Being sick sucks. Right now my body aches, my head hurts, my ears feel like they have plugs in them, and I feel out of it. The good news though is my sugars aren't out of whack,.which really is the only thing I would be concerned about. Actually, with this new outlook I've been having, my sugars have been fantabulous. It's the funniest, yet most simple and ridiculous, concept with this disease. Ready for it? Here it is,..watch what you eat. Isn't that crazy?! I know it sounds bizarre, but it's true.

And yeah I realize life happens and with it all comes things that affect our sugar. Stress, joy, sadness, adrenaline, and the list goes on and on, you name it,

But really, if you somewhat obsess over what it is you put into your body then you can control your sugars. Yeah, it might mean that you have no life and that all you do is sit at home and watch movies or play on the computer, but you really CAN control your sugars.

Isn't that what diabetes is about? How much are you willing to obsess or pay attention to this ridiculous disease? In essence there is a line or a scale that each person with diabetes is on. There is the far right of the scale which is perfect control and you have no life and are machine-like; then on the other end is the absolute left of the scale which is dead, not living, and you have no control over your diabetes. We are all on different parts of the scale at any given time. I try to be as far over towards the right as possible, but impacting my perfection is choosing to have a "normal" life. How much time and effort am I willing to "give up" or dedicate towards controlling this maddening disease perfectly?

Sick days give you plenty of time to ponder things. What say you? Thanks. -Andy