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Man, My Life is Boring

…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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By the Numbers, redux

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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What do you want?

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

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Magic Numbers

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,

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Things that Annoy Me

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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