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I started composing this post yesterday while I was flat on my back. However, the powerful drugs my doctor had me take for my severe back pain literally knocked me out.
It started yesterday morning as I was getting ready for work. I squatted down to get a new infusion set and my Quickserter out of my supply bucket, and wham my lower back completely seized up. I thought it was just a little spasm, but no matter what position I was in, my back hurt. (When I screamed and fell on the floor, No. 3 (who is 2) came running and asking, "You OK, Mom?" And then saying, "Es OK, Mom. Es OK, Mom.") I was able to make it to the bed--supplies in hand since I had removed my set before my shower.
My fasting yesterday was 144. I was in so much pain, that I knew it would affect my sugar. An hour after my fasting, I had shot up to 196. Nothing like a little stress to make your blood sugar go wild. (READ MORE)

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This weekend, my wife and I attended a wedding for one of her cousins.
I am not sure what it is but I dread attending weddings. It is like going to the dentist or having to file my taxes. I know I have to go but I really REALLY don't want to.
Unlike the other two examples, I usually leave a wedding having had a good time. This wedding was no exception.
I am not really into all the flowery stuff and decorations but I must say, it was one of the nicest weddings I have ever been to as far as their decor. I know guys, it is not the manly thing to point out but that is what was amazing! It really was nice.
The bride's bouquet was made up of what looked like 5 dozen roses which looked really cool and the centerpieces at the tables we really classy looking. It made me feel bad for not being as "into" all this stuff when we got married but oh well. Maybe that stuff comes with age. (READ MORE)

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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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I don't remember being diagnosed. I don't remember being scared or angry. I don't remember the first shots or finger pricks. I hear stories sometimes, but those are rarely mentioned. I imagine how my little four-year-old self might react to learning about diabetes, but come up short most of the time.

 

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Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, I had two bad lows. First was a 32, second hit 39. Both without warning and without any telling symptoms beforehand. I treated them and came up fine.

 

But last night, I started dinner at 108 (I'd been holding steady around there since 4pm despite a carb heavy meal). Within an hour and a half of a full-on Mexican meal, I was 90. I'd even delayed the bolus until about half an hour after finishing since Mexican food usually takes awhile to absorb (something about corn tortillas and high fat).

 

I didn't want to treat the 90 yet in case the food was going to start hitting. So I went to Wal-Mart with the guy I'm dating...keeping a careful watch over the way I was feeling. Generally, just weak. The effects of too much insulin and not enough glucose.

 

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I had my follow up appointment with my gynecologist today, following the laparascopy that I had back in the middle of November. He showed me the pictures of every lower abdominal organ...apparently quite pleased with my overall anatomy and "beautiful" blood vessels. Talk about a man who loves his job!

 

Dr. B (who I simply will not quit raving about) found and removed a small spot of endometriosis (or what he assumes is that considering it was actually quite microscopic) in the cul-de-sac between my uterus and cervix. I'm really pleased to hear this because that's the precise spot that I felt the pain most and the spot that I knew there had to be something weird about. He also removed some scar tissue on or near my colon (this was less exciting so I stopped paying as much attention). He wasn't sure if this was from a virus, endometriosis, or some random body oddity.

 

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Last Friday, I'd spent the day studying physics and packing my apartment. There was a lot on my mind...boys, school, the future, and my body. I'd been dealing with mega water retention that entire week. And I was so disgusted with my body.

 

I hadn't run in a week, so I decided to hop on the treadmill for a mile or two. To drench myself in sweat and forget there was a world outside the treadmill bubble. I ran, hard, thinking of graduate schools and the park trails of northern Texas. It was the kind of run where my mind leaves and my muscles take over.

 

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No. 1 has had a mole on his lower back -- right on his pants line -- for as long as I can remember. It started as a freckle and gradually got bigger. Like the size of a nickle big.

 

A couple years ago we took him to a dermatologist to see if we should be concerned about it and/or if there's anything we should do about it. It didn't look suspicious and the doctor said the only reason to take it off would be if it was bothering him. As she described the procedure to take it off the blood drained from No. 1's face. He was totally not interested.

 

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