From Teen to adult- a journey with diabetes

Blood in canula and bent?

2009-08-08T16:20:00.005-04:00

I was getting ready to go to the doctors the other day and I disconnected my pump for no more than a minute. I went to put it back on and it would not connect again. Ok so I wait a few minutes and try again. Nope, still won't go back on. Wait AGAIN, for a few more minutes. Nada.

So..at this point I have to go to the doctors so I left it off.

I get home and I've only been disconnected for...oh...maybe 2 hours? Maybe a little more.

Still can't get it on. So...I take my site out and what do I find? The canulla was filled with blood AND it was bent. It was the first time that it has ever been bent and the second time that it has been filled with blood. I have no idea why it was like that, but I'm just glad that I figured it out.

Why, Why, Why?

2009-08-04T22:45:00.002-04:00

It seems that whenever I go on any kind of vacation without my parents something happens and I wind up forgetting something or I don't have something with me.
Example:
I went down the shore (to the beach) with my friend, her mom and my soon-to-be college roomate (friends friend).
Anyway...I get there and I go to check my blood sugars andd what do I find? I only have SIX strips in that vial. Not to worry, I have more, right? WRONG!!!
I totally forgot to bring extras with me. I rememberd to bring extras of everything else though, didn't I?
I don't know how I forgot them...they are SO important.
So I called my mom and told her what happened and you know what I told her?
I said to her "Mom, don't worry. I have enough to check once a day while I'm down here." I was there for 5 days. I know, I know. Not the smartest thing on my part.
So she and my dad drive 2 1/5 hours in rush hour traffic to drop off my test strips and drive all the way home. She did that for me last summer when my blood sugars went up to almost 500 and they had to put me on Humalog.
So suffice to say...I really love my mom and I don't know what I would do without her.
Oh...and don't forget to make sure that you have enough diabetes supplies when going on vacation!

I finally ordered new supplies

2009-07-28T19:08:00.002-04:00

So I went onto the medtronic store online and I was looking at my oder history.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY SUPPLIES SINCE FEBRUARY!!!!! SO I ordered supplies and I have it so they will send me reminders to order my supplies. I REALLY thought I had signed up for the automatic refill thing. Apparently not. I was talking to my dad about it and he said no, we didn't. I could of swore that we did, but I guess I was wrong *shrugs*.
Oh well. I'm just glad that I will be getting new supplies. I think, however, I will have to go back on shots for a few days, as I think it said it taked 12-14 days to ship and I only have 4 resevoirs and nfusion sets left. It won't be so bad. As long as I have my supplies before I go on vacations, as I really don't want to be on shots while on vacation. Especially not while I'm 10 hours away from home. And especially not when we are going to an amusment park. I would SO rather be on my pump. So here is to fingers crossed that I recieve my pump before I leave on August 9th!

10 hour car ride + diabetes= ?

2009-07-17T16:13:00.002-04:00

I'm going to be taking a ten our car ride to Tennessee, with my family, to visit my sister. Not only are we going to TN, but we are going to Dollywood and things like that.
I've never been to Tennessee before and I've never taken a 10 hour car ride either.
What does that mean for my diabetes? What will I need to take? I'm going to be gone for 4 or 5 days.
Let's start a list, shall we?
-insulin (well..duh!) I only have 1 vial of Humalog but I will bring some Lantus pens too as well?
-syringes (just in cast)
-infusion sets (4?)
-resevoirs (4?)
-meter (maybe bring an extra meter also?)
-extra test strips and lancets (not that I change lancets often)
-glucose tabs/some kind of sugary food
-maybe some PB crackers? Soda?

I don't know what else...Help please?

