So, I finally got the dexcom G4 about a month ago.
Can I just saw OMG, how did I ever survive without it. It's truly awesome. I love being able to find out how certain foods affect my blood sugars. To see trends. To be able to catch my highs before i'm so high that I feel gross. It's truly awesome.
So if you are diabetic and contemplating getting one, and you can afford it. DO IT! totally worth the investment. I got lucky and my insurance paid for 100% of it.
I love my dexie. =)
talk at ya later,
Tara
Showing posts with label insulin pump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insulin pump. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
it's been a while............
It's been awhile since I have blogged. I'm a horrible blogger b/c I tend to get in these ruts of things. I go in spurts. Sorry!
Yesterday I went to bed at 630 PM. I was so tired, I had body aches and I just didn't feel that great. So I left my husband to put up food, and do dishes and put the kid to bed. I had him wake me up to tuck her in and I went back to bed. I just didn't feel well. I slept 13 hours last night. I feel much better today, yet I'm still tired.
My Blood sugars have been in the high 300's for a few weeks now. STRESS I'm sure. But also I stopped eating low carb b/c well the convenience of it wasn't that easy. Especially with Ally in the hospital.
Anyways. I'm just not feeling up to PAR these last several days. I'm not exactly sure whats going on. But I just don't feel the greatest.
I'll blog more later.
Tara
Yesterday I went to bed at 630 PM. I was so tired, I had body aches and I just didn't feel that great. So I left my husband to put up food, and do dishes and put the kid to bed. I had him wake me up to tuck her in and I went back to bed. I just didn't feel well. I slept 13 hours last night. I feel much better today, yet I'm still tired.
My Blood sugars have been in the high 300's for a few weeks now. STRESS I'm sure. But also I stopped eating low carb b/c well the convenience of it wasn't that easy. Especially with Ally in the hospital.
Anyways. I'm just not feeling up to PAR these last several days. I'm not exactly sure whats going on. But I just don't feel the greatest.
I'll blog more later.
Tara
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
busy life...
Sorry I've been gone for awhile. My daughter ended up getting admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. We were only there one night and got to leave the next day, but it's still rough. She has officially been sick for a week today. This mama is wore out.
she's slowly getting better. We have a ton of homework to do. While we were in the hospital the "Toy cart" came around and gave her a great toy! She got 8 new princess barbies! She was ecstatic and that was the first smile we had seen since being there! I had no idea that they even did that, it was a great way to make her feel special! I'll have to donate to them.
So My blood sugars as you can imagine have been off the charts all over the place, from 60-400! I'm a worrier as it is, and when it comes to my kid I'm even worse at being worried about her all the time! especially when sick, and then sick enough to be in the hospital, made it a thousands times worse.
Let me just tell you the hospital is no fun. Her oxygen alarm went off like every 10-20 min ( no exaggeration!) so I maybe got a hour of sleep, she only slept maybe 3-4 hours herself. But she felt amazingly better after the IV's! so we got to go home and now we are just trying to get her feeling better. We do a little bit of homework everyday so it's kind of like a taste of homeschooling. ( I've been thinking about homeschooling)
But we are on the road to recovery!! This weekend she goes to her dad's. My husband and I had planned a trip to Miranda Lambert's new B&B for this weekend, I'm hoping Ally is well enough I can go without worrying the whole time. But it should be fun! I'm looking forward to some relaxation!
Til next time y'all!
Tara
she's slowly getting better. We have a ton of homework to do. While we were in the hospital the "Toy cart" came around and gave her a great toy! She got 8 new princess barbies! She was ecstatic and that was the first smile we had seen since being there! I had no idea that they even did that, it was a great way to make her feel special! I'll have to donate to them.
Let me just tell you the hospital is no fun. Her oxygen alarm went off like every 10-20 min ( no exaggeration!) so I maybe got a hour of sleep, she only slept maybe 3-4 hours herself. But she felt amazingly better after the IV's! so we got to go home and now we are just trying to get her feeling better. We do a little bit of homework everyday so it's kind of like a taste of homeschooling. ( I've been thinking about homeschooling)
But we are on the road to recovery!! This weekend she goes to her dad's. My husband and I had planned a trip to Miranda Lambert's new B&B for this weekend, I'm hoping Ally is well enough I can go without worrying the whole time. But it should be fun! I'm looking forward to some relaxation!
Til next time y'all!
Tara
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Holy batman! 300!
Holy batman! Woke up to a bs of 304. YUCK!!
Bs is such a funny little things, you can go to bed Normal, wake up high with your pump on ( no it's not occluded ) for no darn reason!
So I did my correction and drank my coffee, we will see how it is in the two hour range. I also woke up with sinus congestion and cough so could be that I'm getting sick? Who knows!
