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insulin goes skunky ? Magic Eight-ball says YES in that place volition endure times when my insulin absolutely will,(and has,) gone skunky - peculiarly if in that place happens to endure a heatwave my area. And there's been those unfortunate times when i of my insulin bottles has met an early on popular off because it accidentally smashed onto a tile floor. Yep, its happened, multiple times. In my home, inward the bath at a hotel, inward my friends homes - both unopen past times in addition to inward New York City. Speaking of NYC, when I move I select to convey extra insulin amongst me in addition to in that place I times I can’t proceed that extra bottle chilled, in addition to I destination upward SOOL (Shit Out Of Luck) regarding that bottle. Most times I move amongst the bottle I’m already using, but if it’s an extended trip ( similar when I went to Hawaii in addition to Europe) where I had to convey 2 bottles, non one. Good luck explaining move plans/diabetes requirements ...

I'm an fantabulous dancer, but for the life of me #IcantWalkAndFixedPrimeAtTheSameTime. #FACT ##### Diabetes Dancer inward the Middle And thank yous to a surely "singing nurse" for posting on "the facebook!"   So I’ve said it earlier in addition to I’ll country it again: I’m an fantabulous dancer when the music is playing, heck I was an honest to goodness tap dancer after all. But when the music's off..... Not hence much.  On Tuesday nighttime after driving abode from #ada2012 inward the pelting in addition to dragging my traveling pocket inward the draw of piece of occupation solid inward said pouring rain. I at nowadays unpacked, ("Oh, if solely I had done that when I moved" she said amongst a SIGH, )  showered in addition to seat on my most comfy PJs. Then I grabbed a yogurt for dinner and  I made myself my erstwhile standby: H5N1 GINORMOUS drinking glass of Seltzer water with extra lime squeezed fresh in addition to a dash of Cr...

I sat on the bird waiting for it to direct hold off together with wing the friendly skies. I was a hot, tired, viscous mess together with for the outset fourth dimension inward 2 days I wasn’t surrounded yesteryear people amongst diabetes. And quite frankly, that only felt weird together with lonely all rolled into one.  I was on my means dwelling menage from the Roche Summit together with I was sad to function out Indy for therefore many reasons.  As I sat at that topographic point lost inward idea together with Fruit Zombies, my ticker chirped out a familiar array of beeps reminding me that I had indeed had a temporary basal charge per unit of measurement going on. I glanced downwardly at it together with saw that it was slightly entangled inward my seatbelt, fixed it together with tried to concentrate on the Fruit Zombies on my iPad.  Two minutes afterward I heard the familiar chirping in i lawsuit to a greater extent than together with got actually annoyed....

What the basis sees..... Aerial interior shot of the crammed contents Early Sabbatum eventide I dumped out the contents of my niggling pinkish leather Sigred Olsen handbag alongside with the lime light-green interior that I bought on sale at TJMaxx a few years back, in addition to 1 time once to a greater extent than tried putting the contents dorsum in. I placed my photographic boob tube camera on it's side in addition to placed my hairbrush adjacent to it, followed past times phone, glucose meter, in addition to exam strips -which were inwards a modest clear plastic makeup bag.  In the commencement of three modest niggling side pockets went a modest ziplock handbag containing containing 1 pump reservoir filled alongside most fifty units of fast acting insulin (just inwards representative the thirty units left inwards my pump got skunky,) 2 Triple AAA batteries in addition to a quarter inwards representative my insulin pump's battery needed to live changed. I...

Everyone 1 time inwards a land I fail to yell back that "my normal," (living amongst diabetes,) isn't just everyone else's normal. It's non that I forget I accept diabetes, because I don't. But living amongst diabetes as well as all that comes amongst it allows for or thence moments of existence on Diabetes Auto Pilot. Like you, I don't think twice virtually proverb " I'm high ," inwards populace because testing my blood carbohydrate is a constant. I "dial upwards for insulin," ( bolusing on my insulin pump) without skipping a vanquish inwards whatever given conversation as well as I'll poke my finger to examination my blood carbohydrate anytime as well as anywhere because those things are the norm inwards living a diabetes life. Bottom line: Everyone has a unlike normal - funky pancreas or not. Anyway, a few weeks dorsum I treated myself to a much needed mani-pedi (a manicure/pedicure) at a local house that alone does ma...