I'm running out of supplies fast

2009-07-16T21:44:00.002-04:00

This crazy recall is really screwing everything up. I signed up for that automatic supplies refill thing through medtronic and I should be getting more supplies soon. I haven't gotten ANY supplies in months. I can't remember the last time.
I barely have any strips left, I have one box of resevoirs left, one box of infusion sets that isn't lot 8 (they sent it to me last week) ect. And they are not even full boxes. So I'm probably down to 6 infusion sets AND resevoirs. I change both every 3 (ok, more like 4) days. I'm really running out of supplies. And pretty fast.

I DO have a back up meter and test strips that my grandparents gave me for an Accu Check Aviva. I don't want to go back to shots but if I don't get my supplies soon that is going to wing up happening.
They will last me MAYBE 2 weeks. I really don't want to go back to shots but I will if I need to.I mean, really, what choice would I have? I have plenty of syringes, and I have about 4 extra lantus pens.

Hopefully I will be getting my supplies soon. Maybe I will just call Medtronic and see if they are sending my supplies? Sound like a good idea?

Nick Jonas speaks in front of Congress

2009-07-14T18:54:00.002-04:00

Somehow I missed seeing this video, but I saw it today on tudiabetes.com
I really liked what Nick had to say and he is, imo, a very good public speaker. We need more people like Nick Jonas speaking out for diabetes. All I can say is GO NICK!!!! :D
http://tudiabetes.com/video/nick-jon...ks-in-congress

I've come a long way since I was diagnoesd!

2009-07-07T16:18:00.004-04:00

My freshman year in High school started out really good. I was a bit nervous to start, because I didn't really know anyone. But...like I said it started out good.
Until October/November came around.
So it's October/November and I'm sitting in second peoiod, Algebra, and my hands start shaking really badly. Oddly enough, it never occured to me to ask to go to the nurse. I called my mom after school and I told her what had happened to me.
"Mom, something weird happened today. I was sitting in 2nd period and my hands started to shake so bad that I couldn't even use my calculator."

"Did you go to the nurse?" she asked me.

"To be honest, it never even occured to me."

Fast forward a week or so and I'm sitting in third period. In all my classes when I'm taking notes I ALWAYS write the date on the page. For the life if me I couldn't remember the date. I remember just staring at the board and doing absolutely nothing. I don't know if you asked me my name if I could have told you what it was. I was SO confused. Somehow I made it to my next class, French, and I STILL couldn't concentrate right. Somehow I made it to lunch (about 11:15 or so). After I ate I felt fine.
Again after school I called my mom and told her about what had happened.

One of the woman she takes care of at work has Type 1 and has for 50+ years.
She was telling Shel what happened and what was going on and Shell said "Anne, it sounds like it could be diabetes. You should really check her sugars."

