Oh – He Had It Bad

Contrary to what John Q. Public believes there are no levels of severity with Diabetes. Wearing an insulin pump does not mean the pwd has it worse than another pwd. Last night was Back To School night at my sons middle school. It isn’t really a time to meet the teachers and have a conference. […]

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High With A Chance of Ketones

I went to bed at 10pm last night. All three kids safely within range with no active insulin. I didn’t set any alarms for night checks, no reason to worry. This morning I got up made coffee and packed lunches. Middles got up and took a shower, checked BS (117) and ate breakfast. All was […]

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WTFedness

Yesterday a FWD (Friend with diabetes) posted on a social media site about a low blood sugar before dinner. She included the phrase “WTFedness”. I didn’t find her low humorous but the phrase “WTFedness” cracked me up and I told her as much. Diabetes has been frustrating the crud outta me lately. Unexplained stubborn highs […]

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Did You Dose?

So Sugarboy took a shower before school Friday. Then he came down to eat breakfast. He tested prior to the shower and was high and he corrected by dosing insulin via his pump. Which (and he would be totally ticked at me for sharing this – but alas doesn’t read my blog) was why he […]

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Not You Too

Checking out of the grocery store today the cashier commented on the 6 packages of juice boxes I had, asking if they were for a school party. I don’t normally volunteer Diabetes information – wait yes I do. Anyway I replied that I had two kids with Type 1 Diabetes and  juice is medicine in […]

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