I had a total hysterectomy back in June, every since my hormones have been off and they totally effect my diabetes. I can't take any HRT b/c they have all made my bs sky rocket into the high 300's to 500, can't be having that crap! So I just go started on Brisdelle its the only non hormonal medicine that helps hot flashes. been on it for about 9 days and i love it! So lets hope it stays that way.
I already have two babies here today. They are both asleep. My daughter leaves for school in about 20 min and she's fed, dressed, we read two chapters in her Juney B book and now she's listening to her new frozen book that reads to her. So it's a peaceful morning around here. EVERYONE is happy at the moment. next baby should be here in about 15 min, then I'll have the same three babies I had yesterday. They all get along great, it really wasn't that bad! hoping today is the same!
I am frustrated with myself tho, I meant to wake up at 6 about 45 min before my first baby gets here, that way I can drink coffee and BLOG and read blogs. I'm totally addicted to blogging and reading blogs and when I don't get it in the mornings i get upset with myself. BUT I am the one who CHOSE to sleep in. I'm just so tired. Luckily it worked out for me that the babies are tired and already napping! one fell asleep just laying on the floor, the other in the swing... woot woot.
Off to spend a few more min with my sweet daughter before she's off to school. Have a blessed day!
Tara
Bs is such a funny little things, you can go to bed Normal, wake up high with your pump on ( no it's not occluded ) for no darn reason!
So I did my correction and drank my coffee, we will see how it is in the two hour range. I also woke up with sinus congestion and cough so could be that I'm getting sick? Who knows!
I had a total hysterectomy back in June, every since my hormones have been off and they totally effect my diabetes. I can't take any HRT b/c they have all made my bs sky rocket into the high 300's to 500, can't be having that crap! So I just go started on Brisdelle its the only non hormonal medicine that helps hot flashes. been on it for about 9 days and i love it! So lets hope it stays that way.
I already have two babies here today. They are both asleep. My daughter leaves for school in about 20 min and she's fed, dressed, we read two chapters in her Juney B book and now she's listening to her new frozen book that reads to her. So it's a peaceful morning around here. EVERYONE is happy at the moment. next baby should be here in about 15 min, then I'll have the same three babies I had yesterday. They all get along great, it really wasn't that bad! hoping today is the same!
I am frustrated with myself tho, I meant to wake up at 6 about 45 min before my first baby gets here, that way I can drink coffee and BLOG and read blogs. I'm totally addicted to blogging and reading blogs and when I don't get it in the mornings i get upset with myself. BUT I am the one who CHOSE to sleep in. I'm just so tired. Luckily it worked out for me that the babies are tired and already napping! one fell asleep just laying on the floor, the other in the swing... woot woot.
Off to spend a few more min with my sweet daughter before she's off to school. Have a blessed day!
Tara
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Praying for my daughter.......
Woke up with a blood sugar of 254, doesn't make any sense since last night it was perfect and I literally had like ZERO carbs... UGH!
Today I have three babies, two 8 month olds and a 1 year old. It's a trying day, but I'm pretty darn good at it b/c they are all ASLEEP at the same time... WOW, I amaze myself sometimes. They really are good babies and get along very well which helps me out a lot.
I think I'm just stressed out a bit so there for it's making my bs higher than they should be. My daughter is 6, she's in first grade this year. She hates it, she hates the fact that she is away from me during the day, she hates going, she hates being there, she hates homework she has kids that make fun of her every day and well she's not doing very well in school. One thing is she uses the restroom 8 times in a two hour period, ( she has always urinated more often, but it's getting worse) I'm taking her to the doctor next week, and I'm going to make them check her for diabetes. I pray pray pray that she doesn't have diabetes, but with me being a type 1 I just want them to run an A1C and check it for me and I'll feel better knowing it was checked. So b/c she urinates so often she gets behind at school and then rushes to complete it and it's less than acceptable work so she has to REDO a lot of papers, and she is 6 so she's a bit of a "time waster" but that's prob normal lol. Anyways, I've been thinking about homeschooling her. BUT do I have the patience for that?? I don't know? I'm worried about it. I've made the decision to try this year and see if as the school year progresses that it gets easier and better for her, 1 reason being b/c i need to do research on homeschooling and if that's the road we take what program to use etc. I have also decided that if she does come back with diabetes that I will home school, I think that it would stress me out more to send her to school and trust someone who knows very little about diabetes to treat her for lunches etc. Blood sugars are a scary thing and even scarier in children.
So if you're the praying type, please pray for my daughter Ally, that we figure out whats causing her symptoms and that it's nothing bad.
I'm off to tend to the babies.... Have a great day!
