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People have favourite locations to put their pump sites. Olivia is partial to her belly. I know dLife's very own newlywed, Kerri, loves to put sites in her thighs.

 

Over the weekend, while we were at the beach, Olivia decided to try a thigh site, even though she hasn't had much luck with them in the past. Most of the time, she rips them out because she forgets they're there when she takes off her jeans. But it's summer, she's in shorts and she thought she'd give it another try.

 

Sunday morning, we put a site in. Sunday was OK. She had a couple of highs, but they were in the low 200s and, of course, she'd forgotten to put her blood sugar in her pump once or twice, which is her ongoing issue.

 

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Yesterday I was crankier than usual. A lot crankier than usual. I mean, I was the poster child for "Woke up on the wrong side of the bed." At one point The Mr. looked at me and asked how I was doing.
"Eh, I'm aggravated," I said, eating something sweet.
"Why?"
"I don't know. I've been like this all day."
It's hard to know if I'm just having an off day or if something diabetes related is making me cranky. Used to be that being high made me cranky--especially around my kids. But not too long ago I learned that I can get awfully cranky when I'm low, too. That was a kick in the head!
Self management means so many different things. There are so many factors and variables to consider with diabetes. Since I was cranky, I immediately blamed myself and assumed I was high. But blood sugar check upon blood sugar checked revealed mostly normal numbers. I wasn't high nor low. (READ MORE)

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Some days, I really LOVE my insulin pump. On those days, I recognize the power of this life-saving device and I am grateful to have it at my side. On those days, when I'm not connected for a shower or exercise, I am acutely aware of its absence. (READ MORE)

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Having diabetes has many challenges as we all know. Exercising, eating right, checking our blood glucose levels, taking medicines, seeing doctors regularly, and so many more that I cannot even think of. We are busy bees.
One thing I have found as a major challenge is not losing my cool with people who maybe don't understand this disease so I would like to clear up a few things.
1. Not all people with type 1 diabetes are thin.
I am on a weight loss program right now and frankly, the only time I have ever been thin in my life was the year or so before I was diagnosed and was losing weight like crazy.
2. Not all people with type 2 are overweight.
This one drives me nuts. It is true that weight loss can help your chances of not getting diabetes but there are other factors too. I think of my uncle who had lung cancer but never smoked a day in his life. Same sort of a thing.
3. People who take insulin are not out of control. (READ MORE)

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Or; People Aren't As Bad As I Sometimes Think They Are.

My Dear Santa letter the other day was my usual somewhat sarcastic offering, something I tossed off as I was perusing the Salter scale website and lusting after that sweet, sex-ay model they have. I threw in the other two items to make up a list.

Someone on the TuDiabetes site saw it, though, and asked if she could buy the pump skins for Olivia. I was slightly embarrassed, hoping that no one mistook my usual snark-fest as actual requests for gifts. When she assured me that was not the case, that she just wanted to do something nice because "it's hard enough being a teenager with diabetes," I said yes.

The skins arrived today and Olivia wasted no time in having me apply one of them. The tie dyed one. It was, in her words "Sweet!" Which made me laugh.

It was a very nice early Christmas present. And she will be sending off a thank you email tonight.
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Or; People Aren't As Bad As I Sometimes Think They Are.

My Dear Santa letter the other day was my usual somewhat sarcastic offering, something I tossed off as I was perusing the Salter scale website and lusting after that sweet, sex-ay model they have. I threw in the other two items to make up a list.

Someone on the TuDiabetes site saw it, though, and asked if she could buy the pump skins for Olivia. I was slightly embarrassed, hoping that no one mistook my usual snark-fest as actual requests for gifts. When she assured me that was not the case, that she just wanted to do something nice because "it's hard enough being a teenager with diabetes," I said yes.

The skins arrived today and Olivia wasted no time in having me apply one of them. The tie dyed one. It was, in her words "Sweet!" Which made me laugh.

It was a very nice early Christmas present. And she will be sending off a thank you email tonight.
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Three days, or until the insulin is all used up - that is how long an OmniPod is to be worn for. Before pumping, I was unsure if the scheduled three day replacement interval was going to be a nuisance. I even pondered the idea of trying to sneak in an extra day on the pods- so long as there was enough insulin stowed away in them. Well, that notion, along with a little of my patience, consistently scurries away when I near the end of a pod cycle, and the three day itch sets in. (READ MORE)

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Happy New Year, dLifers! The Blogabetes bloggers have been saying their fond farewells to 2007 and welcoming the clean slate of 2008 - here are the highlights!
Julia admits that she doesn't normally make resolutions, but she is making one this year to log O's blood sugars.
Kim offers up her resolutions for 2008, which include blogging five times a week!
Scott reflects on a year of connecting with diabetes and highlights some of the diabetes hot-points in his 2007. (READ MORE)

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Olivia has caught the crud that's currently rampaging at our house. The two babies have had hacking coughs and boogery noses for a few days now and I've been feeling pretty funky, too. Yesterday Olivia started complaining of a sore throat and today I picked her up from school early because she wasn't feeling well.

Usually when she's sick, she just spikes, but this time, she's spiking and crashing a couple of times a day. I have no clue what to do in this case. Treat the highs and lows, I guess.

At least she's able to keep stuff down. When she gets a stomach virus, she tends to throw up a lot. I'm always paranoid about that with her - we've wound up in the ER more times than I can count in order to get IV fluids into her because she can't keep anything down.
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Olivia has caught the crud that's currently rampaging at our house. The two babies have had hacking coughs and boogery noses for a few days now and I've been feeling pretty funky, too. Yesterday Olivia started complaining of a sore throat and today I picked her up from school early because she wasn't feeling well.

Usually when she's sick, she just spikes, but this time, she's spiking and crashing a couple of times a day. I have no clue what to do in this case. Treat the highs and lows, I guess.

At least she's able to keep stuff down. When she gets a stomach virus, she tends to throw up a lot. I'm always paranoid about that with her - we've wound up in the ER more times than I can count in order to get IV fluids into her because she can't keep anything down.
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