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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: am I to blame blood sugars guilt shame
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Over the weekend, I had a low blood sugar in the middle of the night that left me feeling like I had been beaten soundly and left in a ditch. (Covered in petrol, a la Eddie Izzard.)
It was a strange experience, though, because the "low hangover" feeling was neatly accompanied by a feeling of guilt. This low wasn't one that came out of no where and smacked up upside the head. This low was the result of a miscalculation while I was at dinner. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: complications cures depression high blood sugars
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My blood sugar is currently at 384. I just stare at the number. My mind trying not to fathom what those digits represent. I checked my blood sugar because I wanted to enjoy the cookie that I saved from dinner. Now I stare at this cookie, taunting me, telling me how my life is going to be. It looks so yummy with its million chocolate chips and golden brown hue. But those numbers tell me that my cookie will have to wait. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Children Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: events fears life memories your thoughts
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Just the other day I was speaking with a group of co-workers about different life changing events in the life of someone with diabetes. As we sat there and talked about it I began to reflect on my own. I thought about the different times in my life such as diagnosis time, school, relationships, complications, and work. All things that every person living with diabetes can relate to, or will eventually deal with.
Where were you when you were diagnosed? What were you doing that day or at that particular time in your life? Were you at work? Were you at school? Did you go into a coma or diabetic ketoacidosis? Was your vision so blurry, that like me, you realized you couldn't see the picture on the t.v.?
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
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To The Woman Staring:
You can look away now. We mean you and your family no harm. We come in peace. I assure you, the soft, black case with little rockets on it we are unzipping and spreading open does not contain materials to construct plastic explosives. You can look away. The boy is safe. We are not trying to hurt him. You are not witnessing a public display of cloning. I promise you. My wife is merely testing my son's blood sugar. It's something we do quite often. If you must know, he's 268. Surely you've seen blood before. Haven't you? Because, I have to say, you are looking at us right now like we're a decomposing octopus.
Seriously lady! Why don't you take a picture? It lasts longer. No, really, grab your camera. Quick! You can still get the blood in mid-drip. Do your kids want to get in the picture? There's some room in front. Just crouch down a bit. OK, smile everyone! CHEEEEEEEEESE!
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: college life emergency preparedness parents of diabetic children
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The day that I moved out of my mom's house, my mom cried the entire way home from my new apartment. Not only was she losing her daily companion, but she was scared. All moms get scared when their kids move out, of course. But moms of diabetics have a completely different perspective.
She had seen me have two seizures before. She'd been there when I blacked out in the grocery store when moments earlier I was feeling fine. She'd driven me to the emergency room when I was sick, in fear of DKA. She'd watched me grow up with this disease, in the highs and lows, quite literally.
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Categories: Type 1 Emotions Real Life
Tags: falsely accused feelings Justice system lens of life opinions thoughts
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It’s been one of those days, the type of day where you just want to get some things off your chest (or mind). I wrote my last blog about television. I said some strong things; I got out some strong feelings. But they were heartfelt at the time, and looking back, I still feel strongly about what I said. TV sucks. It’s not natural. Their are a few things on occasion that are worth watching; sometimes you can catch something on that is educational or good for the soul. TV CAN be used as a good medium, or tool for our health. Sometimes, you see something you connect with or that gets you fired up, but in a good way. Tonight, for example, I watched a documentary on Netflix called, “Mario’s Story.”
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: facebook
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Is there really any point in telling old classmates and acquaintances who friend me on Facebook about Charlie's diabetes? "Friends" that I haven't spoken to in over 15 years and won't again for another 20?
Holy crap! Stacey Winter! Been a long time. Five kids! Wow, congrats! So cute! My son has diabetes. How are you?
No, that's no good.
John Haust! No way! How crazy is Facebook? I see you still have a mullet. Nice! Did you hear about Stacey Winter? Seven kids! Insane! My 7-year-old son's pancreas is broken so we need to prick him with needles all day and count his Cheerios. How are you?
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Women's Issues Real Life
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Things have been busy lately. And they are about to get even busier. I've been working on the scrapbook from my Europe trip. I'm still applying for jobs and researching my move. Plus I've had the odds and ends of having a life, a family, and friends...like my brother buying his first house, my best friend leaving for 5 weeks, and helping my mom with a volunteer case.
So once again, it's one of those times that I've let diabetes slide into the backseat unnoticed. Instead of sitting down with my logbook and actually recalling the details, I'm guilt-ridden when I glance at it. I'm not even sure what kind of insulin to carb ratio I'm using. It was supposed to be 1:8 and maybe I've done that but I just can't seem to recall. My brain is just not in diabetes mode.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Real Life
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It's been quite a busy week. And I am totally exhausted. Emotionally charged, physically spent, and mentally frayed. But with all the busy-ness and the exhaustion, it's been a pretty splendid week.
Monday, I made the four and a half hour drive across (part of) Texas for a job interview. It was for a patient advocate position, which I was pretty excited about. It seemed like something that totally fit me and would drive to me to great things. But as I started thinking and preparing for the interview, I just wasn't sure it was the right job for me right now. The location was really bothering me (in the general area I want, but about an hour from where I want to live).
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Women's Issues Real Life
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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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