For some reason people often comment (or even gasp) when they see my pantry for the first time. *Shrug. Ok, so maybe I’m a little overly organized sometimes, but this particular characteristic of mine sure does come in handy for wrangling all my diabetes data and decisions.
This post is one in a series for the National Diabetes Month of November. Kerri from sixuntilme.com initiated the Photo-a-Day idea and prompts and lots of other diabetes bloggers have chosen to follow suite.
I know that the blue circle signifies diabetes and diabetes advocacy and I’m a big fan, yet for some reason when I read that Day 7’s word was “blue” all I could think of was that song “Blue Christmas” and then I remembered that 2 Christmases ago, I was on vacation when my pump (Omnipod PDM technically) crapped out…just like that! So, it did end up being a “blue” Christmas without my pump indeed.
Fortunately, I was rushed a new PDM and back in business 24 hours later. I also was so lucky that I had my insulin dosing regimes, basal rates, and pump parameters written down with me to re-enter into the new pump. I only had them because I was pregnant and was being hyper-vigilant about logging. Which prompted me to begin consideration of an online EMIR, where I could store all my detailed medication dosages (that I or others could access in an emergency). Read my recent post about why I went with MedibandPlus.
This post is one in a series for the National Diabetes Month of November. Kerri from sixuntilme.com initiated the Photo-a-Day idea and prompts and lots of other diabetes bloggers have chosen to follow suite.
While I often think of my diabetes as having a life of it’s own and requiring as much work as a third child or a second job, it’s not the relationship I would chose to highlight when talking about diabetes. Instead, that would be my husband, Ben, who has to put up with my high-sugar frustrations and low-sugar grumpiness, never complains when it’s time to help me with a hard-to-reach site change, and still finds time to comment on my blog posts with offers to craft me a bat-utility belt for all my diabetes devices. ♥
This post is one in a series for the National Diabetes Month of November. Kerri from sixuntilme.com initiated the Photo-a-Day idea and prompts and lots of other diabetes bloggers have chosen to follow suite.
I use each of these items every day to help manage my diabetes. Each one tracks a necessary variable. In order to optimize my treatment, I need to analyze the data I collect, and yet none of these devices talk to one another or have a common analysis platform. I advocate for simplifying diabetes data collection and analysis, while empowering patients. (See my proposal, Pixels: Your Personal Diabetes Big Picture).
This post is one in a series for the National Diabetes Month of November. Kerri from sixuntilme.com initiated the Photo-a-Day idea and prompts and lots of other diabetes bloggers have chosen to follow suite.