DiabetesDaily: Out on Leave

How’s everyone doing! I feel I’ve barely write on this blog anymore. But the last few days I promise there was a pretty good reason for me not to update you guys until now even if I wanted to. Reason being was that this past Sunday, I had gone to urgent care, because I was not feeling well. I got a little bit scared because my blood sugars weren’t coming down below the 250’s. I was sick and I thought it was just flu virus that was going around, since everyone that I work with had got it, you know the flu. 

So you got me there in the urgent care, the dr lady checking me out asking the usual questions. I was feeling sick, tired, exhausted, low energy and you know typical symtoms of the flu, as well as with one day with a temperature of almost 100. That was about about a week ago. So here we have the Dr lady and the nurses giving me the flu/covid test thing. And guess what!! While at the urgent care, my damn blood sugar dropping low! Damn me! Right? Good thing I was at the urgent care, they had me on with an IV thing right away giving me that dextrose thing. Mind you I had gotten there about 10ish in the morning I thought I was going to get the heck out of there within the hour or so. But no, I was there until after 3pm. Which I did not mind it I was taken care of, and they helped me with the stupid low I had to have all of a sudden. I didn’t get the results of that flu/covid thing till the day after. And guess what came back positive! Not the flu that is for damn sure! I tested positive for the stupid covid thing! That really bothered me, because for the whole year I was was testing negative specially in the beginning of the year when everyone had to be testing for it. Mind you I am fully vaccinated along with the booster thing. Im just glad the symptoms where not as bad, as some other people had got them. Which is good, mind you being a diabetic it could had gone the wrong way. Im glad it did not though. 

  I was just out for a couple of days, taking antibiotics that im still taking, so whatever it is I still have goes away. Im finally symtom free and not feeling as shit as I was feeling a week ago. I finally got the clear that I am able to come back to work, which is where I am at the moment. But dont worry, I am only here for today, then I get New Years off, which is going to be good, I get to rest for a couple of days more, specially for the New Years, and i get to spend it with my dog, my fur-baby-child Toby. 

I am feeling so much better though trust me, and I am glad my blood sugars are not going stupid like they were when I was sick, trying to fight off the virus. As well as I am glad it did not get to worse, nor did I ended up in the hospital, which is a plus! I mean, who even likes the hospital anyway right! For sure I the hell don't! The only thing I feel is tired, that's pretty much it, but well enough to get back to work.

update 1: I am glad to say, I am feeling much better than I was a few days ago when I wrote to you guys. The antibiotics are working that's for sure, that's what antibiotics are for right? To help you get better, right? I hope you guys have a wonderful New Years.

Diabetes Daily....Let's Talk Diabetes

     Good Evening/Morning everyone,

How's everyone doing tonight. I am doing perfectly well enough, for tonight at least. Diabetes though, I dislike it most days, yet others I want to think I'm perfectly fine with it. That is because there is days where the numbers are so perfect, it makes me think I am doing something amazing or having the most amazing day ever. Other days the numbers are just disgusting enough it makes me think I am not doing anything right even though I do the best of my abilities.

    It makes feel like a failure when my blood sugars aren't doing as good as would like to. Yes, there is days where I hate it being a diabetic so much, it makes me wonder why I was ever diagnosed with it or why did I had to become a diabetic. Bur in a way, it makes me feel okay enough to be one because I can teach someone about it or explain to someone what diabetes is, or at least the different between type one (juvenile diabetes) and type 2. Though most people think and ask when I tell them I have diabetes they say "is that the bad one?" "is that the worse one?" I do not know what people think diabetes is, or when they think I cannot eat food at all, such as chocolate, soda, juice or whatever it is. I try and explain my diabetes in every which way possible in a way they may understand yet most are too stupid to want to understand. I don't understand what people think diabetes is, or what the differences are. All I hear is "oh yes my so and so has diabetes. They did such and such and now they do not have diabetes anymore. Maybe you should try it, and you can get off your meds, as well as you won't be diabetic anymore." So that's where I come in and try to explain about the one diabetes that I have and explain to them what the type of diabetes I have is. Or at least a simple explanation of the two is, that I believe people may understand, if so. 