Tara
Today I have three babies, two 8 month olds and a 1 year old. It's a trying day, but I'm pretty darn good at it b/c they are all ASLEEP at the same time... WOW, I amaze myself sometimes. They really are good babies and get along very well which helps me out a lot.
I think I'm just stressed out a bit so there for it's making my bs higher than they should be. My daughter is 6, she's in first grade this year. She hates it, she hates the fact that she is away from me during the day, she hates going, she hates being there, she hates homework she has kids that make fun of her every day and well she's not doing very well in school. One thing is she uses the restroom 8 times in a two hour period, ( she has always urinated more often, but it's getting worse) I'm taking her to the doctor next week, and I'm going to make them check her for diabetes. I pray pray pray that she doesn't have diabetes, but with me being a type 1 I just want them to run an A1C and check it for me and I'll feel better knowing it was checked. So b/c she urinates so often she gets behind at school and then rushes to complete it and it's less than acceptable work so she has to REDO a lot of papers, and she is 6 so she's a bit of a "time waster" but that's prob normal lol. Anyways, I've been thinking about homeschooling her. BUT do I have the patience for that?? I don't know? I'm worried about it. I've made the decision to try this year and see if as the school year progresses that it gets easier and better for her, 1 reason being b/c i need to do research on homeschooling and if that's the road we take what program to use etc. I have also decided that if she does come back with diabetes that I will home school, I think that it would stress me out more to send her to school and trust someone who knows very little about diabetes to treat her for lunches etc. Blood sugars are a scary thing and even scarier in children.
So if you're the praying type, please pray for my daughter Ally, that we figure out whats causing her symptoms and that it's nothing bad.
I'm off to tend to the babies.... Have a great day!
Tara
Monday, October 6, 2014
Oh for the love of diabetes.....
Oh for the love of diabetes...
The last few days have been rough regarding to diabetes, I've been on a roller coaster of ups and downs. Usually by evening I'm right where I'm suppose to be blood sugar wise. Last night at 2am my pump ran out of insulin ( really wasn't due to run out until tonight ) But since I've been so High the last few days I've used more insulin. Anyways, It alarms when it runs out, woke me up, but I just turned it off, took the pump off and it was on the floor this morning. That's the thing with me, I'm a great DAYTIME diabetic, Not a very good NIGHTTIME diabetic at all. I like sleep... Once I'm asleep don't wake me up, OR I'll be a grump grump. However I always regret in the morning.
My husband leaves for work around 530-540 AM everyday, He tells me good bye and sometimes I remember it sometimes I don't. I've been up and down all night since that stupid pump alarm, So why I didn't just get up and fix it, I DON'T KNOW!!But I didn't! I guess it was me trying to show my body that diabetes doesn't control me, but I'm wrong.... So now it's 6 am and I have a horrible headache and my blood sugar is 285. I babysit for a living. I have a 5 year old I keep half day until her school starts, she gets here at 6 AM otherwise I'd probably still be asleep. I'm not a morning person at all, and especially with high BS ( this is how I will abbreviate for blood sugars from now on, if I mean Bullshit I'll spell it out). I have another baby who gets here at 7 am she is 8 months old, and then another 8 month old that gets here at 830. I'm only watching the second 8 month old as a favor for today and tomorrow. But they will make me happy because I love babies.
Lately, I have been doing a low carb diet, it really helps my BS, however it seems as though EVERY weekend I fall off that low carb bandwagon and eat carbs, still prob not as many as I use to eat, but it still effects my bs is a bad way. I have High insulin sensitivity and well the more carbs I eat, the more insulin it seems to take to attack them. If I'm eating lower carb I can take less insulin per carb ( insulin to carb ratio is lower ) Makes no sense to me, b/c a carb is a carb and it shouldn't matter if I'm eating the same carbs it should take the same amount of insulin. So not the case.Yes I do understand that more carbs usually equal more insulin, just let me gripe for a second.
Diabetes is an asshole. No other way to put it. Just when you think you've figured it out, it reacts a different way. Stupid asshole. You would think after 15 years of living with this asshole that I'd be over it and just do it and not get frustrated, not the case. I have good days and bad days. However the last three days have been rough and they are wearing on me, I just wish I could kick diabetes ass, and it not kick mine for a change. We have been in this boxing ring called "life" for way to long, and it makes me wonder who's winning. Well today I'm winning along with my side kick "the pump". If I didn't have my pump and I had to do MDI ( multiple daily injections) then I'd prob be in the losing bracket more often.
So today, I decide I'm winning. I'm going to be happy today, I'm going to keep my bs in my target range, I'm going to eat low carb, I'm going to kick diabetes ass today. Tomorrow may be a different story, but today I've already decided!
Kick ass today peeps!
