hannah:
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158
107
i was kinda highish today i think it was because my basal setting are wrong so im gonna see about changing that. i also had a very irregular day eating wise. but i think i counted my carbs right its just my settings.
bolusing for soup :)
who says diabetics can't have sugar??
novolog pen time!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Minimed
So I am trying my absolute bestest to purchase an insulin pump. If my insurance covers enough, I will be getting the Minimed Paradigm 522. In pink. I already started the process, but somehow I think that it's going to be very complicated!! But it'll be worth it for the freedom AND better control that having a pump will afford me. Especially if i'm very conscientious about it!
Friday, January 29, 2010
You know what, Hannah, we SHOULD do a fundraiser! I mean it wouldn't necessarily have to be for me, just diabetes research and such in general! We could make t-shirts! I want diabetes t-shirts!!!!!! I saw one that said "insulin power" on a diabetes blog. I WANT ONE!!!!!! Hmmm lets brainstorm fundraiser ideas!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Pump
Pumps are verrryy nice :) ill try to give you mine but if not we should totally do a fundraiser! We could have a 5k run or sell something and earn some of the money! That would be a lot of fun too!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
wheeee
I want a pump! I want a pump! I want i want i want a pump! Haha I'm done now. I'll quit whinging. Just, it seems these days if you want to live a long life...YOU NEED A PUMP!!!! grrr they are SO expensive though! like, 8,000 dollars!
Monday, January 18, 2010
A Few Thoughts
Amy- I love how I just gave this post a totally generic title. How boring of me. Why do I struggle so with titles?! Anyways.
Diabetes is a very curious diagnosis to grapple. I've had diabetes for 3 1/2 years now and I still find it hard to wrap my mind around it. Think about it: Diabetes is a chronic disease. Diabetes is a fatal disease. Diabetes is also a disease that, though it requires huge amounts of diligence, is wholly treatable. It's difficult to reconcile these 3 concepts! Basically, you have to resign yourself to to the fact that you'll ALWAYS have diabetes. At the same time, you're aware that if you don't take care of it and get sick, it's your own fault. At least, that's what we're led to believe. I know that a lot of aspects of diabetes are a direct result of my own self-care or lack of it, but I'm convinced that sometimes diabetes just gets the better of me! My blood sugar will run high for no reason, or will plummet down (like Hannah's did recently) and it's impossible to discern what the cause of the hypoglycemia is!
I struggle with diabetes management a lot, especially since I'm not on what is known as the "honeymoon" anymore. The honeymoon is the period of time after a diabetes diagnosis in which the diabetic's body responds to the insulin it is receiving by producing small amounts of insulin, thus making blood sugar control far easier. Of course, at the time I was monitoring my blood sugar far more carefully. Now, however, I find it rather difficult to summon the energy to micro-manage my diabetes care, which is really the best way to live long and healthfully.
So in the year of 2010 I should like to take control of my diabetes. Yes, I know that it's already halfway through the first month of 2o10, but I really needed to remind myself that I made a resolution that I really need to keep! Hence, this post. Slainte!
Diabetes is a very curious diagnosis to grapple. I've had diabetes for 3 1/2 years now and I still find it hard to wrap my mind around it. Think about it: Diabetes is a chronic disease. Diabetes is a fatal disease. Diabetes is also a disease that, though it requires huge amounts of diligence, is wholly treatable. It's difficult to reconcile these 3 concepts! Basically, you have to resign yourself to to the fact that you'll ALWAYS have diabetes. At the same time, you're aware that if you don't take care of it and get sick, it's your own fault. At least, that's what we're led to believe. I know that a lot of aspects of diabetes are a direct result of my own self-care or lack of it, but I'm convinced that sometimes diabetes just gets the better of me! My blood sugar will run high for no reason, or will plummet down (like Hannah's did recently) and it's impossible to discern what the cause of the hypoglycemia is!
I struggle with diabetes management a lot, especially since I'm not on what is known as the "honeymoon" anymore. The honeymoon is the period of time after a diabetes diagnosis in which the diabetic's body responds to the insulin it is receiving by producing small amounts of insulin, thus making blood sugar control far easier. Of course, at the time I was monitoring my blood sugar far more carefully. Now, however, I find it rather difficult to summon the energy to micro-manage my diabetes care, which is really the best way to live long and healthfully.
So in the year of 2010 I should like to take control of my diabetes. Yes, I know that it's already halfway through the first month of 2o10, but I really needed to remind myself that I made a resolution that I really need to keep! Hence, this post. Slainte!
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