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By: FatCatAnna

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes back in 1968 at the ripe ol' age of 7. Since then, the way diabetes is treated has changed for the better. Compared to the days of testing your urine, boiling glass syringes, sharpening the needle on a stone, it feels like the Stone Ages when I see how things have progressed.

Hopefully one day we will find a cure for diabetes, but until then, we plod along with the new technology (for example, since Nov 2008 I have been using an insulin pump to attain better A1C's and quality of life).

I presently volunteer at various websites helping others with their questions about diabetes, and even learning new things myself all the time! I also have taken on the role of Vice President at the West Island Diabetes Association (WIDA) with the hopes of bringing that organisation into the 21st century and attracting more diabetics to come out to meet their fellow PWD's (people with diabetes) and share their secrets of living successfully with our hiccup in life!

The most important thing for PWD's I feel is to educate ourselves on our condition, and not to let it bring us down. With the help of Diabetes1.org I hope to bring a smile to each and everyone of your faces, and for you to question the things that we do to keep on trudging along.

 


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Flying high and I'm afraid of heights
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 15:30:11 0 Comments.
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  • FrownUgh -  blood sugars are high today and now I’m wishing I got a prescription from my endo last week for testing ketones.  I don’t have days like this too often with blood sugars being high like this without some sort of explanation, e.g. ate more then I should – and didn’t bolus enough for the carb count.   Actually this is the first time for  me since going onto the insulin pump a year ago that I’m experiencing this – and it’s not because of menstruating which sometimes does effect my BG’s – and I adjust my basal rate for that by increasing it.  

     

    No, today I am not able to get my BG’s down – they are just going up.  I noticed something was up yesterday which I thought was more with the stress of going downtown for my final check up for the nip ‘n tuck done after my mastectomy a few years ago (yes – I’m back to center fold Winkmodeling again …. NOT).  I am not a lover of going downtown – despite my parking my car on the outskirts and taking the metro in.  I just don’t like the traffic as you get closer to the city core – period.  Along with that little bit of stress, sitting over 2 hours in the waiting room to see the surgeon – I hate that as I’m sure you do as well.  Why do they always have magazines that are 2-3 years old?  Anyway, stress combined with sitting (though I had a good walk afterwards since it was a beautiful day here in Montreal) – does not make Anna a happy gal .  

     

    Later when I got home – which was close to dinner time –BG was going up from my last test (17!!!).  I injected rather then using the pump to bring things down – and when I hit the pillow for noddy nod land my BG was at 6.8 which I was fine with – then upon awakening – it was ... 15.6!!!  What the “insert your choice of bad words here” is causing this"?!?  Infusion site looked fine – only changed it 2 days ago – but maybe these problems are due to using an infusion set that has a 30 degree angle plus it uses an automatic gizmo to insert it into the skin.  I generally do it manually with a 45 degree angle infusion set, but since I’m running low on those I’m resorting to the Inset 30 until I can order up new supplies in a few weeks.  I injected a BG correction at that point and proceeded to put in a new infusion set on another part of my body.  The result now is that I’m even higher then I was this morning – as I write this it’s 16.4.  I’m to the point of going to one of the diabetic forums I use and asking for help.  They’re usually pretty quick at helping, but I’m stubborn and will hold out until I think of something else I may have overlooked (insulin has gone bad – Venus is moving over Mars???).  My main thing right now – I want to eat – I am VERY hungry – but at a BG rate like this – it’s not considered a good thing to do.  Water tastes so yummy doesn’t it? Smile  I cheat by adding one of those low cal flavour packets so I drink it.

     

    So, this is how my day is going – inbetween catching up with housework – bopping to good tunes – I’m a high flying gal today with her BG’s.  Have you had similar days to this – and how do you handle it – whether you are MDI or on the pump?  Tell me – please – I feel so alone!!!

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