Diabetes 365, Day 17: As someone with diabetes I pay attention to everything that enters my mouth. Food is an important part of my life. Spontaneous eating is a thing of my past. Each and every meal is planned and each and every gram of fat, protein and carbohydrate ( especially the caarbohydrate) is measured.
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Diabetes 365, Day 16
I am a technologist. I love computers. I love numbers and data collection and graphing and… you get the point. I get a blood glucose reading in the safe range ( 70 - 120 ). But quite a few are in the low arena (30 - 70)
Diabetes 365 Day 8
Last night my sister-in-law's husband asked me, "Why do you test so much?" I explained to him that since I inject insulin ( and I explained about the importance of insulin ) before each meal in between meals and even before meals I have no way of knowing if my blood glucose level is going up, going down, or just hanging around. He still had a blank look, so I explained some more."You have a healthy endocrine system that does what it is supposed to do. Mine. She broke. This finger prick, this test strip and meter, this shot of insulin - and my brain - they are my endocrine system."Sigh! I know he still didn't get it.
