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I had a very curious and unexpected conversation at work recently. An amusing person that I work with, who I'll refer to as "The Random Talker", will pour out mouthfuls of directionless information at the drop of a hat. I'm talking about a totally un-sequestered menagerie of anomalous comments. This time, however, something struck home with me and we had a more meaningful, if not still awkward conversation.
Random: "Sometimes I get really angry and confused when I don't eat enough"
Me: "Oh really, I know the feeling,"
Random: "I become hypoglycemic, but I bet you don't know what that is, do you?"
Me- (Sounding like a know it all): "Ya, your blood sugar drops, and you can get sweaty, hungry, nervous, jittery, not a good feeling" (READ MORE)

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*sigh* My endo/nurse practitioner wants me to log blood sugars. Grrrroan. She said she wants random numbers, which I can't see how in the world would actually be useful to someone. (That drives me nuts, by the way, when a doctor tells a patient to log randomly. How can you get the whole picture if the patient gives you a breakfast reading one day, a bedtime reading the next? But I digress.)

 

So I printed out more of my home-made log sheets, three-hold punched them and put them with my other half-filled out log sheets in the pretty pink three-ring binder I bought probably close to two years ago during my last I'm-serious-about-logging attempt.

 

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As a young twenty-something, I'm very in tune with my inner Facebook(er). So I've noticed the trend of posting 25 random things about yourself, although I haven't quite given into it yet. However, I decided after this 25 random things post to create my own 25 random diabetes things.

 

So here's my 25 Random Things About My Life With Diabetes:

 

1. Diabetes is sometimes the best thing that's happened to me.

2. It's also often the worst.

3. I rarely follow any type of diabetes diet, although I'm sure it'd help my control.

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These last few days have been mind boggling. I have no idea what is going on with my blood sugars. Mostly, I'm running high, although there are several lows thrown in there too. Most of them don't have any kind of reasoning to them at all. And I'm torn between being extremely frustrated that my progress is now out the window or being exhausted and just not caring anymore.

 

Last night, I enjoyed a sub sandwich and a diet Sprite. I started out at 140 but soared to a crazy 319 a few hours later. I know that I bolused fairly close to the carbs in my sandwich, so my only guess is that the Sprite wasn't so diet after all. So I bolused for the 319 expecting to come down in the morning. (By the way, I've eaten many a sub sandwich and never had this problem.)

 

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I must admit that I’m sort of a Facebook freak who would like to update her status with just about every random thought I have. Since that would make me look like a complete weirdo, I’ve put every random diabetes thought that I’ve had in roughly the last 24 hours in this post for your reading pleasure.
 

Michelle had a fasting under 100 for the first time in ages.
 

Michelle is working really hard to make sure her fastings are low enough that she can walk in the mornings.
 

Michelle still hasn’t figured out the best walking/basal rate balance.
 

Michelle pumped her fists in excitement when her bedtime reading and fasting were exactly the same.
 

Michelle knows this soft pretzel will kill her blood sugar, but she wants to eat it anyway.
 

Michelle is not as sore from walking today as she was yesterday.
 

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When it comes to high blood sugar, I tend to think there are two different types. Those unfair, random ones that leave you guessing what happened. And the other ones, the ones you deserve.

 

Last night, I had a high that I deserved. Without a doubt, I deserved it.

 

In preparation for the next pregnancy (the thought of which leaves me in alternating states of excitement and sheer panic), my blood sugar goals are tight: 80 to 120. Pretty sure I'm not pregnant yet, I won't freak out if I'm 130 or 140 or even 150. But when I hit 200 last night, I knew I had to correct it.

 

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Right now, I'm staring at my logbook trying to decide what changes I need to make and what else I want to try with all this. This past week has been a bit rocky so my averages are all over the place. Mostly, they're high. At least higher than I want them to be. So while I'm staring at my book, I'm trying to piece together this last week and figure out what is going on with these numbers.

 

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The past week has been terrible on my blood sugars. I'm scared that I have/had another ovarian cyst. It seems to be pointing in that direction, or else my insulin and whole life has gone bad.

 

For about a week, my blood sugars have been high to no avail (well, about 3 numbers below 185 in 5 days). I've been stuck in the 200-260 range and I'm incredibly frustrated. Because it seems like there is nothing that I can do about it.

 

I've used extra Humalog and Lantus the last few days, but still nothing except for a random drop to 121 Friday that soared back to the 200's within a few hours. I've worked out several times this week, which usually causes a decided drop for a little while. And I've tried to watch my food intake by avoiding "bad" foods and relying on the foods I know don't prove a challenge to my averages.

 

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In this post I will rant and rave in a way I don’t think I ever have about something that when I look back at this post in about 20 minutes may see incredibly trivial. Or not.
 

Seriously, what is the logic behind checking my blood sugar at the endocrinologists office? Not *me* checking my sugar, but the nurse checking it during the course of blood pressure, weight, pulse, etc.
 

I mean really, for them it’s a totally random time to check someone’s sugar. They never ask when I ate last or when I last bolused. What is the reason for this?
 

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Runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, coughing, congestion.

 

Most people who read this set of symptoms think, "common cold" or today, "rhinovirus". But it also describes the symptoms suffered by many with seasonal or other allergies.

 

The general term is "histamine reaction" — and while these symptoms don't describe all histamine reactions (hives, localized swelling, and/or general bloating can also be present in a histamine reaction) — the correct diagnosis should be histamine reaction until an underlying cause (allergies, rhinovirus, influenza, etc.) is determined.

 

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