Good Afternoon!
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted! I have so much I want to post about, but no time! I have been terribly busy with the holiday’s!
I was on vacation last week and am on vacation again starting today! I will be back Monday the 5th though and am looking forward to [...]
Archive for December, 2008
The Holiday’s
Posted in Michelle's Posts, Type 1 Diabetes on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Answering some questions about the pump
Posted in Michelle's Posts, Type 1 Diabetes, tagged answering questions about insulin pump, infusion set, insulin, paradigm 722, quick serter on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1.What type of problems did you experience with the use of the pump?
2. Would you advice the option of the Continuous monitoring system?
3.How accurate and reliable is the sensor?
4.You are not aware of a pump system that sends the data (glucose levels) to a device like a watch for easier reading?
5. Do you achieve better [...]
Another terrible low blood sugar
Posted in Michelle's Posts, Type 1 Diabetes, tagged adjusted basal settings, Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor, Diabetic Coma, insurance approve CBGM, low blood sugar on December 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Saturday morning I thought I was having a dream about my husband making me drink egg nog. It completely felt like an out of body experience, like I was watching myself. I watched my dream while I drank the egg nog, and a few minutes later I could feel the glass in my hand. I [...]
Treat lows without the high blood sugar spike
Posted in 1, tagged bring up blood sugar lows, bring up blood sugar lows without going to high, hammergel on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This article mentions a product called HammerGel to treat lows. It is supposed to help regulate your sugar while it brings it back up to help avoid the yo yo that so many diabetics get of going from low to way to high. I am going to get some and give it try!
http://www.mailbucket.org/ultra-10338102.html
A little more on the cancer drugs cure for type 1 diabetes
Posted in Michelle's Posts, Type 1 Diabetes, tagged cancer drugs cure type 1 diabetes, cure for type 1 diabetes, progress on cure for type 1 diabetes on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been following the progress on the cancer drugs they found that may be a cure for type 1 diabetes…..even if you already have it! Here is another article about it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081117/hl_nm/us_drugs_diabetes_1
Diabetes and holiday treats
Posted in Michelle's Posts, Type 1 Diabetes, tagged diabetes and holiday treats, diabetes eating during the holiday's, guesstimating carbs, high blood sugar, insulin, low blood sugar on December 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Good Morning.
I had a wonderful weekend doing holiday activities. As you know by now, I love the holiday’s! One of the hardest parts of them, is all the treats that people bring to our house, work, and anywhere else they can get them! I love chocolates, fudge, cookies, breads….any baked goods but it is so [...]
How to handle lows when insulin is still acting
Posted in Michelle's Posts, Type 1 Diabetes, tagged insulin still active, insurance, low blood sugar, Low carb recipes, treat low blood sugar on December 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Thank goodness it’s Friday! Seriously, I am more than ready for the weekend! I need to sleep in for a day!
My basal adjustments helped with my sugars a lot, although I still have some tweaks to make. Hopefully I will be able to stay at these rates for a while and not have to change [...]
Frustrated with diabetes
Posted in Michelle's Posts, Type 1 Diabetes, tagged adjust basal rates, frustrated with blood sugar, high blood sugar, low blood sugar on December 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Can I just say THANK YOU to everyone who is leaving comments. It is so helpful for me! I am still very frustrated with my diabetes today. The most frustrating thing is that my needs are constantly changing and I don’t feel like I can keep up. It seems that as soon as I decide [...]
Blood Sugar Battles!
Posted in 1, tagged alcohol's affect on blood sugar, high blood sugar, low blood sugar, low blood sugar going to high on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Ok seriously, I don’t know what is going on lately but I am having blood sugar battles! I can’t keep up. My blood sugar was terribly high after Thanksgiving dinner. Higher than it’s been for a long time! It was 300! I’m blaming it on the alcohol I was drinking throughout the day, but still [...]
