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Overthinking

One of the most annoying things about being a writer is the whole constant introspection thing. Blogs are largely selfish enterprises, and I, for one, write a lot of personal posts here because setting it down into some kind of narrative makes it all make sense for me. But at some point, I think, you

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And Now, We Sleep

Note to self: the next time I suffer from these yearly sinus infection/allergy things, I need to get the right drug hookup from Stephanie’s Old Man, who, of course, has the best lineup of allergy meds on the market. I can BREATHE AGAIN!

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P.S.

For the record, I am also currently suffering from my twice-yearly sinus infection, and too groggy, muzzy-headed and miserable to write anything of any substance at any length. So things might be short, sharp or otherwise quiet for a while. Also, I would KILL for some fruit juice right now. Like, a gallon.

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Holy Hell

Went to the pharmacy to pick up testing strips for my new meter and a couple of glucagon kits. I was nervous when I went to pick these up because they said they only had the testing strips in cases of 200. Generally, testing strips cost a little less than a dollar a strip. One

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My Diabetes Makeover

FIRST. FIRST, YES: MY A1c is 5.9!!!!!!!!!! My A1c is 5.9!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me write that again: 5.9! 5.9! 5.9! I AM A SUGAR NINJA. I fucking knew it. Those of you who know me or read this blog know that I work my ass off for these numbers (anything between 4.5 and 6 is what

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By the Numbers

I see my new endocrinologist today, so I was going through and updating my numbers spreadsheet. For shits and giggles, I created a chart of my sugar numbers. I don’t know how useful it is, but it does look pretty. This chart tracks my numbers from June 2nd to yesterday.

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