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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: blood glucose management blood sugar control diabetes goals insulin resistance tight control World Diabetes Day
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The first week in August marked the start of the 2010 run of the New York Renaissance Faire, an event in which the most popular exhibitions involve aiming long, pointy objects at impossibly small, circular targets. Whether it's an 8-foot-long lance hooking a three-inch-diameter ring, or a 26" arrow aimed at a bull's eye 100 yards away, or a sword or spear looking to unhinge a 1/2"-diameter ring of chain-mail armour, these are impressive displays of marksmanship and control -- kind of like trying to keep one's blood glucose levels between the mythical "102" and "104" (mg/dl) of glucometer-packaging displays, regardless of what one eats and when. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: ABC-DEF Freedom Not about diabetes
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Today, I'll write about freedom. The letter f.
I really don't feel like writing about diabetes today. I don't feel like thinking about it. I don't feel like testing or bolusing. I will, of course, test and bolus, because as much as I'd like a break, I value my health and the feeling of well-being and well, being alive that infused insulin brings me...
But today, I'm going to share another piece of writing. To remind myself that it isn't all about diabetes. My life, that is. My existence. My writing. None of these things are all about diabetes. And I hope that by sharing something else here, someone else will realize the same. That your life is not all about diabetes, despite the fact that it seems to take up so much room. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
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* This just in from the Potash Research Facility. In a five-day study involving the consumption of Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal for breakfast, one patient (Charlie) demonstrated postprandial blood glucose levels that - in scientific terms - didn't suck. Glucose levels peaked at about 200 mg/dl, a marked reduction from the postprandial effect of blueberry waffles. Chief Scientist Susanne Potash observed positive results in four out of five days. The patient's reaction, however, after being told that he'd be having more Mini-Wheats and less blueberry waffles for breakfast, did suck.
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Categories: Highs & Lows Complications Fitness Real Life
Tags: blood glucose testing exercise hypoglycemia
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The other night two of my buddies and I met up for a night of Racquetball and dinner together. This, like Disc Golf, has become a new obsession with me. It is yet another way for me to find a fun way to exercise. I think about playing all day long! It truly has become an obsession.
My favorite thing about Racquetball is the amount of sweat I produce. When you are exercising and sweating, you just know that you are doing something positive. Albeit, I am usually short of breath, slow to get to the ball, rarely win a game, and take breaks often, I still cannot get enough. Each time we play I find I can play harder longer. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: diabetes mantras night lows treating lows
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I woke up at six this morning to sweaty sheets, shaking and that feeling in my stomach. I checked my blood sugar: 48. I attempted to swing my legs out of bed, but couldn't find the strength. So I grabbed the emergency kit under my bed and downed the glucose tabs. I think I ended up eating eight or nine of them. I wasn't really counting. I was telling myself, "Eat the sugar. Don't pass out." Not at all concerned about the blood sugar after treating the low. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: CGMS diagnosis insulin pump Serious Talks
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In the last several weeks at work I've gotten two "Is that your phone?" comments about Dex, one "Is that your pager?" comment about Toohey and one "I think we just violated HIPPA" comment. Oh, and two very long, in-depth conversations about diabetes, pumps and continuous glucose monitors. It's interesting how much of this information had become visceral to me... I found myself explaining things I hadn't thought I would need to but realized that basic diabetes knowledge is not so common.
Actually, I take that back. Some people know enough about diabetes to be dangerous, but what they have no clue about is pumps and CGM. Which is fine. In fact, today I told a co-worker after a lengthy conversation about how the pump and the CGM work that I don’t mind talking about it. I clarified by saying as long as I wasn’t being judged and people who were asking questions were willing to accept that I am the expert.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: low blood sugar
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It woke me up just before 2 a.m.
I was uncomfortable and confused; hot.
The Mr. was sleeping soundly next to me, but I didn't have the strength to shake him awake.
My heart was pounding like a cartoon character in love -- in and out of my chest.
I felt like I was hyperventilating.
Finally awake and aware of what was happening to me, I eyed my meter; it was just an arm's length away but felt so, so far.
I tried to reach for it, but my arms flopped around like the bones and muscles had been removed.
So tired. I just wanted to sleep. I felt like a coma.
The Mr. was still sleeping and I still didn't have the strength to shake him awake.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Complications Fitness Real Life
Tags: blood glucose management blood glucose testing CGMS exercise glucometers hyperglycemia hypoglycemia research
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Don't go swimming right after eating lest you drown. -- Advice to schoolchildren, circa 1970.
When our gradeschool teachers started teaching us the basics of physiology, they taught us that blood brought oxygen and nutrients to our brains, our digestive systems (simplified to "stomachs"), and our limbs, and that these three systems were constantly battling for better allocation of resources.
According to our teachers, our brains always won out because they had to control the rest of our bodies.
Our legs came second, for survival reasons. The concepts of "adrenaline rush" and "fight or flight" were simplified to our grade level.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Emotions In the News Real Life
Tags: blood glucose management blood glucose testing blood sugar testing diabetes in public employment insurance sharing twitter
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On Tuesday, Brian Bosh (@bosh) tweeted, "Do you (as a #diabetic) avoid publicly announcing extreme blood sugars for fear of discrimination regarding future coverage? #bgnow private."
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Food Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: diabetes care eating out friends genetics high blood pressure low blood sugar lows post-meal
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Every morning, I weigh myself, check my blood pressure, and test my blood glucose. The latter two measurements are checked on various occasions throughout the day -- moreso the glucose than the pressure, even though my only prescription medications are for my blood pressure rather than my blood glucose. There is a range for each that I consider "safe". When the ambient temperature drops, Raynaud's kicks in, and with it, the risk of hypothermia. Unfortunately, three of those parameters -- blood pressure, blood glucose, and body temperature -- have a common symptom when they drop below the safety zone. That symptom is shakiness.
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