Are YOU ready for Thanksgiving?

I don't really know if Iam, to be honest. I pretty much love Thanksgiving but we all know it is not a good day for blood sugars. I know that you can always correct later. I'm still excited though. I have never not done anything for fear of "What will my sugars do/be?"
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. My nan makes homemade stuffing which is the best EVER. My sister does the turkey, my other sister does the casseroles, my nan the stuffing, my mom does her amazing pineapple bread (or pinapple stuffing you could call it).(Something like the above picture). My Aunt is maing dessert. The onl sad thing is my sister now lives in Tennessee and she is not able to come home for Thanksgiving. I don't even know if she will be able to come home for Christmas.
Anyways I'm just really excited about Thanksgiving. I won't think about my blood sugars, I have already decided, I will worry about it later. Maybe it is not the right attitude, but I'm not going to worry myself crazy. I will deal with it happens. It's not like I'm not going to count my carbs. Who knows maybe the diabetes gods will shine over me and I will have good sugars all day. And I AM now pumping, so that SHOULD help, right?
I wish everyone a happy and normal blood sugar Thanksgiving!

I, Kiersten, am now an insulin pumper

I am now pumping insulin! How exciting is THAT?
I'm so happy right now. They changed some things though:
basal: .55 all day
I:C ratio 1:14 all day (used to be 1:12 why it changed I have no clue)
correction: 60 (used to be 50 again why it changed is beyond me)
range 80-120 although I want it to be 100-120 I'm not comfortable sitting at 80.
Anyways this has all happened so fast. From the time I said I wanted a pump to the time I started pumping with insulin I think it has only been a month or a little more than a month.

I love pumping, even if it is only saline

I really love pu mping so far. My pump trainer is coming to my house on Friday at 5:00 PM and I'm going to pump with Insulin (Humalog). I am so excited. I really am. It is so easy, atleast so far. But I know that nothing is perfect (can you say Murphy's Law?!?!?!?!)I even did my first site chnage all by myself and I had NO problem doing it. I really love pumping. It is a little akward for me to just whip out my pump at school to bolus, but I do it anyway because, really what choice do I have? When did I get a say in the matter? It's either take the insulin or don't take it and feel really crappy. But anyways the whole point of this post is to say....I love pumping and I love my Minimed 522 and I'm so glad that I went with it. I even named it. His (yes it is a he) name is Leo Lime, even though he is a black (smoke) pump. I really wanted an animas, but I am SO happy that I chose Minimed. Well actually I didn't choose Minimed. Insurance covered it 100% and my mom didn't feel like fighting with insurance, you know? But that's ok. AS I just said I LOVE my Minimed. I'm just so happy!

I'm now pumping saline, insulin next Friday

I am now pumping with a Minimed 522 with Saline. I will start with insulin (humalog) next Friday. It is SOOOO cool, let me just tell you. I keep pushing buttons as that is my "homework." I keep bolusing. I change my first site on Tuesday night (or late afternoon). I feel like this has all happened SO fast in a way so just....PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE OR WORDS OF LUCK AND/OR WISDOM. Thank you!

My pump arrived today

I'm so excited, I just keep looking at it. It is not clear like I thought it would be, it is smoke (black)but I like that color too. I have no idea when I start but I'm just excited to have it. It is so funny, isn't it, that insurance pays for a $6000 or $7000 insulin pump and CGMS sensors, but NOT a $20 inserter. I find that very ammusing. OH well. That is ok. Now I need to name my pump,because that is what I do apparently. I just keep staring at my pump and taking it out/putting it in the box. I literally sat there for 2 hours just looking and reading up on my pump.

Any advice for a newbie pumper?

This is Diabetes Awareness Month

So November is Diabetes awareness month. DO you do something special? I never have before, but I will try to wear my JDRF walk t-shirt and my team t-shirt more often. I DO check out in public. I give myself shots in public and don't care what people think. But I want to do something special.We have to raise awareness. My niece who is 9 years old came home from school the other day and told me a girl in her grade told her that "You DO get diabetes from eating too much sugar." After my niece told her it was NOT TRUE , she then told her "Uh-huh!" Oh-kay. So we need awareness because we can't have people thinking that way anymore. What can we do? How can we put an end to this crazy way of thinking? And why does DIABETES=FATNESS or LAZINESS or SUGAR? That is so old school. I'm tired of hearing that your sister's boyfriends aunts godmoother had diabetes so you know all about it! Geeze Louise! One of my best friends is 66 years old, Type 1 since she was 11 years old. I don't think people realize that you CAN have Type 1 when you are old. It does not change or dissappear. No, it's there forever. And it IS serious. It does lead to complications. THAT is why we need to make people aware. Now the question is....."HOW?"

Have I ever told you about my Nick Jonas dream?

I once had a dream that the Jonas Brothers were outside my house and I was kinda like OMJ the jonas bros are outside my house. So I tell them what a high fan I am and all that stuff. Well somehow we wind up in my back yard and I'm talking to Nick , because don't you know I'm in love with Nick Jonas and have plans to marry hime one day, and I don't know why or how but I say to him "So...what meter do you use?" SO I flirted about Nick Jonas, and not only that it was about diabetes too. How funny. Every time I think about it,I just wanna crack up laughing. When I told my best friend about it, she thought it was just as funny as I did. Not only that but when I was at the Jonas Brothers concert I said to my best friend "Maybe I will go so low or high that they will need to call 911 and the JOnas Brothers will come over and me and Nick will look into each othes's eyes and fall in love." or "Maybe Nick will go low on stage and he will need glucise and I have it and I will give it to him and we will just melt while looking into each others eyes." I know, so corney. But oh so funny, you know? Anybody else have weird dreams like that? I swear, I'm the queen of weird dreams. I think I should get a trophy.

When is my pump going to get here?!?!?!?

It should be here some time next week actually. I'm so excited I even dreamed about it. Sad, isn't it? I know that when I DO get my pump, it doesn't mean I can use it right away. However, I can look and play with it. My insurance is even paying for the sensors for the CGMS. That too is SOOOO exciting. So...words of advoce and some wisdom maybe?