    I remember too though, when I first got diagnosed with diabetes back in 1996, it was very difficult to deal with diabetes in every sense. Specially for a six-year-old child who knows not better about a chronic illness that they have to live with for the rest of their lives. Let alone a single mother who knew no better but did her best to deal with it. All I knew at that age was that I wanted to eat cake, candy and soda. I was always told I couldn't or just a simple no. I did not understand why I couldn't by my friends were able to just not me. I did not understand, why everyone else was able to enjoy, candy, soda, cake and all those good, tasty things kids love to eat, yet I was unable to do so. All I knew to do at that age was prick my fingers and inject myself at least 30 min before I had to eat. I did not even comprehend the whole diabetes thing at that age. I did not even know what that meant at six years old. 

    But now that I am older, I understand better how to manage my diabetes better than I did when I was in high school. I did rebel at that age, I did not want to do the whole pricking the falangies nor inject at all. I did do so, but not like I was supposed to. But anyway though, that is what it is. 

That is all my ranting for the day, Ill talk to you all soon....

Diabetes Daily…Technology

I haven’t talked to you guys in a long while, how is everyone doing though. Ive been well enough deal with the daily struggles of diabetes, and the daily lows, and highs. But that is is life as a diabetic right?

  But anyway, I wanted to come and talk about how technology has changed so much over the years since I got diagnosed with diabetes back in 1996. Though I am sure for many of you that are older than me it did changed much much more than it did for me. But in a way it changed as well, for me at least and many others that got diagnosed at around the same time as I did. 

  But anyway lets go on. 

Now I use an insulin pump and a dexcom (cgm) and that is a big deal for someone like me. I remember when I first got diagnosed, when I needed to check my blood sugar the glucose meter took at least five minutes to read my blood sugar (glucose). And that was a waiting game, and how long it took for it to give the results unlike now, some glucose meters take less than five seconds to give you a reading. Let alone the Dexcom. I remember though the first few newer versions of the glucose meter at least in my time when the companies where coming out iwth new meters, that took five seconds or less to give you the reading and that was amazing news!! For me at least and many others, because it gave more time to calculate the insulin that I needed to inject and the time for my body to process the insulin and regulate the blood sugar before the meal. For me at least was amazing news. Because I remember the times when I was asking about insulin pumps. I was always told I needed to be more regulated on my blood sugars, be like a hawk with my A1C , wich to me all the doctors that denied me the right to and insulin pump was letting me know i was never doing enough. But anyway, I felt the Drs never new or understood what it was like to have diabetes. None of the drs I had then were diabetic or any of such things. They just knew diabetes because school and all that shanenigans. But anyway, up until a few years ago, when I got the endocrinologist a different one, she and her team askd if I was a pump user I said I was not, and when the news came I was able to have an insulin pump and the dexcom. That was music to my ears! I was so exited that I was going to be using an insulin pump let alone the Dexcom thing I never new existed up until the endo explained to me what that was. I was so exited that I was finally able to be using one!

I was so happy that I was able to use some new technology for diabetes than what I was used to using. Making it easier for me to manage diabetes. Though I do not mind it pricking my fingers, to check my blood sugar, or using needles to inject insulin at all. Just amassed me how far technology has come for diabetes. I feel I am using a portable pancreas, that helps me correct blood sugars when needed, and the dexcom alerting me when I have a low or high blood sugar. It helps me know what steps i need to take next. Whether is to take a correction for the high or glucose for the low. I am glad i am able to use the technology I am. Other wise I do not know where I would be without it now. I am glad I get to use it since I feel lows when its a bit late. That’s not good, but I am happy I am able.