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In the past three nights, I've seen the same diabetes pattern. At 10:30pm, I suddenly drop. All three times have been a little over an hour after a meal and roughly seven hours after my afternoon Lantus injection. I stay low for a few hours and after several treatments, I pop up to the 140 range (or the 200s like last night).

 

I'm extremely frustrated by this. The lows are definitely taking their toll on my body, as usual. My weight is up a few pounds. And I'm generally just feeling weak and out of sorts. Not the fatigue of the weeks of highs, but a general low energy that results in me eating just to feel a little better. And lots of cravings for sugar mixed in there.

 

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I am all sorts of emotions at the moment. First, I am frustrated. Then I'm confused, upset, and angry. I'm happy, content, and at peace. But also so unwhole and so discontent.

 

My blood sugars have decided to jump back up. Even with extra insulin. I'm not sure what that is all about, but it's very frustrating and annoying. I just want to forget about diabetes at the moment anyway. It seems so unimportant in the scheme of life.

 

I met with the career advisor at school today, which went fine. She confirmed that I'm doing everything right in the job hunt. I also got a few more resources and some advice on my resume. So I'm hoping that helps open something up for me soon. Because I'm scared and unsure of what the future holds for me right now. And I hate that feeling. I'm a planner.

 

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I usually research every prescription I get (minus typical decongestants, cold medicine, antibiotics, etc) before I even think of filling them. I've never been one to trust that the doctor knows everything. Too many years of the doctor knowing just too little of everything. Plus a strong sense of taking care of my body in a more natural way...all leave me wary of conventional medicine.

 

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I’ve had a really hard time with my writing/not writing lately. In December I blogged only once, and so far this month I’ve blogged twice.

 

This is kind of weird for me because I’m so used to writing so often. It hurts, actually, that I haven’t been doing more of it. It’s not for lack of trying, though. I’ve written countless Post-It notes to myself with blog topics and have every intention of writing when I get home and then I don’t.

 

And it’s not like I’m forgetting to do it, I just don’t do it. Or I decide that I’d rather do something else. I think about the Post-It note stuck to my calendar and about all the things I would say in the blog and how wonderfully eloquent I would be. And then I just don’t do it.

 

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My numbers are down from last week's horror. I am so thankful that diabetes is playing semi-nice this week. It's a tough one...I'm moving, have a second interview for the dream job (part time dream job at least), and have so much else that must get done. Calmer numbers are definitely vital to get through it all.

 

And so far it seems like diabetes is throwing the bone. There have been a few highs and two nasty lows today, but nothing that I couldn't handle I suppose. The highs seem to be from my own doing as well which is a comforting thought. One was from a bolus that ended up mostly in a bloody puddle on my arm and another was after over treating the low.

 

Everything else seems to be falling into place as well. I have everything set up for the move. I've cleaned my portion of the house from top to bottom. Everything is packed. The rent check is signed. I can't even believe how things are going at the moment.

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The morning after I realized my crappy moods were more than just deadlines and fatigue and hormones I made an appointment with SBD. I had really hoped to get in that day, but of course had to wait nearly a week.

 

I felt emotionally hung over.

 

Even my boss noticed that I wasn't myself and asked if I was feeling OK. All I could muster was "Yeah, I'm just feeling kind of down."

 

All the internet reading I had done said that things like lack of sleep/fatigue and stress can trigger symptoms of bipolar. I went to bed early that night, and the next morning at a photo shoot with a friend of mine and her family I surprised myself with how good I felt. Though, most of my irritability is directed toward my family, so maybe I shouldn't have been surprised.

 

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There are a lot of things in this world that I don't understand and don't choose to understand. Politics is one of them. I despise politics. I don't do office politics, I don't play games with people, I feel like I'm a straight-shoting tell-it-like-it-is kind of person. So, I really don't like politics. Which means I don't pay attention to bills and votes and all that nonsense. I should, I've tried, but I don't.

 

I do know enough to know that the passage of the health-care reform bill today and the fact that it's being sent to President Obama's desk to be signed in to law (which it will) is a big deal.

 

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Dear Nana,

I thought of you the other day when my friend Robb referred to my diabetes as "super diabetes."  He then proceeded to tell me that my diabetes was the "hard kind," the kind "I got innocently," and the kind "that can't be cured by losing a few pounds."  All of these statements reminded me that although I don't consider myself lucky to have type 1 diabetes, I do consider myself lucky that when it's explained I don't have to deal with miscast stereotypes and assumptions and I don't have to defend my every action.  

 

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Where to even start...?

 

And that is the point, you don't know where.

 

When someone is newly diagnosed with diabetes, where should their educational journey begin? Sure, there is the inevitable hospital stay, and the chat with a doctor, and possibly a self-injection tutorial (for the insulin requiring crowd), but what is the next step... after the hospital scene?

 

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