Here's the affair - I used to workout a lot, then I know what do tin create for your blood sugars, insulin daily totals, etc. But I manifestly needed a visual reminder! And for the record, at nowadays that i've stated out loud to the entire Diabetes On-line Community that my daily totals haven't gone higher upward 39 inward 3 weeks, I convey no doubtfulness that my streak volition destination well-nigh immediately! It's called #murphyslawdiabetesstyle ;) ####### I've been working out since the destination of August at to the lowest degree iv times per calendar week too I've noticed a drib inward my insulin "Daily Total" rates.  I haven't gone higher upward 39.5 units a 24-hour interval inward at to the lowest degree 3 weeks - A nd here's visual proof of the final xiii days.  Little ripples = big waves.. And victories, both big too small-scale

So final nighttime I decided to alter out my reservoir later on the Low Reservoir Alarm sounded most xx minutes earlier I was cook to striking the sack.  I had ix units left as well as I felt similar it was ameliorate to endure condom than sorry. So I got upwardly off the couch, unscrewed my reservoir as well as tubing from my catch & my person, rewound the pump, as well as thence went to larn myself a refill. I went inward the fridge, grabbed my insulin as well as a fresh reservoir ( I’ve mentioned this before, I perish on a few insulin reservoirs inward the refrigerator to salvage me a step,) filled upwardly as well as went to select handgrip of my pump. It wasn’t on my waist or my kitchen counter. I figured I must convey left it on the couch.  So dorsum inward the Living room I went.... And  it wasn’t on the couch. Or the java table, TV stand, or marble terminate tables on either side of my eggplant colored couch.  And at that signal I said these wor...

It's been 42 days since I've started the 4 times a calendar week of movement (working out) for no less than 45 minutes a pop, together with I've noticed a few things: 1. My daily total of insulin (for the most part,) has gone down  - Except of cast for those times when it's gone up. 2. Riding my bike is a hell of a lot of fun! 3. I detect myself changing my abdominal infusion sets to a greater extent than frequently - And I intend it's because my workout skort (a workout skirt amongst built inward shorts & so much more flattering together with thus workout shorts,) is causing friction correct where my infusion site is. Has anyone else experienced going through infusion sets similar crazy when they workout? 4. I experience happier afterwards I operate out. 5. I experience to a greater extent than awake afterwards a workout, which has the potential to endure a actually non bad thing. But correct now....not thus much. I'm working ou...

OK, I damn close sliced the tip of my correct pointer finger off final nighttime later on the #dsma chat on the twitter.   True Story: I was chopping broccoli (and yes, the irony of that statement on all its many levels isn't lost on me,) because I was making mistaken cream of broccoli soup for a Soup & Bread dinner I was invited to tonight.  So this isn’t going to move a huge post due to the fact I’m having a existent work typing alongside higher upwardly mentioned finger. And yes, I in all likelihood should accept gotten stitches, but I didn’t. I did bleed similar the Equus caballus scene from The Godfather though in addition to managed to exam my blood saccharide four times from my spouting finger earlier it stopped geysering out. And here's the numbers: 140, 144, 162 in addition to 149.  But this post isn’t almost my finger, it’s almost my reluctance to desire to alter my infusion set.  To move honest, there’s are times when I merely don’t desire...

Two posts inwards ane day? So much for resting my splinted finger - CRAY to the Z, but this then cool that it's totally worth it.  I saw the next video on  the fabulous Our Diabetic LIfe's D Mama Meri Schuhmacher's facebook page (I acquire then much from her,) as well as it's chop-chop making the circular on many a DOCer's facebook page, including mine.  And personally, I've already watched it similar ten times - And it totally blows what's left of my mind.  All the diabetes realities inwards ane music video as well as A'la Bohemian Rhapsody - Freddie Mercury would hold upwards then proud! And every minute far every minute Jacob as well as his amazing Diabetes solid unit of measurement are concerned - I but desire to hug them!!! Here's a link to video's youtube page - Let Jacob & Company know what you lot think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vfei1UZluug

Like it or not, diabetes makes us prepare patience in addition to fine tunes our waiting skills in addition to makes us shout out upwards that promise does indeed float #####  The terms  " waiting it out" in addition to “ waiting out ” refers to all types of things when it comes to living alongside diabetes.  Sometimes nosotros receive got to wait out a depression blood carbohydrate xv grams of carbs at at time. We receive got to wait out the hunger, the fearfulness in addition to the fact that nosotros think that our blood carbohydrate volition never become up. And piece we’re waiting nosotros endeavor our best to calm ourselves downwards & proceed it together - in addition to non simply for ourselves, but equally good for the people nosotros love. Other times a high blood carbohydrate forces us to wait it out  for hours in addition to it tin terminate look similar forever. And sometimes no affair how much nosotros correction bolus ( or ra...

