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I went in for my six-month dentist cleaning and checkup today. It went as smoothly as it usually does. No cavities. No gum problems. Nothing except for this one huge thing: wisdom teeth.

 

Last year, my dentist and an oral surgeon confirmed that my wisdom teeth were coming in and needed to be removed or my current smile would be scrunched together in a painful fashion. Not to mention the risk of infection and increased gum disease. But I kept putting it off. I told myself that I'd do it over Christmas break. Yet Christmas break came and I hadn't made any appointment.

 

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I am struggling with a horrendous headache this evening. It's the kind that I haven't had in awhile that requires a lot of ibuprofen, a warm towel, and water. I think it's a tension headache because it cropped up after a long day at work staring at the computer screen. I felt my eyes struggling all day with the office lighting and the screen.

 

On the same note as tension headaches, I had a dentist appointment last week at a new dentist here in the new town. I'm typically good about getting a cleaning and exam every six months, but due to the move and a cancellation at the doctor, I was a little overdue.

 

Everything checked out okay though. No cavities. No gum disease. Unfortunately, there was a long discussion on tension headaches, teeth clenching, and the effects it has on my mouth. As the technician recorded my teeth and the status of my gums, she explained that I had several spots of gum recession.

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The more I learn about this disease of diabetes, the more amazed I am how it affects every single bit of our bodies.
It makes sense since excess sugar is in our blood which travels to every inch of our bodies. Blood carries nutrients in and wastes out of every system we have.
My dentist had told me that gum disease was very common in persons with diabetes, but I didn't realize how symbiotic the relationship was. (READ MORE)

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There are certain things in our lives that we do because we know they need to be done. No matter how physically or emotionally painful, we have to do them.

 

Like going to the dentist. Which is especially important for those of us with diabetes because diabetes can make a person twice as likely to develop gum disease, which can make blood sugar management more challenging, which makes the gum disease worse, which can lead to kidney failure and heart disease, etc., etc.

 

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As people with diabetes, we are told time and again to make sure we schedule regular oral care visits, as diabetes makes us both more susceptible to oral disease (cavities, periodontal issues, etc.) and makes it more difficult for us to recover from the procedures needed to treat that disease. "Why," you may then ask, "have you never sought out dental care as an adult, even when preventative care was made available to you, free of charge?" My answer to that can be summed up in a single word.

 

Orthodontia.

 

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"How are you?" B asked as she shuffled me from the lobby of my dentist's office to her hygienist room.

 

I like B. She always makes me smile, she's straight forward and we get along great. Even if she is a dental hygienist.

 

"I'm on the verge of tears!" I said, and then practically let them fly, but I held back. I guess I felt like breaking down in the dentist's office at 7 a.m. wouldn't really help anything.

 

I held my pump, disconnected, in my hand. There was fresh tubing still curled up in the paper tape, and a full reservoir. It wouldn't prime and I was frustrated. And it was 7 a.m. and I am *not* a morning person.

 

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A bedtime number of 91 with 1.9 units active? Are you insane? We both know I can’t send him to bed with 1.9 units of active insulin. Am I the mouse to your cheese? The fish to your worm? You want me to give him carbs, don’t you? You leave me no choice and we both know it. This is why I hate you!

 

 "Here, Charlie. Eat this."

 

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88 with over a unit active??? You do know it’s the season premier of Heroes tonight, right? What am I supposed to do with 88? You know I have to give him another slight boost. You’re setting me up, aren’t you? Or are you? No, you are. Damn it! This is why I hate you!

 

"Charlie, drink some of this juice."

 

Two hours later:

 

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I'm over seventy-two hours post-op on my wisdom teeth removal. And I'm doing okay. The surgery went well with no ups or downs in blood sugars or the actual removal. Ever since, I've just been recovering as best I can.

 

Immediately after the surgery, my blood sugars did okay. The anesthesia and the stress haven’t seemed to have any kind of effect on them. However, the diet that I'm keeping is throwing me into a minor tailspin.

 

Some soft foods (like shakes) send me sky high so I go scrambling to get them down. And some soft foods (like soup and fruit) leave me low after a few hours. And since I'm not eating as many carbs in general (eating is more annoying than it's worth), my blood sugars are staying in a moderate zone.

 

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Some mornings you just can’t friggin get things right.

 

4:50 a.m. The alarm will go off in 10 minutes, but my bladder wants me to get up now. Living in the desert means it’s always dry and drinking lots of water before bed was not a good idea if I wanted to sleep past 4:50 a.m. I want to sleep for another 20ish minutes. Actually, I want to sleep for another three hours.

 

5:22 a.m. Get up. Again. Brush teeth, get dressed for walk, feel remarkably good about being up and looking forward to walk.

 

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I know, I know, I know. People with diabetes must exercise. People with diabetes must stay fit. This is especially true for those of us with Type 2.
And you know it. I know it. You know you know it. I know you know it. Who needs to tell you this?
Reuters and Dr. Ronald Sigal of University of Calgary and colleagues at the University of Ottawa, as announced in this article, do feel the need to tell us. Specifically, they're telling us that lifting weights and resistance exercise also helps to reduce blood sugars, just like aerobic exercise does. Aerobic exercise, that would be the sweaty kind.
This is good news.
This means that ANY and ALL exercise you do counts for good diabetes points. It all counts! I love this. (READ MORE)

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