Tara
The last few days have been rough regarding to diabetes, I've been on a roller coaster of ups and downs. Usually by evening I'm right where I'm suppose to be blood sugar wise. Last night at 2am my pump ran out of insulin ( really wasn't due to run out until tonight ) But since I've been so High the last few days I've used more insulin. Anyways, It alarms when it runs out, woke me up, but I just turned it off, took the pump off and it was on the floor this morning. That's the thing with me, I'm a great DAYTIME diabetic, Not a very good NIGHTTIME diabetic at all. I like sleep... Once I'm asleep don't wake me up, OR I'll be a grump grump. However I always regret in the morning.
My husband leaves for work around 530-540 AM everyday, He tells me good bye and sometimes I remember it sometimes I don't. I've been up and down all night since that stupid pump alarm, So why I didn't just get up and fix it, I DON'T KNOW!!But I didn't! I guess it was me trying to show my body that diabetes doesn't control me, but I'm wrong.... So now it's 6 am and I have a horrible headache and my blood sugar is 285. I babysit for a living. I have a 5 year old I keep half day until her school starts, she gets here at 6 AM otherwise I'd probably still be asleep. I'm not a morning person at all, and especially with high BS ( this is how I will abbreviate for blood sugars from now on, if I mean Bullshit I'll spell it out). I have another baby who gets here at 7 am she is 8 months old, and then another 8 month old that gets here at 830. I'm only watching the second 8 month old as a favor for today and tomorrow. But they will make me happy because I love babies.
Lately, I have been doing a low carb diet, it really helps my BS, however it seems as though EVERY weekend I fall off that low carb bandwagon and eat carbs, still prob not as many as I use to eat, but it still effects my bs is a bad way. I have High insulin sensitivity and well the more carbs I eat, the more insulin it seems to take to attack them. If I'm eating lower carb I can take less insulin per carb ( insulin to carb ratio is lower ) Makes no sense to me, b/c a carb is a carb and it shouldn't matter if I'm eating the same carbs it should take the same amount of insulin. So not the case.Yes I do understand that more carbs usually equal more insulin, just let me gripe for a second.
Diabetes is an asshole. No other way to put it. Just when you think you've figured it out, it reacts a different way. Stupid asshole. You would think after 15 years of living with this asshole that I'd be over it and just do it and not get frustrated, not the case. I have good days and bad days. However the last three days have been rough and they are wearing on me, I just wish I could kick diabetes ass, and it not kick mine for a change. We have been in this boxing ring called "life" for way to long, and it makes me wonder who's winning. Well today I'm winning along with my side kick "the pump". If I didn't have my pump and I had to do MDI ( multiple daily injections) then I'd prob be in the losing bracket more often.
So today, I decide I'm winning. I'm going to be happy today, I'm going to keep my bs in my target range, I'm going to eat low carb, I'm going to kick diabetes ass today. Tomorrow may be a different story, but today I've already decided!
Kick ass today peeps!
Tara
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Things you don't say to a diabetic
Things you don't say to a diabetic ( no matter the type)
1. Do you have the bad type of diabetes??
* Yea because there is a good type of diabetes?? Really people think before you speak!
2. You forgot your insulin??
* Yes, I'm human. I already feel bad about it, so why make me feel worse? Sometimes people just forget stuff...
3. Why do you let your blood sugar get so high? Or Low?
* Oh because I like feeling like crap?? Really? Diabetes isn't that easy to control. In fact, it's just not easy, there are days it runs perfect for no reason at all and days it runs high for no reason at all....
4. Can you eat that?
* Yes I can. I can eat whatever I damn well please. We can't just eat lettuce people!
5. Do you wish you didn't have diabetes??
* uh, no I like giving myself shots and having to watch everything I eat and drink... But actually I don't know who I'd be without it.
Okay sorry for the rant! HA HA.. But for real be cautious what you say, it might actually hurt someones feelings.
1. Do you have the bad type of diabetes??
* Yea because there is a good type of diabetes?? Really people think before you speak!
2. You forgot your insulin??
* Yes, I'm human. I already feel bad about it, so why make me feel worse? Sometimes people just forget stuff...
3. Why do you let your blood sugar get so high? Or Low?
* Oh because I like feeling like crap?? Really? Diabetes isn't that easy to control. In fact, it's just not easy, there are days it runs perfect for no reason at all and days it runs high for no reason at all....
4. Can you eat that?
* Yes I can. I can eat whatever I damn well please. We can't just eat lettuce people!
5. Do you wish you didn't have diabetes??
* uh, no I like giving myself shots and having to watch everything I eat and drink... But actually I don't know who I'd be without it.
Okay sorry for the rant! HA HA.. But for real be cautious what you say, it might actually hurt someones feelings.
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