Tuesday, May 3, 2011

seattle trip and insulin switch

Things have been "just ok." Not great, but not bad either. I'm still hovering in a high-ish range, but I think it's partly due to being sick and maybe even allergies. I've been off and on sick the last couple weeks, which isn't much fun, and I have a ton of sinus pressure going on. It also sucks being at work in front of a computer when you have a headache, sinus pressure, etc. All I want to do is close my eyes!

I did squeeze in some time for fun last weekend--a trip to Seattle to see 2 of my college roommates. It was fun just lounging around, going out to dinner and watching Glee. :)

I love these 2! Shortly after my diagnosis, they figured out how to bake cookies with less sugar and I so appreciated it. They have different ways of checking in with me, but because I'm so close with them, I don't mind their approaches or comments. I don't even mind being referred to as "the diabetic"--as in, oh, do we want to get lunch? Are you hungry? Well, wait, what does the diabetic need? I'm not offended...I know they are looking out for me and want to make sure what I need is taken into account. They also know that I am not very good at asking for help or admitting when I need something.

I just switched to apidra tonight so we'll see how it works over the next few days. I'm a little nervous since I know this is pretty fast-acting and I recently changed my ratios, but hopefully I will have nothing to worry about!


5 comments:

  1. Sounds like a great trip and a great couple of friends! Numbers, always tweaking numbers! My daughter had her endo appt today and came away with an A1C of 8.2. I was sorely disappointed and beat myself up. Now I just have to go back and figure out where we can do better. (mostly I becuase I don't expect her to understand about A1Cs yet, she doesn't need to worry her pretty little head about that stuff) I realized today how easy life can become all about the numbers and not living. I let those peasky little numbers rob me of my joy, today. I'm going to try to not let that happen again. I will be curious to hear how the Apidra works out for you.

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  2. Everyone needs at least one good friend in life. If you have two, you're super lucky. Thank God for them! Glad you got a chance to connect.

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  3. YAY for fun meet-ups and I hope you see some good results with the Apidra. I have found that it is by no means a "miracle insulin", but it does seem to make things a little more "smooth" around here.

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  4. Sounds like great friends! I hope that Ally will have lifelong friends that care as much about her :)

    I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Apidra. I'm hearing of several people switching their kids to it too, and I'm anxiously waiting to see what everyone's take is!

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  5. Great to hear your friends take good care of you. My hubby isn't good about speaking up when he needs something either (unless its with me)

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