Time Just Slips Away...

Blood Sugar: 111

So I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated! The holidays have really taken over at my house and we've been busy, busy, busy. Presents to buy and wrap, people to visit. Today we are heading to my mom's and tomorrow to dad's. Christmas with David's family is on Christmas Eve and then Christmas morning we'll be here with the kids. If only all the pieces were perfectly in their place...but alas, they are not. I hope that Christmas finds you in a merry place and that you are able to truly enjoy the time that you are spending with your loved ones. I hope that Santa is good to you and you at least have fun opening a few presents. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and Happy Hannukah....or just be happy because why not?!

I'll be back with more posting after Christmas!

I Survived

Blood Sugar: 84

So I have successfully completed a second surgery and as you can see, I am able to type and whatnot. This surgery was VASTLY different than the last one. For starters, I woke up in the OR. Wide awake and chatting to the nurses. It was really strange. I couldn't feel anything that they were doing and they had put a sheet up so I couldn't watch--which was fine--but there I was awake. Looking back I should have told her to give me a little more juice to knock me out, but it is what it is and I learned what not to do! LOL I took a couple of pictures of my stitches, but they aren't very good. This one was the best. So I have to keep using my hand and stretching my finger out and hopefully I won't have to go back in a month, but we'll see. I think if I have to do this again, I'm going to ask to be put back out in the OR and not chat and I also think I'm going to ask for stronger pain killers. I don't like taking pills, but when you hurt that bad, well, why not? I'd rather be drugged than in pain. How about you?

Occlusion Alarms

Blood Sugar: 88

So I just use the word occlusion in my everyday speech and had NO idea that no one else knew what it meant. So for the non-pumpers that are reading, an occlusion occurs when there is an issue in the canula, which is the tiny tube that is inserted under your skin with your insulin pump. I just recently had an occlusion and when I looked the canula was filled with blood which means that the pod I was wearing was not delivering insulin properly. So it's something that happens to us pumpers and it's annoying, but it doesn't make me want to go back on injections for any extended period. I haven't given myself a shot since January...I don't even feel like I could now, if I had to. But anyway, the whole point of this post is that I do not feel that my particular pump, the OmniPod, is very sensitive to an occulsion. Don't get me wrong, I love the OmniPod, I am not bothered by the pods I wear at all, but I would have liked an earlier alarm...you know prior to my blood sugar being 413. It made for a long day though. Checking my blood sugar and bolusing and checking and bolusing...it was finally better late that afternoon, but it's a hassle. What if the alarm had gone off in the middle of the night instead of when I got to work? I would have been up and changing it and fixing the issue with a 2 hundred-something blood sugar and that would have been WAY better. Still...the control that I have now via the OmniPod is something that I never dreamed of on injections. I used to wake up every morning with my blood sugar in AT LEAST the 300's...I definitely prefer the occasional high to the daily high!

I've Sorta Been Tagged

Blood Sugar: 172

The rules!

Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.
Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.
Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. So since this has been on the blog of three of my friends (Ginger, Barb and Laura), I'm going to do it with a Diabetes twist.

So let's get started, right?

1) I have been diabetic for almost 25 years and didn't really start taking care of myself (really) until last year.

2) With diabetes, I am at more risk for things like heart disease and dying of a heart attack, I also do not heal from injury as quickly and therefore I am more likely to get infections.

3) When I was growing up the big thing to talk about was all the diabetes complications that I could potentially face like blindness and kidney failure. So, I made my mom promise that if I went blind, I could get a dog. My priorities were SO out of line! LOL

4) I don't think a person really knows the truest sense of trust until you allow them to give you a shot.

5) Giving a shot is a lot like throwing a dart: you aim, you use a smooth straight motion...but the difference is that there is no follow-through and you shouldn't let go.

6) Diabetes care has drastically changed over the years, so you should not tell diabetics stories about how your grandma couldn't eat a piece of cake on her birthday or about how she had to have her leg amputated. Remember things are different now and the person you are speaking to is well aware of diabetes complications AND they are not your grandma.

7) I hate needles. I always have and because of this, I have always had some kind of device to insert any needle into me...a lancing device, an injector for syringes and the OmniPod ...this fear is the only reason I hate going to the doctor now.

So that's it...hopefully you enjoyed my list...it was fun to write it.