So my mom borrowed an extra meter and bought one home. She checked me 2 hours after I finished eating dinner (I think that I had some kind of meat, mashed potatoes, some veggies and some coca cola). Two hours later and my sugar was 264. About an hour after that I was 285. She checked me first thing the next morning and I was 119.
"Is that high?" I asked her.
"It's on the high end of normal." she told me.
She decided to wait until Thanksgiving was over before she took me to see the ped.
"Dr, I think that Kiersten has diabetes. She's been having all these weird signs and symptoms. We borrowed a meter from someone and she was 285."
Needless to say, he didn't believe us. He did something about it anyway.
"How long has it been since you ate?" he asked me. I told him 3 hours.
He sent my for more blood work. I went on a Thursday morning, in early December because I had off from school.
He called my and my mom back on Tuesday night, right after we started eating dinner.
"Kiersten has an appointment tomorrow morning with Dr D. at 8:45."
So I emailed my friend Rachael from school, saying that I would not be in school tomorrow and that it looked like I had diabetes and had to go to the hospital the next morning.
So, we get there the next morning anf Dr. D sends me down to the lab to have me tested for antibodies and they came back negitive. So, he doesn't know what is going on either. He said that it didn't look like type 1, but I didn't fit the criteria for type 2 either. I mean, I was 14 years old and 98 lbs. It just didn't fit.
So they give me a meter for home and one for school. At that point, I was just watching what I ate. That was on December 14, 2005.
Right after the New Year, I started on prandin. I hated it. I was on that until April. He took me off that and put back on it.
In September of 2006 (my 3rd app, with Dr D) he tells me that my sugars are good and that I didn't have diabetes. I saw the nutritionist and she said that I had MODY (maturity onset diabetes of the young). Well, that threw me for a loop. Here I was almost a year later and I suddenly didn't have diabetes? yeah right. He continued to see me anyway. Nothing much really changed, except my sugars started to continuely rise, slowly. Things didn't really changed until January of 2008. I was put on Lantus. At first I was on 3 units. Then it when down to 1.5 units. It eventually went up ALOT. At that point my sugars were pretty horrible. I was going high every day. Into the 300's.
I had an appointment with Dr. D in June of '08 and he once again took me off prandin because "We have more than doubled the dose in the last few months and it is doing nothing for you. Let's see what happpens when you are only on the lantus. Call us of you go over 400. We don't want you that high, but we will not put you on Humalog until you go that high"
I went on vacation about a month later and my sugars were terrible. 300's ALL DAY LONG!!! I was on 25 units of Lantus at that point. Told you it went up fast!
I went on another mini vacation for 3 days with my aunt, uncle, nan and my brother. Again, sugars were terrible. Since I wan't on humalog, I didn't bring it with us.
It was the day before we were leaving.I had woken up at 185, which was the highest I had ever waken up at before. Me, my aunt, uncle and nan went out to brealfast/lunch. I had a diet soda, an omlet, hashbowns and toast.
(Before we left I had a packet of instant hot ceral). So we are out at the resturant and I check my blood sugars and...311? Oh great. Blah. So we eat and we go back to the hotel. I'm sitting outside our room and I check my sugars 2 hours after I ate. Put the blood in and wait 5,4,3,2,1...421?!?!?? I had NEVER been that high before.I call my mom in a panic. She said she would call Dr. D. They told me wait an hour and check again. I was 483 at that point. That was at about 2 PM. This was the horrible part. I didn't have my cell phone on me, my uncle's cell ran out of minutes and I had to find a pay phone on the boardwalk, that actually worked. so we finally found one.
I called my mom and now I was calling her back. "Kier, they want you to check for ketones. If you have ketones you have to go to the hospital."
Thankfully they were negitive.
So my mom and dad drive and pick me up. It was a 2 hour drive. We stop to get something to eat and my sugars were 311. It was about 7pm then.
So I gave myself 3 units of humalog. I was on a sliding scale at first. 2 hours after I finished I was 401. Blah. I check again before bed and I was 421. grrr not a good blood sugar day. The next morning I was 176. Not great.
So Dr D. wanted to see me so I went and saw him. After figuring that a sliding scale didn't work, they gave me an insulin to carb ratio. And insulin pens. Cool, I didn't have to use syringes any more. I was finally tested for MODY and the results came back negitive. So, yes I do call myself type 1.
I saw Dr. D again in late October/ early November. "Dr, I want an insulin pump." I was really suprised that he agreed. I really wanted an animas Ping, but my insurance covered a minimed 100%, so I wasn't arguing, especially since MM was my second choice.
I started pumping insulin on Saturday November 21, 2008 and I have been loving it every since. Going on the pump has been the smartest decision I have ever made.
I do have to say thoughm that if it was not for the CWD forum (childrenwithdiabets.com) especially the CWD teens, I would be totally lost and clueless. They are such amazing people and they have made me come a long way. So, specail thanks to Malyssa, Rae, Emily, Emma, Kayla and if I forgot someone I'm sorry.

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July and awsome blood sugars ;)

2009-07-05T15:46:00.002-04:00

I don't know how you spent your 4th of July but my 2 sisters, nieces and nephew, brother-in-law and myself went out to Friendly's for dinner and then we went and saw fireworks.

So...before dinner my sugars were 210. Oh great. High to begin with and I'm eating high fat food most likely. So..I had a cheese burger club- cheese burger on toast plus french fries. My dinner also came with ice cream.

