I know, I know – I shouldn’t have led you on with that title. I know you’re all anxiously awaiting my side of the story from my dietician appointment. Well, it hasn’t happened yet. It was scheduled for the 15th,…
It seems like such a very strange thing to be looking at. I was diagnosed in April of 1980. How can one not have completely accepted diabetes after so many years? How can that be? Is it even possible? But…
This picture was taken with the highest quality camera phone (note the heavy sarcasm) available. We are looking at a very common scene that exists almost anywhere I spend a bit of time. This photo in particular is my desk…
I’m beginning to think that the issue is the quantity of insulin infused rather than the amount of time the new site is being used. For this set change, I tried yet another suggestion, which was to take my breakfast…
Well, I had me a scary sick day today. I woke up for work and as I started getting ready I felt a little off. It wasn’t my blood sugar, because I checked that first thing after waking up. I…
I am working to pay closer attention to my “unconscious eating habits”. Trying to determine certain “trigger” events, and what other circumstances are often involved with my eating. One thing I have realized is that for me – junk food…
At least, not at my day job. Seriously though. I played basketball last night, hurt leg and all, and on second thought – it was probably not a very good idea. I stretched, took ibuprofen, warmed up for a long…
I was thinking yesterday about how my basketball days (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) are pretty much automatic for getting my exercise in. The next thought that came into my head was “boy, I sure hope I don’t get hurt or…
Sometimes I feel like I’m taking time off work every week for some sort of diabetes related appointment. It’s not really that frequent, but it just feels that way. In many ways I’m very fortunate in my work to have…
I’m still fighting my set changes. This is something that has been a thorn in my side for a long time, and it’s been hard for me to pound out all the variables and get some steady consistent testing figured…
Take a look at that nice flat line staying in my target range for hours on end. Doesn’t that look nice? I mean, what more could you ask for?? How about an accurate reflection of what really happened with my…
It is always hard to start the day off with a crappy number. Lows I can deal with Ok (most of the time – IF I can avoid the rebound thing), but highs seem to start me off on an…
What do you get when you get home from work, scarf down a bunch of leftovers, and take a wild guess at how many carbs you ate? Yes, you guessed it – what do they say? Garbage In, Garbage Out?…
The non-diabetic body is always checking the blood sugar level and making little adjustments. The most accurate way we have to express “always” would be to say once every second. So there are 60 seconds in a single minute, and…
I hear that doctors that review logbooks actually don’t mind seeing little bloodspots on the pages. It lets them know that the person is really testing their blood sugars and logging them. I was leaking like crazy, and didn’t…
A recent post by Penny over at my son has diabetes mentioned test strips and how they are everywhere. Even somehow following her husband to work! She’s right – these things are everywhere!! It made me think of a couple…
I have logged pretty consistently lately. I’m using the “Smart Charts” or “My Other CheckBook”. The upper part of the page is a line graph, where you can plot your BG’s for each hour, and there are spots for basal…
I got my delivery of Girl Scout Cookies today!! And for the record, one sleeve of Thin Mints is 90 grams of carbs and 700 calories. I’ve been trying to give them away all day, but I must admit that…
Another thing that the therapist and I talked about was looking at the payoffs rather than the deprivation that is commonly associated with changing habits. For example, take my good nights rest vs. PDA/smartphone action plan. What are the payoffs…
You would all be proud of me. I tried something new for breakfast the other day. I had a serving of scrambled “Egg Beaters” (basically egg whites), with one slice of american cheese (the heavily processed variety), in a whole…