I feel like the beginning of Diabetes Blog Week had so many prompts that really tapped the emotionally-saturated side of my diabetes management that I’m spent. But I didn’t want to phone it in today for the last weekday post, so I’m pulling myself up by the bloggy bootstraps and putting my hacker hat on. (Damn, Gina – that sounds…
Don’t mind me … … I’ll just be sitting here with 1 unit of Humalog left in my pump because I went to bed with 9 units left and tried to use my insulin to the very last drop. I’ll let my dawn phenomenon-induced morning basal rate suck up the rest of this cartridge before swapping it out for a…
Guest Post: Timesulin, Innovation, and the Sniff Test.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Products, Guest Diabetes Blogger, InsulinPeople with diabetes know what people with diabetes want, and John Sjölund is no exception to this rule. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just before he turned four, he has created a simple, streamlined solution to make multiple daily injections easier to manage: Timesulin. I’ve used his product, and thought of it as “informed MDI’ing.” Recently, he kicked off an Indiegogo…
It slipped out of my hand and smacked against the tile floor, making a thick, heavy sound that went silent and caused guilt almost immediately, like dropping your mom’s favorite Christmas tree ornament and watching it smash into a dozen pieces. Brand new bottle of insulin, used previously for one, single pump cartridge filling. I had just taken it out…
Clever Diabetes Recycling (Upcycling!)
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes Products, Robot LifeAfter 27 years of type 1 diabetes, with ten years of pumping and over 60,000 blood sugar checks, I’ve certainly generated my share of diabetes-related garbage. All the little syringe caps and infusion sets, bottles of insulin, and dead strips, I could scent a landfill with the soft, wafting bouquet of band-aids (insulin) with ease. But it doesn’t all have…
On the eve of Thanksgiving, I’m thankful. Thankful for two, daft gray cats who rotate around this house instigating trouble, but who happily curl up on the couch with us at night. For job opportunities that fill my life with meaning. For family and family. For the husband who tolerates, with amazing patience, all of me. For the all-in hugs…
Across the board, a low blood sugar seems to be considered as anything under 70 mg/dL. Revisiting the American Diabetes Association’s website this morning offers up a list of symptoms of low blood sugar, like: Shakiness Nervousness or anxiety Sweating, chills and clamminess Irritability or impatience Confusion, including delirium Rapid/fast heartbeat Lightheadedness or dizziness Hunger and nausea Sleepiness Blurred/impaired vision…
Bikinis and Boluses.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Products, Diabetes Videos, Insulin, Pumping Insulin, Real Life DiabetesIn keeping with the theme of revisiting older posts this week, I’m looking back at an Animas video about bringing diabetes to the beach. You know, for people who wear their cell phones into the water. One thing I’ll add: those little pump cap things that come in the packages of infusion sites, for both Animas and Medtronic? Use them…
mySugr: Feeding the Diabetes Monster.
Blood Sugars, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Products, Real Life Diabetes, Robot LifeAt first, I was all indignant about the fact that diabetes was portrayed as a monster in this app. “I can’t hate it! Or fear it, right? That makes it a tumbleweed of psychosocial turmoil, doesn’t it?” In efforts to truly test the app, I went all in and embraced the monster. Which is why I’ve spent the last few…