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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: high blood sugars low insulin levels
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I spent the night at my mom's house on Saturday night so we could spend the day with the family. Before I left my apartment to head to her house, my pump alarmed "Low Reservoir." I threw some half empty bottles of insulin and the inserter into my overnight bag and set out the door to make the 1.5 hour drive.
My blood sugar had been rocky all day long. I'd forgotten to check my blood sugar before breakfast in a rush out the door that morning. About two hours after I'd bolused for breakfast, I clocked in at 201. I was fuzzy and tired.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Children Relationships Real Life
Tags: diabetes care team Family
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This weekend was a busy one. Typically we are busy folk. It seems there is always an event, party, meeting, or whatnot to attend. This weekend was no different.
I had a happy and successful start to Saturday with a loss on the old Weight Watchers scale. The weather was perfect which was both bitter and sweet since most of the country is having horrible weather. But living in Southern California has its definite pluses and minuses. The next stop was a friends Baby Shower in which all the guys were going to hang out at the house with the dad-to-be as the gals had the shower somewhere else. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Complications Emotions Real Life
Tags: hyperglycemia insulin pump stress
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Last Thursday was opening night for Godspell.
Our church has never done a musical before so being a part of it was special. I auditioned back in February and was hoping to get the John the Baptist role. In fact, I had been practicing that characters parts months before auditions.
My pastor (and director) felt that I should have another part. The lead. Jesus.
I was not excited at first. In fact, I was quite nervous and thought that I should be the LAST person to play Jesus. I am definitely not worthy but my pastor saw something I didn’t.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
Tags: frustration insulin insurance prescriptions responsibility
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I was busy. I thought it'd be here sooner. I just didn't take the time to think about it. The insurance company shouldn't be so slow. I have too many other things to handle. I'm still new to pumping so I haven't realized the increased needs. I couldn't really judge how much was left. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Real Life
Tags: beeping low reservoir pump settings school
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"We can’t have him beeping all day in class," I said.
It’s like I’m Anakin Skywalker sending R2D2 to his first day of android school.
"Yeah," Maeve mumbled, her mouth full of Cheerios.
"It would be distracting to everyone in the class."
I fumbled with Charlie’s pump settings, trying to figure out how to turn off the beeping from the low reservoir. I never could figure it out, though I did get it to vibrate momentarily.
"Ooh," Charlie said.
"Do that again."
Did I mention there’s a kid with type 1 who just entered kindergarten at the school?
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: insulin insulin pump
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Surely, I thought when Toohey beeped at me mid-morning, it was one of those random beeps that I couldn't explain. Maybe even a no-delivery message.
"LOW RESERVOIR" was not what I wanted to see. With my new job in a new city, my commute is no longer just four blocks. Now I'm an hour away from home. I can't just scoot out for a few minutes if I forget something.
I scrolled down; 7 units would barely get me through lunch. I kicked myself because this morning before I left for work I checked how many units I had and knew I wouldn't be able to make it through the day. I made a note to stick a reservoir and a bottle of Novolog in my purse so I could make the change this morning when I ran out.
Clearly, I forgot.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps
Tags: humor
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Here's another short scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory if Charlie had diabetes. I wrote this one a while ago and put it aside as it didn't make the final draft. I always thought the townpeople were a bit overly aggressive and mob-like. Throw diabetes into the mix and they just become cruel bastards.
(Charlie opens his Wonka Bar; there is the golden ticket!)
WOMAN #1: Hey, you've got it! You've got the last golden ticket! The diabetic kid found the last golden ticket! Hold it up, sonny, so we can see!
MAN A: It really is gold!
MAN B: Sort of ironic, no?
JOPECK: Stand back there. Leave the boy alone!
MAN B: Seriously, what are the odds of a kid with diabetes finding the last golden ticket?
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management CGMS guilt high blood sugar low blood sugar silly phrases
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I have not had good blood sugar the last four days. Watching the little blips on Dex go crazy high and then plummet below my "low" mark has been nerve wracking to say the least.
What did I eat? Did I not exercise enough? Did I overdo my exercise? Am I stressed? Is it hormones? Is my meter calibrated right? Did I calibrate Dex right? What did I eat? Did I forget to bolus? Did I miscalculate carbs?
What did *I* do?
The last four days I blamed myself for my roller coaster blood sugars. They were horrible, really. Highs so high and not responding to insulin. And then when those highs finally started coming down I felt comfortable enough to eat and my sugar would shoot back up. I think Dex woke me up most of those four nights.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: insulin insulin pump low reservoir
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This morning it was raining in Phoenix, Ariz. Seriously. It's been raining for days. Our company holiday party was yesterday afternoon and we had the remainder of the afternoon off. Which was nice, but didn't allow me to prepare for a meeting I had at 9 a.m. this morning.
I had planned to leave early this morning in order to make sure I had things in order for the meeting (that I was essentially running), but of course I was running nearly 20 minutes later than I had wanted to and expected to get to work almost on time instead of 30 minutes early. I had been rushing out so fast this morning that I didn't eat breakfast and didn't check my reservoir.
You can see where this is going, right?
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Real Life
Tags: infusion sets insulin pump Supplies
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This morning I woke up to my pump alarm yelling at me. I turned over and looked at the clock. Having over an hour before I needed to wake up I grabbed my pump and pressed the ESC and ACT buttons to kill the alarm and fell quickly back to sleep. I knew this morning was going to be an infusion set change day so I was not surprised, just annoyed.
No sooner did I go back to sleep that I heard the alarm again. Not normally when you clear the low reservoir alarm you have another 10 units of insulin worth before the alarm goes off again. I reached under the blankets and cleared the alarm again. I don't think I even achieved REM state before my alarm went off and I was up for good. Bummer. (READ MORE)
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