Am I a crumb because I want to rip my devices off sometimes and throw them into a great, blue hole? Like this one? My skin is so irritated by the adhesives and intrusions of my insulin pump and my CGM that the desire to heave them into this abyss is intense. the Great Blue Hole – I look at…
Pump Peelz Giveaway Winners!
Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Products, Robot LifeTime for the Pump Peelz Giveaway winners! The original contest rules are from earlier this week are here, and the entries came in through blog post comments and Twitter. Some were poignant, some were silly, and all were written by people touched by diabetes. Poems don’t have to rhyme. But if you count syllables, You might win fun shit. http://t.co/aKNMHvxVVA — Kerri /…
“Do you guys have any fun plans for the summer?” The question was simple enough, but not even close to a level my hypoglycemia-addled brain could handle. I had trouble formulating a response, and the lag time was embarrassing. We’ve only moved to the neighborhood a few months ago and haven’t solidified relationships with our neighbors yet, so being wickedly…
Dexcom SHARE with Bluetooth Thingy.
Blood Sugars, Dexcom, Diabetes and Family, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Products, Real Life Diabetes, Robot Life(This post title only includes highly technical terms and viewpoints from an analytical mind. Also, please note that the contents of this post include opinions and feedback on the Dexcom SHARE receiver, and I have a sponsorship relationship with Dexcom. So there’s bias involved. Kind of a lot of bias, too, since I’ve been a fan of the company since…
Stress!!!! and Diabetes.
Blood Sugars, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes Videos, Real Life Diabetes, TravelingDo your blood sugars respond to food? Of course. How about to insulin? And exercise? A big “hell yes” to those, too. Food, insulin, and exercise have tangible influence on my blood sugar levels. But one influencer that I don’t often take into account is stress … which is a ridiculous variable for me to ignore because stress can make…
“Mommy … I had a nightmare.” She shows up in the middle of the night sometimes, evicted from her warm bed down the hall due to a nightmare. “I had a dream about a blue monster with no arms and popcorn on his feet.” She’s clutching her blanket, her water, a flashlight, and a stuffed animal; clearly she’s in for…
“Ninety-five percent of the time, I’m fine. The lows are ones I can treat myself, even if the number is really low. Usually my symptoms are shakiness or like this brain fog. When the lows are really gross, I usually cry at random. Or I throw things. No real in between. But the majority of the time, I can take…
I’ve been using the Dexcom SHARE for the last few days. And while I don’t want to defer back to a list of PROS and CONS like I did with the gluten mess the other day, it’s a better way to streamline a post, so I’m doing it and doing it and doing it well. Also, this is not a…
Yesterday, my bag was packed with all kinds of good intentions. My CGM sensor was only three day old, on a bright and shiny Toughpad to prevent adhesive rash! The Dexcom receiver was fully charged! My CGM in the Cloud rig was all charged up and ready to send my data into the cloud so that I would have a…
First this: Then this: So whoa! Much woe. You might also like: Hypoglycemic Blues. Lower Arm Real Estate. Dexcom Real Estate: Lower Back Edition. Circle.
The Dexcom / Mac Dance.
Blood Sugars, Dexcom, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Products, Robot LifeSharing, because that’s what friends do. Brian Bosh, living with type 1 diabetes and also apparently a very clever guy, found a workaround for uploading Dexcom G4 data to a Mac computer. Yes, you read that correctly. @4thandLife https://t.co/HUp5vRTvLm — brian bosh (@bosh) August 12, 2014 “I created Chromadex because I was trying #DIYPS but hated carrying around a second…