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By: FatCatAnna

The Roller Coaster Ride of Diabetes! Whoo! Whoo!

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes back in 1968. 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 Age when I see how things have progressed.

The most important thing for PWD's (people with diabetes) I feel is to educate ourselves on our condition, and try not to let it bring us down. Posting here at Diabetes1.org and the other DOC (diabetic online communities) that I am involved with, I hope to bring a smile to each and everyone of your faces.  I also hope that you question the things that we do to keep going on this roller coaster ride of life that we all lead  (and I'm afraid of heights).  Plus share your thoughts with us all!

Hopefully one day we will find a cure for diabetes, but until then, we plod along with the new technology.

 


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My Diabetes Timeline - How Would Yours Read? - Aug 23
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Anna's Blog

The Easter Bunny is NOT evil ...
Posted: Apr 13, 2009 10:18:54 0 Comments.
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  •   Okay - I think in the beginning I thought of the Easter Bunny as looking like the character from Donnie Darko - but I'm thinking of changing my mind of that vision now. 

      Easter Sunday arrived - hippity hop, hippity hop - I remembered that I had hidden a few more Easter goodies (we already consumed the Easter Egg "designer" jelly beans the day before).  For some reason - I think what I should be calling "evil" is my insulin pump - since I don't think I've ever maintained such level BG's before with munching away on sweet treats that most diabetics would run to the hills screaming - "no, no, no!!!!".  So, off I went to bring out Mr. Toffee and Mr. Fluffy chocolate bunnies.  I religiously broke off an ear from Mr. Fluffy (white "chocolate") - weighed out the portion - did the calculations of how many carbs for the weight of the chocolate. This took a few extra minutes of drooling as I got the formula abit wrong - but in the end and after a few head banging episodes (I was never good at math at school) - BINGO - results.  So, abit of insulin (bolus) and I ate Mr. Fluffy's ear.  Yummy.  Then I had abit of Mr. Toffee's ear - and winged it with the calculations as I seem to be getting the hand of how much to break off. Double yummy.

    Mr. Fluffy

      Anyway, I am glad to say that with some of the bits of the two nice bunnies - my BG's stayed at pretty even keel of around 5 mmol/L (90 mg/dL) - and waking up this morning - I was slightly lower then I like to be at 3.2 mmol/L (57 mg/dL) - but abit of espresso along with some toast / jam / slice of cheese - I'm all set for the day. 

      Now, the next question is - to keep myself busy enough - so I don't hear Mr. Toffee and Mr. Fluffy calling me to nibble on another part of them.  I must be good - and wait until Mike gets home from work.  Wish me luck!

     

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