So...I put 210 in my pump and 40 carbs. I figured I would correct later if need be, you know?

So 2 hours after I finish eating dinner I'm....138? Awsome!!! That was at 9:00. I'm tired so I go to bed at 12:00 and I decide to check my sugars again and...205 :( That's what fat can do for you I'm afraid. I was doing so well too. I figure it could be a whole lot high though. SO I'm going ti take it for what it is. Sometimes I can drop really fast at night so I didn't correct and I woke up at a beautiful 94. After breakfast I was 173, that was after going out to breakfast with my niece and older sister, so my day is looking great so far.

And a belated Happy 4th of July to everyone. I hope that everyone had a great day. I know that I did.

Wow...my A1C is a LOT better because of pumping

2009-06-30T13:29:00.002-04:00

I got my A1C result today in the mail. We always have them send us a copy, just so we have them.
Anyway I reach in the envelope and see.......6.1?!?!?!?!? OMG...IT IS REALLY 6.1 :D
I just can't believe it. I'm so happy and proud of myself. I knew I could do it and I have. My last A1C was 7.6 (I'm pretty sure it was).
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my insulin pump.

I've been waiting for someone to comment about my pump

2009-06-25T18:41:00.004-04:00

So I have now been pumping for 7 months and I love it. I have been waiting for somone to comment on it though.
But it did yesterday. I was in Acme with my sister and she is at the register paying when I push the cart up to the bagging area. There is an employee there, well, bagging the food ;)
So the woman looks at me and says "Can I ask you a question. Is that an insulin pump."

"Yes, it is." I tell her.

"How long have you had diabetes?" she asks

"Three and a half years."

"How old were you diagnosed?"

I respond "I was 14."

So she says "my daughter has diabetes. She is 10 years old and she was 6 when she was diagnosed. She uses an Animas pump. Have you ever thought about using an omnipod?"

"I know what it is but I really have no interest in it for some reason."
She goes back to a different line (she moved to my line to talk to me).
So I'm getting ready to leave the store and she sees me.

She says "Can I ask you one more question. Where do you keep your meter when you go out? We are having problems with that and where we keep it."

'I usually keep my meter in my pocketbook. I don't have it with me right now because I didn't think that I would be gone real long."

"Sorry for the questions. Have a good summer and stay healthy!" She told me.

It was nice to finally have someone comment on it and be able to talk about it with someone who knows what it is and what it does.

Correcting but won't come down

2009-06-21T22:44:00.005-04:00

So today was father's day and we went to my grandparents for dinner. We had hot roastbeef sandwiches, homeade macaroni salad, and chicken. I wasn't hungry and I barely ate anything (almost nothing) so I didn't give myself insulin for dinner. Afterwards I had a tiny slice of pound cake.
Two hours after dinner I was 227. Not too too bad, I guess. That was at 6:30. So i corrected with 1.8 units. At about 10:30 I was laying in my bed and watching a movie and feeling pretty terrible. I thought I might be low so I checked my blood sugars again and I was...214?!?!?!? So i gave myself 1.5 units correction AGAIN.
I don't know where that number came from, to be honest. It has been over four hours since I last ate and I corrected. So I don't know why I'm still high. I will check again in about an hour I guess to make sure that I'm coming down.
I don't often get the "I-hate-diabetes-really-bad" feeling but right now I am.
Diabetes sucks presently. Grrr :(

I'm going to be living at college. What does that mean for my diabetes?

