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Eat dinner no later than five pm and fast until seven am. Perform five blood sugar checks throughout the night. Fast until twelve pm, six pm or ten pm. Check your blood sugar every two hours. Does this sound familiar?
You guessed it. Basal tests. My least favorite thing about the pump.
I hate having to eat at a required time (and worrying about what I eat to make sure there isn't a huge delay). I hate having to check my blood sugar every two hours. I find it a little frightening to fast for that many hours at a time. Plus, I just hate fasting (I like to eat when I'm hungry). (READ MORE)

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It's Spring break. The kids are home from school and the sun is shining (well, not really, but just go with it). Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Yeah, I know it's crazy, but hey, it's Spring Break. You're only young once. Let's get a little wild!

 

I'm talkin' one full week of all-inclusive, inverted, unadulterated, topless …

 

BASAL TESTING!

 

Woo-hoo! Par-tay!

 

How awesome is this gonna be? Charlie will get the full Spring Break experience. Unlimited Jell-O shots; binge testing; zany contests to see how long he can go without eating. It will be like being in Cabo San Lucas only from the comfort of our own home.

 

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Sometimes, as strangers walk by, you hear just a word or two that raises your antenna. When I commuted to New York City for a short time, I collected these words as people darted passed me on crowded streets. I jotted down what I heard in a journal, wondering how bits of random people’s conversations would sound if merged together. It was sort of interesting.

 

It may have been something like:

 

Chicago at 4:20. I'm going to get a second opinion. That bitch betta not be there. God bless.

 

At the ice skating rink on Saturday, I was taking off Ben’s skates when two lanky teenage boys and two girls walked by.

 

"Wait," one of the girls said.

 

"My testing crap!"

 

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Creep into the room quietly. Like a shadow.
Place testing supplies down gently beside the bed.
Don't stir the child. Avoid strong lighting. Use only enough to see what you're doing. I recommend a candelabra.
Tell the person playing the spooky pipe organ music to knock it off. It's not helping.
Gently pry his warm, sweaty fingers from underneath his pillow like they're bones guarded by a sleeping bulldog.
Inspect his fingers like a bad poker hand and discard each one until you find one you can use. (READ MORE)

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It's not like we're pressuring Charlie to begin testing himself. Whenever he is ready to take on that responsibility is fine with us.  But it honestly seems like it's never going to happen. He has no desire to take the reins. I remember feeling the same way when we went through potty training with him. It took forever.

 

I figured he'd be 18 years old, on his back in the living room – legs up in the air - holding moist baby wipes and rash ointment while a girl named Amanda waited in the dining room dressed in cap and gown, flicking cigarette ash into a paper cup. "Mom! C'mon! Are you gonna change my diaper or what!!! We're gonna miss graduation!"

 

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While driving to a funeral in the Catskill Mountains yesterday, I called home and Susanne said "don't ask."

 

Charlie has been terribly high lately. I stared ahead at the cars on Route 17 and a valley of farmlands in the distance and responded sarcastically after getting the wretched numbers out of her.

 

"Fantastic."

 

The highs at school have been affecting Charlie emotionally in the last few days. With a blood sugar of 370, he had to skip the munchkins from the first of two in-class birthday parties. He had sugar-free Jell-O instead and was on the edge of losing it.

 

The kids were being rowdy and loud after the teacher had asked for quiet time.

 

"The ones who are still talking should stand up and go get a slip," Mrs. R said firmly.

 

Only one kid stood up.

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Up and down. That's the way it's been lately. Numbers are up, numbers are down, nothing is making sense, patterns are confusing, emotions are frustrating. I've seen some wildly high numbers in the past week or two that are completely blowing my mind. Go to bed at 109 mg/dl, but wake up at 5 am in the 300's.
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When testing Charlie’s blood sugar in public, there was a time when I would crouch down in a semi-secluded corner of the store and prick his finger to avoid full-on display of bloodshed. Not so much anymore. While using some gift cards at Best Buy the other day, Charlie said he felt low. The diabetes bag folds open quite nicely on the DVD shelving while curious shoppers look on. I had it wedged between Night at the Museum and Star Trek, I believe.

 

Maybe I should collaborate on the Zagat guide to the top public places to test your child’s blood sugar in.

 

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"Yeah, I'll do it," Maeve said, quickly unzipping the black diabetes bag and removing the contents onto her lap.
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
She was a little too eager to get her hands on a sharp foreign object and take blood from her little brother. Maeve cracked open an alcohol wipe and rubbed Charlie's fingertip then loaded the meter with a test strip, deftly juggling the instruments. She had never done it before, but she's witnessed it , (one sec whilst I do a little math) , about 17,500 times. It's an unusual thing for an 8-year-old to do. Not your normal car trip activity such as I Spy or the license plate game.
"Just put the striped part into the ..."
"Uh huh. I know." (READ MORE)

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"What's the best diabetes advice you've ever been given," Kerri asked the other day.

 

As a health writer, one of the perks of my job is that I get to talk to experts. One of the questions I often ask is, "What is the best advice you'd give someone with diabetes?"

 

And of all the interviews I have done, I think the best response came from Linda Dale, RN, CDE, Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Outpatient Diabetes Eduction Program at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center. The article was about testing your blood sugar.

 

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