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Categories: Type 2 Highs & Lows Fitness Real Life
Tags: bicycling crash emergency rooms Training
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. There's not a cyclist, serious or casual, who has never crashed or wiped out. There's not a person who's never crashed on a training ride. At high speed. Going downhill.
Wednesday night it happened to me.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications Fitness Real Life
Tags: crash exercise skating sunshine
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Having played roller hockey for many years now, I have acquired a lot of hours on my inline hockey skates. Well, after two rink closures this past year, I have had some gaps in my playing time. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: crash drug side effects fainting hospital recovery
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The week following my bicycle crash was spent going through varius stages of the "human Holstein effect" -- large, colorful bruises that mimicked the black-and-white markings of that particular breed of cattle, but in colors reminiscent of tattoos from the 1950's. While most of the bruising has faded, I'm still dealing with three bumps on my left arm and...
It could have been worse.
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: Bad Days emotions Good Days lows
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Some days, my diabetes control is like a sleek, hot-pink BMX. It takes me for smooth, yet daring rides and lets me, in the words of Napoleon Dynamite "take it off some sweet jumps."
What's great is having several of those days in a row - as I've had lately. Only two or three bloodsugars out of range - and even those were mere blips - a 62, a 159... Nothing outrageous. That's when I start to get comfortable. I settle in for the ride, enjoy the air on those jumps. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications In the News Fitness Real Life
Tags: bicycling death exercise heart attack loss team type 1
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While my primary cycling fandom allegiance is to Team Type 1, since our household worships at the shrine of La Grande Boucle, you'll often find me streaming the day's race video on my computer, or when Versus or Universal Sports covers it, on the TV. So it was this morning, as the first of the three Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia, played out its third stage.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: depression
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I’ve found myself emotionally exhausted lately. Mostly the last week. I primarily assumed it was because I’ve been at the ready being Nurse Michelle for The Mr. since he returned home from having gastric bypass surgery. There were several nights that I was up at least twice helping him to the bathroom or changing a bandage. I slept lightly those nights. And when he said he needed me, I was right there.
I tended to his needs during the day, too. Happily. But trying to take care of an adult, three children and yourself can be emotionally taxing. And me without sleep just is no good. And then there’s the part that’s like a blood sugar crash: you are so “on” for so long that a crash is inevitable.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: college life depression
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The past week has been intense, to say the least. I had three midterms, two of which I didn't feel prepared for up until about 5 minutes before the exam. And one of those was canceled so now I'm looking at three this week despite doing all the work for three last week. On top of that, I have homework assignments and meetings and bills due.
But the topper is that my leg infection from last week is no where near better. It actually got much worse Wednesday through Thursday. It finally started healing a little on Friday, but turned into an incredibly painful sore over the weekend. So now, I'm heading to the doctor bright and early in the morning hoping that isn't as serious as it feels.
Between the busy schedule and the infection, my blood sugars have been way too high. I even raised my Lantus today to combat the elevated glucose. Unfortunately, the crash that I was expecting didn't come in the form of blood sugars.
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It's been a long time since I've done one of these. In the past, I've wondered how certain movies would be different if the central character had diabetes. We've covered Luke Skywalker, Charlie Bucket, The Grinch, George Bailey and the shark from Jaws.
Why hasn't Pixar created any characters with diabetes? What would it be like if Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story had diabetes? We pick up our story in Andy's room. Buzz has just arrived.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Fitness Real Life
Tags: complications Endocronologist weight loss
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In two weeks I have my next endo appointment scheduled and I am already nervous.
I am eating like it is going out of style and my increase of mass is proof positive! At work I am constantly munching on anything I can get my hands on and continue with it when I get home! I feel like I will never get back on track with Weight Watchers. I feel so far gone.
And because of all the poor food choices my blood sugars have paid the price. I keep running high all day to only crash in the middle of the night. I feel out of wack and completely out of control.
So now I have to face the music with my endocrinologist and frankly I don’t want to.
I want to ditch.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: depression
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I was talking to a friend of mine today over email about the whole bipolar thing. She told me I was pretty brave to have put it all out there for the world to see. It didn't feel brave when I wrote it, but I guess in a way it was.
The stigma surrounding depression is lessening. More people are being diagnosed and getting help and being vocal about it. But bipolar is a whole different beast. And I think there are still a lot of misconceptions about it. Enough that it did take me almost two months to write about it here. Enough that I did hesitate before I told too many people because I didn't want to be looked at differently. I didn't want to be the "crazy lady."
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