As you're all as well as then rattling good aware, sometimes my heed industrial plant inwards around actually weird ways. FOR INSTANCE:  If infusion sets could live a Disney grapheme - My electrical flow 1 would live Mary Poppins If nosotros lived inwards around weird alternate universe where my current infusion set/site worked for Disney equally 1 of their famous characters - It would live Mary Poppins, because this item infusion laid is  practically perfect inwards every way - And dare I become as well as then far equally to country it’s Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! This item infusion laid didn’t wound to pose inwards on Sabbatum afternoon. Honestly, I barely felt it, as well as the site doesn’t itch at all as well as absorbs insulin similar a subcutaneous dream.  So much as well as then that I’ve been running darn close normal blood sugars since Sabbatum night. Part of me is wondering if my pancreas has been somehow shocked into producing the ...

This past times weekend I met a "friend of a friend" at a local watering hole.  She was a get-go bird instructor together with was telling me how much she loved her students together with how they ever kept her on her toes together with continually made her express joy together with how she learned from them only equally much equally they learned from her.  And thus someone else inward the grouping interrupted us together with asked: Kelly are you lot OK if nosotros force dorsum dinner for an hour? And I was like, ' yeah, don't worry most me,' together with turned my focus dorsum on the conversation alongside Teacher Lady.  Teacher Lady looked at me quizzically together with I could enjoin she was puzzled. Me: It's no big deal, I receive got Type 1 Diabetes together with Lara only was wanted to brand certain I was cool alongside the novel dinner plans.  Teacher Lady: Oh...., 1 of my students has "severe diabetes." He wears an insulin see toget...

I can't believe that this is the concluding calendar week for the our bodies GPS system , mapping out where our blood saccharide is currently in addition to where it needs to go. And all inwards nether five seconds.  Come to intend of it, then create CGMs - to a greater extent than on that later.  I shout out back when glucose meters get-go came out they took three minutes in addition to were the size of a VHS tape. Now a days I tin hold out out amongst friends in addition to nobody volition fifty-fifty realize I’m checking my blood sugar.  I shout out back the days earlier at that spot were glucose meters. I shout out back testing my urine in addition to burning my picayune fingers on the fizzy, urine filled test-tube. Not solely was it disgusting, it was damn inaccurate. I get upwardly to that fourth dimension inwards my life equally The Diabetes Dark Ages - And I never desire to larn dorsum at that spot again.  Going on the insulin pump was a huge g...

I accept a illustration of the Blood Sugar Blahs .... Basically for the yesteryear 24 hrs my blood sugars accept been blah , which accept me feeling blah . Not a terribly severe (there’s that word again,) illustration but non necessarily “Blood Sugar Blah Lite" , either.  Here's what went down: I went out Sat nighttime amongst two friends (and their families) who were celebrating both their usual birthdays. Cut to Lord's Day morning time when I woke upwards amongst a pizza in addition to birthday cake hangover &  blood carbohydrate of 391 -  fifty-fifty idea I went to bed amongst a blood carbohydrate of 160 summation a correction bolus. #damndiabetes Needless to say, I wasn’t happy. But pizza a birthday cake hap from fourth dimension to fourth dimension in addition to I did what needed to endure done & inward the shape of a combo correction/cover my morning time java bolus in addition to went on amongst my day.  Still, my numbers were wickedly ...

I pay a hell of a lot out of bag for wellness insurance. Seriously, what I pay a calendar month would live the equivalent to someone amongst a smallish mortgage or leasing a luxury machine for 27 months - Yeah, I’ve played amongst the numbers plenty to know that.  So when Horizon BC & BS sent me a novel insurance ID carte du jour amongst 3 new/additional letters, inwards substance giving me a novel membership ID number. Nnot exclusively did I allow all my doctors know - I likewise showed them the carte du jour together with pre printed out at to the lowest degree 10 copies of said carte du jour to plough over to them when I went to their diverse offices-in person.  I likewise called their offices directly, similar & I did amongst medtronic (pump supplies) & EdgePark, my durable medical equipment (test strip) suppliers.  In early on September, the onset of denial claim letters started to arrive. These letters from Horizon BCBS stated:  ...