better. I was initially hooked on the…
Today I want to ramble on about motivation. I know that my motivation levels change a lot over a short period of time. Sometimes it’s a matter of hours. Other times it can be weeks or a month. I believe…
After it’s done, and I’ve either completely blown it out of the water with a panic-driven overeating session, or I’ve been able to stand my ground and treat with only as many carbs needed to get back to target, I…