2009-05-15T14:31:00.002-04:00

I will be living in a dorm room. The thought kind of makes me nervous (only a tiny bit nervous though) but mostly excited. I think I have already found a roomate. We will most likely be meeting tomorrow which is cool. We have a bunch in common (I'm 5'0 and she is 4'9) which is cool. Her dad was diabetic also, so we also have something in common.
She just seems like a really nice person. I can't wait to go away. Of course I will miss my family but I'm read to start being an adult now, you know? I hope that I will love college and I think that I will.
I just wonder what college will mean for my diabetes. I don't have my schedule yet and it can be mighty conflicting. My endo only sees diabetes patients on Wednesdays. Now my campus is no where near my endo's office, although no more than an hour away. So not all THAT far. I just don't know how college and diabetes will work out, ya know? Words of wisdom? PLEASE???? :D

Anyone take Diabetes pictures? I did!

2009-04-02T17:02:00.005-04:00

I now have an account at flickr and my pictures on there are about diabetes. I think that you can capture some good pictures about diabetes and I believe that pictures are a great way to educate people about this disease. Being as Diabetes is sometimes called the "silent disease" pictures are a great way to show what this disease is all about,you know?

If you want to check out my flickr account the link is here or http://www.flickr.com/photos/36362756@N04/page1/

Hope that you like it.

My toe is infected again...What to do?

2009-03-18T19:40:00.003-04:00

I finally told my mom tonight that my foot was infected. It's been a couple of weeks since it has been. I think I have an ingrown tonail. Again. I was supposed to go to the podiatrist (sp?) but I never did. I'm kind of scared to, to be honest. I don't wan't to go. But my foot REALLY hurts. I've been soaking it everyday, usually more than once, in epsom salts. I asked my mom to call the doctor and see if she will call me in some medicine. I really hope that she doesn't want to see me. Becuase I really don't want to see her. Anyways, please pray that my toe gets better and stays better.

Today is my 18th birthday....What does that mean for my diabetes?

2009-03-03T16:17:00.002-05:00

Today is my 18th birthday. I STILL can't believe it. Not at all. I keep saying to myself "You are 18." or "Now you are an adult." (That one is a weird thought!). Wow. I'm really 18. I've been saying things like this to myself ALL day. It has been a good day today.
Anyways it is kind of scary being 18 and thinking about diabetes. If I don't go to college I lose insurance. Let me tell you that I'm going to college, although just the local community college right now. Diabetes is definitely a motivator (sp?), that is for sure.
Being 18 means that I probably have to start doing more diabetes stuff on my own. For instance, don't drive--will my mom still drive me to the endo's? My mom can't switch endo's only I can do that now (not that I want to, mind you). It's just hitting me that I have to be more responsible. But I don't feel 18. Certainly not like an adult (I'm only legally an adult-I still feel like a kid ;)
Anyways my mom has a roast cooking for me and there is a cake waiting with my name on it--literally this time. So I wish everybody a nice day and awsome blood sugars :D

It's almost prom time...where to put the pump while wearing a dress

2009-02-02T16:05:00.003-05:00

So I have got a little dilema. What am I supposed to do with my insulin pump during prom?Where am I supposed to put it? I did not wear one last year for my junior prom so I don't really know to be honest. I have yet to wear a dress since getting my pump (2 months already). So...where do YOU wear your pump while wearing a dress? I went bra-less last year so I can't attach it to that. Prom dresses don't have pockets. It I cliped it to my panties they would probably fall down. I'm thinking about just not wearing it to prom because I go low more easily on the pump than I did when I was on MDI. I will probably just suspend it. I guess I don't have to worry about it right this second- prom isn't until the end of April. So what did/you do? Help please?!?!?!?!?

Not about Diabetes....I saw my best friend tonight for the first time in over 5 years

2008-12-13T00:28:00.003-05:00

When I was almost 12 we moved and I kind of lost touch with my best friend. We talked over the computer a little bit but nothing major. Well tonight we hung out at my house for about...oh..almost 3 hours. It was so fun. It was so great seeing him again. I definitely want to hang out again. All we kept saying is "I remember when.." and "Do you remember when..." It was so much fun. He has gotten a lot taller and his voice is alot deeper. But he still looks the same.I, however, am no taller than the last time I saw him. no fair. Oh well. We had pizza, which was pretty good. He bought his girl friend. She was really nice. I like her. I can't memember her name though. Oops. Who knows He is really smart too. Anyways...I just really hope we STAY best friends, you know? I hope everyone has a great weekend :)

