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.…
Tonight I’ve been thinking about Kerri’s post back in September about being hungry. And I’m hungry tonight. I feel weird, like my blood sugar is low – but I’ve been steadily at around 110 mg/dl for the last hour or…
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…
Due to some bad decisions and poor timing, my blood sugar is at 337 mg The bad decisions have to do with a co-worker bringing in some more goodies, and me deciding to eat some! The poor timing has to…
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…
I was running a basal test Friday morning. Starting at 6am, and testing every hour until noon. No food, no bolus, no variables (or were there?). 6:00 – 94 mg/dl – wow! I’m actually near my target! Good job Scott!…
There is a simple fact facing me. This fact is, I believe, the root cause of many of the things I struggle with around my diabetes control. I am fighting this fact tooth and nail. Even though I can clearly…
Ok, I have been busy ALL week – not even having time to read all my favorite D-blogs. I’ve spent the last couple hours trying to catch up with everyone’s lives, and I’m making progress. I think I’ve only got…
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 know that this is going to completely shatter whatever “mental image” you may have of me. Yes folks, that is a tattoo, and yes, that is really my arm. I’m big on symbols. Certain images convey to me a…
I did everything that I am supposed to do, according to what I’ve been told. I followed all of the “rules”. I counted all of the carbs. I checked my blood sugar. I did all of the math. (68g carbs…
I know that it has been a while since I last posted. And I do feel some obligation to get something new out there – self imposed, I know, but I still feel it. I sat down tonight to try…
Hello everyone! I really appreciate all of your support to my last post. I can’t tell you how meaningful it is to me. I think the OC is the best thing I’ve found since my insulin pump. You all are…
Is it just me, or is there a lot of emotion floating around the OC lately? I thought it was just me, but then I sat down tonight to catch up on some posts, and I was just struck by…
I’m looking for some opinions here. If you have something more concrete than an opinion, that’s even better. I have a story to share, but I don’t have time to post about it right now. But due to the events…
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…
Many of you may or may not know that I’m in Minnesota. More specifically in the city of Minneapolis. You know, the one that people always pronounce “MinneaNApolis” (No – this is not INDIANAPOLIS, thank you). I have many PWD’s…
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.…