Every few years, my symptoms of low blood sugars morph a bit. When I was first diagnosed, numb lips and quick tears were my reflex symptom. The emotional uptick would hit first, and I knew things were going south quickly once my mouth and tongue would go numb. This caused a lot of slurred speech during hypoglycemic events, an immediate…
Seems like there’s been a yearly theme since … like 1986. I found this paper in a box in my basement, one that had been given to me by my father years ago as he was cleaning out our family home. I’ve had it for ages but it’s taken me until this week to start going through it. I found…
Hi there. How are you? … No, really. How ARE you? I’m good. Thanks for checking in to ask. Keeping it casual here in my digital house because I don’t have the desire for carefully crafted sentences and overly oppressive narrative structure. Just felt like writing and sharing some links. It’s kind of like a Friday Six, only on a…
Pardon My Pancreas: Talkin’ About T1D and Pregnancy
Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, PodcastQuick post to share a link to the Pardon My Pancreas podcast featuring some diabetes and pregnancy talk with host Matt Vande Vegte: If you have 30 min to fill, take a listen. And thanks again to the team at Pardon My Pancreas for having me on. You might also like: Diabetes Connections, with Stacey Simms. Podcast Alert With My Whole…
Sometimes my glucose meter feels like a random number generator. (And for people who read Friday’s post and thought this blog was immediately archived, it’s still live and will be updated until May 4th. Check back when you feel like it for new content, and then it’ll go Rip Van Winkletown in May. <3) You might also like: Five Random…
With My Whole Heart (and What’s Left of My Pancreas)
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes and Emotions, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, Real Life DiabetesWhen I was a lot younger, I thought about my 40th birthday as so far in the future and potentially scary. I didn’t know how I would feel. I didn’t know if I’d still be healthy. I didn’t know if I would be happy. Also, what the hell middle aged?! Today is my birthday. I’m turning 40. I feel pretty…
Myabetic Giveaway – Unicorn Sparkle Time
Diabetes Products, Psychosocial Support, Real Life Diabetes, Robot LifeI love, love, love all of the Myabetic options. From the Kerri bag (bias alert!) to the dinosaur meter case, the Myabetic team finds a way to make diabetes functional, fashionable, and fun. And their newest bag is no exception. Check out this unicorn cutie: “Diabetes care needs a little sparkle,” said Kyrra Richards, founder of Myabetic. “As a mom…
YouTube, Diabetes, and &: An Interview with Diabetic Danica
Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Diabetes VideosSome people are just nice, and then you find out they also have diabetes and becomes a happy moment of “YES!!!” This is what meeting Danica, aka Diabetic Danica, is like. She’s kind, easy to talk to, and just happens to have amazing hair. Oh, and diabetes. She’s been creating videos that showcase her upbeat, positive take on diabetes since 2011,…
(Ew, ew, ew I, too, am a little horrified by the title of this post. I promise to keep the puke references to a minimum.) Friday night, I went to bed feeling fine. Blood sugars were excellent – 90 mg/dL and stayed that way straight until around 7 in the morning. But at 2.48 am, I woke up feeling like…
Is There Another Way to Open These Boxes?
Diabetes Products, Diabetes Tech, Pumping Insulin, Real Life DiabetesI tend to be very organized when it comes to my diabetes supplies, but there are marked exceptions: For some reason I always tear into a new box of reservoirs or infusion sets like a caffeinated squirrel. I mean, is there another way to open these boxes? You might also like: Open the Door. I Heart Insurance. Open Windows An…
Nothing structured about today’s post. Totally winging it. I had an endo appointment a week or two ago, and things are holding steady there. My weight continues to go in the right direction (baby weight is finally gone, working on just getting fitter), my blood pressure was great, my nerve appear to still be nervy, and my A1C is stalled…