Monthly Archives: November 2010

This Is It

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noteThe last day of Diabetes Awareness Month. The last day of NaBloPoMo. The last day of November. But that’s ok. Because it doesn’t mean it’s the last day to SAE It Loud! for diabetes awareness. It’s not the last day to blog. It’s not the last day to mark off on your calendar.

I am sad to see it over though. I’ll miss my reasons to wear blue and have little blue circles painted everywhere on my calendar. I’ll miss the little things pop up and surprise me that let me know that people outside of the DOC know that it’s DAM and WDD and the like.

I won’t, however, miss the invisible reminders that pop in my head at 11 o’clock pm that remind me that I didn’t post today and that I have to so that I’ll still be “in” for NaBloPoMo. I have to say that this was a challenge I was not fully prepared for. I started off very well, but keeping with it is a challenge, especially over the weekends, and definitely while you are in the middle of moving your blog home from one place to another where it doesn’t require two hours of work and a push of a button to complete. It’s very easy to miss posting.

I’ll miss everyone’s awareness posts and ideas of how to get the general public involved. (Though I don’t miss in the least the regular posts you guys have!). But never to fear, I have a freakin backlog of over 300 posts to read in my Google reader now, which I’m excited to see that the iPad keeps up with and shows a number badge to alert me of the posts I have to read.

I am, in one and only one way, glad to see it go though. That’s because it means we’ll officially be in December tomorrow. We’ll officially be able to start the “25 days til Christmas” countdown! Yippeee!!! 25 days til Santa comes and my hubs will get to see what I got him, and I’ll get to play with my iPad (again). I’m just as excited about him opening his gift from me as I am getting my gift from him!

So, November-NaBloPoMo-DAM, I bid you goodbye. I loved having you here this year more than any year before.

WDD Makes The Calendar

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image1026908691.jpgWhile at my mom’s for Thanksgiving, I went to put something in the garbage, and something on the calendar caught my eye.

Now, granted, this calendar shows almost any and every holiday there is, but I was surprised to see “World Diabetes Day” listed right on day 14. Not saying that it shouldn’t be there, because it should, but it was the mere fact that it was finally recognized on a calendar! Like it was a formal holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas or Easter.


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Stockings

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And the stockings were hung by the chimney… I mean, on the fake mantle by the tv, with care….

In hopes that Santa soon would be there.

Hahaa, naaa, it’s 10:42pm and I forgot to post for today. I hate to say this, but I’ll be so glad for December 1st to get here so I won’t have to worry about posting everyday for NaBloPoMo. It’s been a fun thing, but tedious as well. Kudos to everyone that participates, and to those who don’t yet post everyday anyway.

I’ll be faxing BGs to my doctor tomorrow for some adjustments for morning lows lately, but that’s all that’s going on in the diabetes front.

I hope you all had a great thanksgiving weekend!

But Ma!

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Bgnow: 92. It’s been very good today. Highest at 176 upon waking (bad site) and low was 67 (overfilled canula).

While decorating last night, Sophie decided she belonged with the furry stuffed decorations:

It was if she was saying “But ma! I BELONG with my friends!” haha!

Hope all of you are having a fun time decorating for Christmas too!

Po-po at the sto’

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Picture it: 2am. Quiet little town turns crazy for Black Friday. But this year was a little different. We’re usually about number 70-100 in line at 2-3am waiting on the doors to open. Today? More like 150. Then, we had two women who acted as if they were border patrol watching everyone coming and going, and if they hadn’t been in the line before, they would get everyone riled up and the whole crowd would be shouting “BACK OF THE LINE!!”. Before long, the police was there, taking stories from those making noise. I mean, seriously? What would be the charge? Breaking in line? Ha!! Anyway, we finally got in, and I got a $25 card. Yey!

My sugars cooperated wonderfully all day, no lows and barely went over 200, but that was thanks to my pancake breakfast at IHOP. That was until I went to sleep when I got home. I knocked out, and so did my site. I woke up just 2 hours ago to an itchy arm site due to the canula scratching my skin, and a BG that was through the roof.

So here I am, awaiting my BG to lower so I can eat Turkey Day leftovers. Did any of you brave the crowds for the deals? How did you handle your BGs?

Happy Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!

We’ve already made our rounds at the parents and things went very well there. As a matter of fact, instead of staying high as a kite, I actually stayed low.

We’re taking a little break now before getting ready to go to the inlaw’s house for thanksgiving with them. Then it’s gonna be settling in for a couple of hours of sleep before the madness begins at 2am.

