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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: Stomach Issues
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On one of my recent posts about Olivia and her stomach issues, Cathyiowa asked if I got an answer from the doctor about Olivia's stomach pain. O's pain is in her rib area as well as in her stomach. I don't have a specific answer just yet, but we did talk to the endo about it yesterday, at length.
I told the endocrinologist that Olivia's pediatrician had ordered another celiac test in addition to a full blood workup. Once those results are in (March 3rd, if you're keeping score at home), I should have more information. The endo didn't seem overly worried, but she did want to know the results. She mentioned h. pylori as a possible culprit, but after telling us the symptoms (which are really quite disgusting), she didn't think that was the problem.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications Fitness
Tags: exercise foot pain Low blood sugars
Views: 1875
My brand spanking new racquet was in hand. Croakies around my head holding my glasses in place. And with a racquetball glove on my right hand, I was ready to play.
Last night was racquetball night with my buddies. We usually go on Thursdays for a little exercise and fun. The last time we played I broke my racquet trying to hit a ball that was a little too close to the wall. Bummer, I really liked that racquet. My new graphite racquet seemed pretty sweet so I was ready to break it in and break a sweat. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: changing basals lack of patterns lows
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I think one of the things I hate most about my diabetes is that I never seem to follow any patterns. It seems like other people have these stable highs and lows, where it's so much easier to adjust basals or carb intake. But me...my body has a freaking mind of its own!
Before bed last night, my blood sugar was at 159. For me, I'm very comfortable with that number right before bed. It says that I won't wake up too high, but I probably won't drop in the middle of the night either. But I'd just jumped from 103 to 159 after a post-low snack (you know, the snack you eat after you've had the juice about an hour before). So I decided to bolus anyway.
About 4:30am, I woke up with a panic in my gut and a clammy feeling washing over my skin. The CGMS beeped at me LOW! I know! I tested. Sure enough, 60. I treated with 15 grams of orange juice and about 15 grams in graham crackers. Then I went back to sleep.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: insulin absorption
Views: 1228
By watching my wife's body language while she tests Charlie's blood sugar, I can get a good idea of what the number is before she tells me. A peppy vertical nod of her head generally means he's in range. No reaction whatsoever might indicate a number just out of range or in the low- to mid-200s. A quick shake of the head in anger is likely a number in the 300s.
Tight lips as if holding back the most foul word imaginable, eyes to the ceiling and a sharp gasp could mean only one thing. He had to be over 400.
Charlie was 480 before he went to bed last night. That would explain his complaints of stomach pain.
I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I mother-scratchin' hate this!
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: celiac disease lows stomach pain
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Sounds like a bad sitcom destined for cancellation, but seriously … what is up with Charlie?
He has had chronic stomach pains for weeks and we don't know what's causing it. We thought maybe he had a bug after he woke us up at 5 am last Saturday to tell us that he was about to vomit. Which he did. Once.
If it is a virus, it's the longest one ever. His blood work came back negative for Celiac disease, but Susanne's gluten-free gut tells her otherwise. The peds want to take him off dairy for a week or two to see if the issue lies there.
He has just been very un-Charlie like and I'm getting concerned. Where is the Charlie that harasses us until submission? That begs us to stay up late and devours everything on his plate? He's not eating because he feels sick when he does.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Real Life
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Views: 1108
Olivia's new pump arrived today, right when they said it was going to arrive. I took it out of it's box and admired it for a moment. It's pretty. It's purple and it has NO scratches on it and the buttons have all their writing on them still.
I got to work programming in her basals and her carb ratios and all that jazz. Thankfully, I had it all on a handy dandy spreadsheet - the same one I'm constantly moaning about not filling out, but I digress. Just as I was finishing up programming the pump, I got a call from the school. Olivia was sick. Again.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Real Life
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Views: 964
It's 3:14 am. Do you know what your child's blood sugar is?
I do. It's 377.
I wake up Susanne, and tell her we've got a problem. I fetch the insulin and a needle and rest my wobbly head in my hands while she flicks a stubborn air bubble. I climb halfway up the bunk bed and jab Charlie in the back of the arm. He wakes briefly and swats at his arm as if just bitten by a mosquito.
It's one of those moments where diabetes shows you just how powerful it can be. A correction of a blood sugar of 289 at 1 am does nothing. Instead his blood sugar soars angrily to 377. It's something bigger than us and bigger than our seemingly paltry man-made insulin.
As Police Chief Brody would say, "we're gonna need a bigger boat."
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Complications Real Life
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Some people collect butterflies. Other people collect coins or beer cans.
Susanne collects autoimmune diseases. She has a pretty good collection too. Psoriasis, Hypothyroidism, Celiac disease, Sjogren’s syndrome and Raynaud’s phenomenon. The latter two she picked up recently.
And now ... (drumroll please)
Gastroparesis!
This one was not easy to find. Gotta hand it to her. She’s been searching on eBay and yard sales, etc. Sometimes, however, you don’t find it. It finds you.
If I understand correctly, gastroparesis is not an autoimmune disease, but rather one that is associated with autoimmune disease. Thyroid disease appears to be Susanne’s connection.
It also happens to be associated with the complications of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
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For about a week, I was feeling nauseous off and on. A few moments here and there where my stomach just went topsy turvy for no apparent reason. Nothing had changed that should have caused it so I couldn't figure out what might be the issue.
Then Friday night I started feeling more off than on with some random abdominal pain and a general "ick" feeling. Saturday was still "icky" but nothing too bad. By Sunday morning, I woke up feeling fine.
I ate breakfast and picked up a prescription (Metformin) from the pharmacy. While waiting at the pharmacy, my stomach started clenching in horrendous pain. I felt like someone was sticking a hot poker around in my insides. Mixing everything up and sending searing pains throughout my abdomen.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Women's Issues Real Life
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Views: 510
Marvin and I spent the weekend with my family and doing a lot of driving across the state of Texas. Generally, Marvin is incredibly understanding of my health issues. He's been through many ups and downs with it. He completely gets what diabetes does and is for me.
But Saturday night, he said something that was a little unsettling because he hadn't said it that way before. Sometimes when I'm not feeling well or having a few "bad days" (pain, nausea, fatigue), he'll make a comment that I'm always sick. Nothing concerning though.
On Saturday evening, my stomach was a little upset while we were watching movies at my mom's house. We'd eaten Chinese food for lunch and I think it just wasn't sitting well with me. I'd also gone from low to high in a 2 hour span. I expressed that I didn't feel well to Marvin.
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