Finding a new endocrinologist has proven to be quite interesting. First, my insurance apparently doesn't have a whole lot of options in my area (or maybe my area doesn't have a whole lot of options in general), especially in the female category. I had about 4 choices, one of which I'm currently seeing.

If you hadn't heard, I decided to change my endo because of a recent mess up regarding my test strip prescription that has me scrambling for more strips to last three months. This was the straw that broke the camel's back after two appointments with her that just didn't go as I'd like. She is a competent doctor, but she isn't the kind of doctor that I'm looking for.

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It really is the little things in life that make everything worthwhile. It's a productive day at work or an awesome fasting number. It's the fact that payday is tomorrow or a movie with the boyfriend.

Sometimes I have to take a moment and remind myself of all these tiny things that make my life great and worth living. It's so easy to get pulled under with all the negativity around you. The news, work, and other people's problems. It's easy to get pulled under with my own negativity about diabetes or PCOS or whatever it is.

Today, I'm taking a moment to remind myself of these little things in my life and the moments that make me stop and smile:

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Last night, I participated in a DiabetesSisters' PODS meetup for the first time. I've seen them online and always wanted to join, but there hasn't been anything in my area and I'm not in a position to add anything to my plate right now. I noticed it on the list last week and spoke with the woman leading the group.

So I made the trek (it's about an hour's drive for me) to the meetup and enjoyed an hour and a half of diabetes related conversation (with a little life mixed in) with three other diabetic women. Three of us were type one and the other type two. Two other women are supposed to join next time (one of them being a friend of mine who I met at JDRF).

It was nice to just sit and talk about lows and highs and doctors and all that goes on. For DiabetesSisters, there are some "guidelines" supplied for these meetings. The facilitator goes through a training to even host the meeting.

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Last Thursday, I checked the mail to find my latest test strip order in my box. At first, I wasn't even sure what the package was as it was more an envelope and felt extremely light. When I usually get strips, I receive a pretty good sized box.

As I opened it, I saw three OneTouch boxes smushed and open. Good thing that strips aren't fragile. Three boxes shocked me. Generally, I get six to eight boxes for my three month supply. I thought that the prescription was for one month at first.

Then I looked at it more closely and noticed that it'd been filled for "3 blood sugar checks per day" and I could reorder on March 16 (meaning I'd get the order early April). I couldn't believe it. I still can't really even though I've been dealing with it for a week now.

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I don't really know what to think about my blood sugars since I changed the Lantus. Saturday night, I lowered it from 34 units to 33 to stop the drastic/constant lows that I was having. It's been three nights of that and I just can't see the outcome yet.

Sunday was okay. I woke up higher than I went to bed but I'd also eaten a snack without any bolus to cover. I ran in the 190 to 250 range through the day which was frustrating but I wasn't eating the best.

Monday, I woke up at 239 which was 20 points lower than I went to bed at (with no correction that night). I stayed in range for most of the day except for a spike to 287 and a slow decline that bounced from 199 to 237. The 287 was my fault as I missed a bolus for a low carb snack in the afternoon thinking that I was dropping low (I had the feeling but not the numbers to back it up).

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This weekend ended way too quickly and I'm very ready for the coming one. Marvin was out of town last week so I decided to make the drive to my mom's and visit with her over the weekend. I miss her beyond all belief and wish that both our schedules made it easier to make the 4 hour drive.

We chatted for awhile on Friday night since I arrived pretty late. Saturday, I battled all those low blood sugars but ended the day with dinner and a movie with my mom and a blood sugar of 157. I cut the Lantus down that night and woke up at 176 (I did eat a snack without bolusing the night before).

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