Expensive.

When i think about it... I'm glad i got diabetes over someone that may live in say a third world country, or a country that doesn't provide health insurance, etc. Diabets is VERY expensive. My insulin pump alone cost about $6,500. Not to mention the boxes of expensive medical supplies that we receive every three or so months. Luckily health insurance covers pretty much everything. It's sad to think that there are some places in the world were people don't have access to insulin pumps, or even just insulin. Without this, diabetes is a terminal disease, yes it's entirely manageable when you have the right resources... but not everyone does.

"Just in Case"

Parents of children with Type 1 diabetes have a lot of resposibilty too, especially when a child isnt old enough to take care of its own health. I was lucky that i was diagnosed at 15 so i could already take care of myself. On the other hand, my mom still finds her way to weave her way into making sure the little stuff gets done. For example, the second time she came up to Chapel Hill she hands my roomate a tube of icing and says... "just in case". Or in highschool she gave my boyfriend a spare glucometer to keep in HIS car... "just in case". Embarrassing? maybe... but I'd do the same if my kid was constantly in danger of his or her health. Really bad things don't usually happen with diabetes... but the problem is that the very easily could at ANY moment. Even when you think everything is okay.

Oops!

Just got back from lunch and my blood sugar was 326... I wasn't sure why because i gave the proper amount of insulin for what i ate. I started to do a little investigating and at one point i had asked a friend to refil my DIET coke... she accidentally gave me REGULAR coke which has a ton of sugar...oops!

LFit

So I took my LFit exam the other day and there were actually a ton of questions on diabetes! It really helped to understand what they were asking about insulin sensitivity and such. If i had just watched those modules that we were supposed to i probably would have gotten them all wrong! Most people don't know very much about diabetes, and i probably wouldn't either if i didn't live with it!

Uh oh...

So last night i was going to spend the night in a friends dorm room in south campus. However, my tube got caught on her door at one point and my pump site (where the pump connects to my body) came out. It doesnt hurt when that happens, but it just sucks because it's not like you can put it back in. So I had to make the treck all the way back from south campus at 2 in the morning... in the freezing cold. Way to go diabetes...

Me Checking by BG

Here's me checking my bloodsugar, it does'nt hurt at all when I do it in my arm, a lot of diabetics use theyre fingers but mine get really sore if i do that.

Nick Jonas

Kind of cheesy, but this is a short video by Nick Jonas. I tried to embed it into my blog but it isnt working properly. But still, take a sec to look at it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLrSFgvvgZc