January 2012
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December 2011
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This is the official diabetic tumblr user count!...
diabetes-phrases:
REBLOG THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE NEED THE REAL COUNT! AND DON’T REBLOG IF YOU DON’T GOT THE DUHBEETUS…
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I Fell Off The Wagon...
…And fell back into old habits of eating whatever I want, not checking my sugars, and not bolusing like I am supposed to. I did really well for a week and after seeing my doctor and knowing my A1c came down was when it all started going down hill. I also had some problems getting adjusted to the MIOs, but after I figured out the problem, everything was working well. Other than the fact that...
You know you're a diabetic when:
insulateyourself:
every drop of blood becomes an opportunity to test your blood sugar.
Educate!!
sweet-heart-the-melancholic:
I wonder if the tumblr Diabetics could ever make a movement to educate people on all forms of Diabetes.
That would be ever so nice.
My pump site just exploded?
calamaricalamity:
Like… all of the sudden I feel insulin running down my stomach and the site is all wet. I just changed that site like yesterday too…
And now it’s all swollen and nasty looking… Cool…
This happens to me all the time. Well not all the time, but it happens often. Why does it do that?
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“Managing your diabetes is not a science, it is an art”
– Unknown
“Damaged people are dangerous because they know they can survive.”
– Unknown
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
– Frederick Douglass
“Courage may be the most important of all virtues, because without it, one cannot...”
– Maya Angelou
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Ah-Ha!
It seems like the MIOs are working. I’ve been able to use my backside, hips, legs, etc as pump sites, leaving my stomach untouched. I’ve also had extremely low sugars as a result to this, so I’m going to be calling my doctor to adjust my basal rates. Its been wonderful not having to use my stomach. It needs a serious vacation!!
finding diabetes blogs makes me feel less lonely...
inspirational title.: it seems like theres a lot... →
interhorse:
it seems like theres a lot of controversy over diabetes jokes. i am a type 1 diabetic and have been for 13 years. i tell them. and i hear them. i dont get offended by them, because i know people are only trying to lighten the mood and make a shitty thing a little better. its only bad if the people…
This!!
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Endocrinologists
I’ve been reading a lot of posts about people not wanting to visit their doctor’s because most of them are asshats. I used to see an Endo and I hated going to see him. I know this disease is serious, but he would yell at me and tell me all kinds of things that never helped in how I was feeling or thinking at the moment. I know he did it out of concern, but that’s not what I...
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I Want To Throw Something...
OT: I just watched my cat miss a landing and play it off as though it was supposed to happen. Goofy cat.
Okay….I woke up with my BS low again. It was low all night. After having lows all day yesterday, I think its time to call my doctor and have her check out my basal rates. I feel awful and I just want to sit in the corner and cry. I hate being low, that feeling is worse than feeling high.
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Screw You Error 3 Notification!!!
I didn’t even know there was an Error 3. Well screw you too. I hate you just as much as Error 5!!!
corysboredagain replied to your post: BLAH!!
i always do protein! it takes longer to digest so it stays with you longer. maybe next time try some juice and a serving of nuts? sometimes i get crazy and make black bean nachos, for protein (and deliciousness)
I’ll have to try that the next time!! Thanks!! =)
When your friends are talking about drugs
insulateyourself:
and you say “yeah, i do drugs all the time…INSULIN”
I’m an insulin addict!!! I’m on that shit all the time, honey bager don’t care, honey bager don’t give a shit!! lol
diabeticonfessions:
There are days when it feels like this disease is an actual physical weight keeping me down. I’m only 24, but after a particularly trying day with my blood sugars I feel anywhere from ten to thirty years older inside. It’s days like this, when my very bones feel creaky with exhaustion and I’m tracing fingertips along the lines of all the scars formed from simple cuts that...
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BLAH!!
I could not keep my blood sugar above 45 last night. I drank so much orange juice that it tore up my stomach. I got up at 7am with it being 42. I ate a donut. Apparently I needed substance because it jumped to 176 in a matter of minutes. GRR why can’t I think of this stuff when it matters most?
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That Explains It!!
My blood sugar went nuts again after I took a shot to bring my 466 level down. So, I did a pump-site injection in another location. Took the bad MIO site out and saw that it didn’t insert right because I have an indentation in my skin where the tube didn’t go in. GRR. Let’s try this again, shall we? I wish there was a way besides getting a super high BSL to tell if the set went...
Diabetes 20 Day Challenge: Day Nine
Have you ever traveled far away with it? What was that like?
The farthest I’ve traveled from home was 3,000 miles. It wasn’t bad. My sugars run a little high, but nothing drastic. I’m normally around family every where I go, so if anything happens, they know what to do.
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Screw You Error 5 Notification!!!
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My Little Dot Scars
I was looking at my stomach today and I have little dot scars all over it. I’ve always hated them. After staring at them for a bit, I started thinking. I wouldn’t be here without these little scars. Sure I could go back to taking shots, they didn’t scar me, but life has been so different on the pump. I don’t have to stop and draw up shots 8-10 times a day and allowing me to...
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I Feel Like Crap...
I just got the MIO samples and I put one in today to test it out. I normally use the silhouettes because they go in at an angle. I’ve tried the ones that insert straight, but I never got insulin with them. I have a little pudge in my stomach, but I’m normal weight for my height, etc. ANYWAYS, back to the MIO. They insert straight in. My BSL is 466. I’ve been having normal levels...
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Diabetes, You Confuse Me
I’ve pretty much been low all day. I’ve been eating, without taking insulin…for anything…and I’m still low. WTH is going on? I even ate a donut that would normally make my BS spike. Nope. I’m low. I hate being low. Worst. Feeling. Ever!!!
Having the tube of your pump hanging out of your...
insulateyourself:
It’s the new fashion.
I’ve been rocking this look for ages. xD Too bad doors and whatnot don’t like my sense of fashion because they keep ripping it out. Poo!!
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Hi Everyone!!
I honestly have no idea how to reply to people after I’ve posted something besides going to their tumblr and sending a message. I’m lame, I know. hehe.
Thanks to everyone who replied to my Woot Woot post!!! I really thought my A1c would be outrageous, but I guess the last 5 days and having normal BSLs really helped in that figure. I’ve been trying to do better and I can see its...
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Woot Woot!!
Had a VERY good doctor’s visit this morning. A1c went from 8.7 to 7.9. I know its stil a little high, but I haven’t hit the 7’s in almost two years. Have to do overnights tonight, but its all good.
Doctor told me I need to lay off my stomach with my site injections. She told me about the MIO because I have a hard time using my hips and whatnot with the sets I’m using now....
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I'm Hoping For A Semi-Decent Visit
Doctor’s appointment today. I know my A1C will be high, but the last five days I’ve had amazing numbers. My doctor isn’t one to yell, she just smiles and says “how can we fix this.” I wish she’d yell at me sometimes, but I had a doctor do that and I never got anything accomplished. I’ve got lots of questions for her today, so I know this visit will be a...
When you can't get enough blood out after a finger...
insulateyourself:
“oops, looks like I’m empty”
Or when you try to squeeze more out and blood squirts all over the place. Ew. Diabetes sucks.