The madness that is crazy shopping with crazy women for crazy presents that may or may not be a real deal. This year, I’m not as into it as I usually am. I really am just going for the ride this year because it’s more of a family obligation for Erik since we have the bigger vehicle.

I hope all of you are having a great thanksgiving with all of your friends and families.

Sarah

- Y’all come back now, ya hear?

Turkey Day Eve

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That’s right. Today is Turkey Day Eve. The day before we feast and eat ourselves silly. I usually don’t mind Turkey Day, but this year is going to be a little different.

See, earlier this year, my parents separated. And, while I may be a grown adult, it’s still hard. So, what naturally comes with parents separating? Separate holidays. So, to work around this, we’re doing breakfast at Dad’s, lunch at mom’s and dinner at my inlaws. Sounds like a lot, and it is, but the only thing that really saves us this year is the fact that my parents, though separated, live down the street from each other. Next year will be a different story because there are plans underway for one of them to move, and possibly both, so we may resolve to having Thanksgiving and Christmas at either my sister’s or my house and switch off the holidays each year. I don’t know for certain how all of this is going to pan out, but please keep me and my family in your thoughts and prayers as we go through this adjustment.

turkeySpeaking of adjustments – since this is Thanksgiving there’s gonna be tons of food. Not only will I be able to guarantee my belt will need adjusting by mid-day, but I’m sure my insulin needs will too. Since this is really my first year of really cracking down and trying to watch everything carefully, I’m debating on the best course of action for insulin adjustment. Should I do an extended bolus for a few hours starting when I walk in the door to cover the munchies and straight boluses for the actual meal or should I bump up the basal or is there something else I need to do?

What do you usually do to help with the Thanksgiving munchy madness?

Media, Get With The Program!

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While reading through the news, I was rather upset by a news story in the health section…

 

UnitedHealth Predicts $3.4 Trillion Diabetes Decade

If you go on to read the story, they talk about how diabetes or prediabetic conditions will “strike” half of all Americans by the end of the decade unless people lose weight.

Seriously, people? Granted, this is not their wording, but rather the United Health Group, Inc., but still. I find it really hard to believe their statistics, and I really find it hard to believe that those many people would be “cured” if you will by losing the weight.

This is why I hate having to tell people I’m a diabetic, especially now that I’ve put on a few pounds and am not a size 8 anymore. I am overweight by medical standards, but so is most of my family and they are not diabetic. Granted, they did explain the difference between type 1 and type 2 in a very short excerpt, but they didn’t even mention or explain the rare type 1.5 that happens in adults nor did they explain that Type 2 can be genetic and can happen to skinny people. They also didn’t mention that that 90-95% of diabetics who are type 2 may be a lower number due to the mis-diagnosis of people who really are type 1.5 and not type 2.

I guess it rubs me the wrong way because when all of this health care reform started taking place, there were people who were interviewed off the streets and lots of them, especially one woman (who I can hear saying this in the back of my head) said this: “Why should I have to pay for these people who are sick and who don’t care to be healthy when I do everything I can to be healthy and take care of myself?”… LIKE I ASKED FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!! It’s because of news stories like this that don’t give all the information about diabetes that gives people reason to believe that you can only have diabetes if you are overweight, and that is certainly not the case.

This is a prime example as to why we need to stand up and let our voices be heard. It’s still November. It’s still Diabetes Awareness Month. We need to get the word out as much as we can!

You

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I was only four when I met you.

Just a small little girl, doing what normal kids do.

But I was a little different, I did a little more.

Running to pee once, twice, three times, four

Drinking glass after glass of water, and asking for more.

My little tummy ached, not feeling quite right.

My throat and ear ached, I wanted to sleep day and night.

Mom and dad thought I was just getting sick,

But we would only know for certain when the doctor used his testing stick.

Swirling it around in the sample I’d just given,

The answer was there, you were no longer hidden.

That day changed me. Things were no longer the same.

There was something wrong, and we found out your name.

I’d learn how to take care of you, and try to keep you in line.

There was no cure. Forever, you’d be mine.

Cures have been promised, “It’s only ten years away!”,

But here we are 22 years later, Still waiting for that day.

Be A Blessing

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Today’s lesson in Sunday School was about blessings. The question that was brought up was we know our blessings that we have been given – life, family, friends, etc, but do we know if we are being a blessing to others?

This really makes one think. Sure, we have the saying “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”, and “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say it at all”, but is by doing those things helping us be a blessing to others? We all can hope that we are a blessing to our families, friends, employers, etc.

It’s the season of thankfulness of be blessings we have been given. I want each and every one of you guys in the DOC to know that you have been a great, wonderful blessing in my life. You’ll never know how much I appreciate you being there.

Big hugs to all of you!

Sarah