The Good: 1) I can keep my blood sugar more constant, by testing and correcting easily every… two to three hours. 2) No more shots. No more 5:30 am Lantus shot on weekends, in particular. 3) There is a handy bolus calculator that tells you how much insulin you’ve injected within the last three hours […]
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Still feeling too anti-social and tired to get out and about tonight. Hoping to at least go see a movie tomorrow. Now I am faced with the fact that I do not want to cook but do not want to go out and should not be spending money on carry out food. Pancakes and video
Came home, changed out to a new omnipod (I keep wanting to say ipod heh heh heh), cried for awhile. Tested at 35. Ate some graham crackers and cried some more. I hate being broken. I hate it more than anything in the whole world. I hate being dead already, just limping along with the
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You know, just seeing how much insulin I have to take just to stay under 300 because the pump’s fucked and basal’s not working, I have to say that I’m reducing my, “I could live for at least 3 days without insulin after the apocalypse!” to “I’d be lucky to make it 24 fucking hours.”
Had my first pod failure this morning when I went to switch out my omnipod. I’d read about this in the omnipod forums – apparently 1 in 7 actually fail out of the box. The good news is that this is supposed to mostly happen immediately, as soon as you put it on. I kept
…and it’s going to stay that way for at least another year. On the one hand: kind of depressing. On the other hand: this is what you get when you cross wild, roaring 20s with chronic illness and job layoffs: A year of boring suck. Ah well, I’m making the most of it. And the
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Actual thought tonight, as I prepared for a pre-8:30 bedtime: “Gee, I don’t know why I’m so wiped out and exhausted.” Gee, I wonder. Numbers this morning were a lot better, but I was running high this afternoon, in part because I think I underestimated the carb count on today’s black beans at lunch. So
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I sat up tonight watching the last half of The Notebook. This is one of my favorite romance movies (and not just because I have crushes on both of the leads). I generally hate smarmy, gendered romance movies where some dashing, moneyed guy saves some poor but pretty abused Cinderella from her dead-end life. Excuse
It appears that my magic basal number during the day is somewhere between .45 and .55 units per hour. After a shitty morning, my numbers after noon evened out really well. I’ve set myself at .55 for the morning and .45 at night, with adjustments for exercise (.25 for evening cardio, .35 for morning exercise,
Diabetes. Started the new insulin pump today. You know, I don’t really use a lot of insulin. I’ve been reading these forums where there are people using something like 80 units of insulin a day. 80 units? Srsly? I’ve been adjusting my basal rate all day for lows. I’m going to suspend it altogether for
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