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Recognize your inner superhero.
Is it the warm weather, or is it just that I’m getting older? I’ve recently experienced a couple of lows that were just energy-zapping. Those “I see it coming, here it is, I don’t want to move, now I...
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Diabetes is hard. But we’re worth it.
Diabetes. Our lives with diabetes is a balancing act. Keep those numbers in between 80 mg/dL and 120 mg/dL. We know that a hemoglobin A1c reading under 7.0% is optimal. As we also know, there are...
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Hello, Mr. Middle-of-the-Night low.
Well hello there, Mr. Crazy out-of-nowhere-middle-of-the-night low. It’s been a while, but as soon as I woke up at 2:15, felt strange, and put my hand on the back of my sweaty head (in the air...
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Saturday Night.
It was Saturday, about 6:00 p.m. My BGs had been running high all day. It was time for dinner, and since I try to pre-bolus whenever possible, I washed my hands (like I almost always do), did my...
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Frustrated, but okay with it (sort of).
Do you ever experience a low where someone really goes out of their way to help you, when you don’t really need it, and it’s kind of annoying? This wasn’t help during a low… this was, unfortunately,...
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Imperfections.
What is it about diabetes that just knocks us off our game now and then? Nothing about diabetes is wonderful, unless you count the people you meet who are dealing with the same things, either by living...
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Universal truths.
I’ve been back on the workout bandwagon for a while now. I’m still finding some time to get on my spin bike at home, and I’ve been getting to the gym so I can run on the track instead of going outside...
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Juice boxes in the middle of the night.
You know, it’s really hard to get juice from a juice box in the middle of the night. Think about it… you have to find the juice box (usually in the dark), you have to grab the plastic straw from the...
View ArticleI’m ready to go off the clock.
I had one of those mornings last week. Actually, it was more like one of those weeks last week. Every time I came to work, it seemed like things were happening all around me, and my input or assistance...
View ArticleGuarding against the next time, preparing for it anyway.
I had a crazy low recently. They don’t happen very often anymore, but on the rare occasions when they do, they’re scary. It’s hard to describe it to someone who’s never experienced this before. It’s...
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