Wish me luck please

2008-12-08T15:46:00.001-05:00

AS we all know (well we should) the economy right now absolutely stinks. Anyhoo I applied foe THREE different jobs today so PLEASE wish me luck. I really need a job because I am a senipr in high school. Enough Said, right?
Anways it just has me worried because this is how I see it-- If I don't get a job, then I can't go to college. If I can't go to college I lose health insurance. If I lose health insurance I can't pay for any of my diabetes supplies.
So therefore I really need a job! So...just cross your fingers. Please?

2008-12-01T19:31:00.002-05:00

Hmm...nothing new really going on. Having some lows, just pretty much adjusting to pumping, which for the millionith time, I absolutely love.
Not feeling the best today. I have a headache and a sore throat. But I'm not dying or anything, if you know what I mean.
How was everyone's holiday? Any Black Friday shopping? Not for me, no sir!
Everyone ready for Christmas? (or Hanukkah). I know Iam.
All I want is a new book case and the movie "Pride and Prejudice" the one with Keira Knightly. We watched it in my English class and I love it. Mr. Darcy is so cute. I tried reading the book but it's too hard and it's totally different from the movie.
Anyways...Have a goood week!

Are YOU ready for Thanksgiving?

2008-11-23T15:55:00.005-05:00

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

2008-11-21T20:10:00.004-05:00

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

2008-11-19T19:15:00.002-05:00

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

2008-11-15T19:01:00.002-05:00

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

2008-11-07T17:17:00.002-05:00

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

2008-11-05T20:51:00.002-05:00

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?

2008-11-04T21:49:00.002-05:00

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?!?!?!?

2008-11-01T20:04:00.002-04:00

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?

I think I love the Minimed pump

2008-10-29T21:34:00.002-04:00

So the Minimed rep. just left my house. She was here for about 3 1/2 hours. I really love the MM pump. I tried one on with saline and when I did the infusion set (that's what they are called, right?) I did not feel a thing. I love it and I have heard great things about it. I know I wanted an Animas, but I'm glad that I'm going with a MM. I can't wait. She told me it should be shipped next week. It was cool because she was a type 1 and has been for 31 years, and she is also a pumper. Ahhhh, please wish me luck!!!!!!!

My JDRF walk was today

2008-10-26T17:56:00.001-04:00

We had so much fun. I walked with my sisters Katie and Sarah, my brother-in-law Jimbo, my brother TJ, my nieces Katlin and Grace, my nephew Tyler and my best friend Amanda. We didn’t raise all that much money, only $205, but hey that is better than none, huh? Anyways we had a blast. All the t-shirts looked so cool. Because the walk was so close to Halloween they had a costume parade afterwards and a group of girls dressed as The Jonas Brothers and they looked so cool. They looked just like them, just shorter,lol. It was a great way to end (or start?) the week. I want to try to do a walk every year. Anybody else walk this weekend?

I'm covered for a Minimed 100%

2008-10-25T12:36:00.002-04:00

yes!!! I'm so excited. My insurance is covering a minimed pump 100%
I really wanted an Animas (Ping) but since I don't have to pay anything for a minimed I think that I will go with that.
Someone from Minimed or medtronic or whatever is coming out to my house on Wednesday and somone from Animas is coming out on Tuesday. But I'm going with Minimed and I have heard great things about it. So...I'm getting a pump, I'm getting a pump!!! Sorry, i'm just so excited!

NO MODY but YES PUMP :D

2008-10-23T21:53:00.000-04:00

had an endo appointment yesterday and my A1C is down to 7.6 from 8.2 in August, so I'm happy about that.
My MODY tests came back negitive, not very suprising though. If anyone asks me what type of Diabetes I have I will say this "Well..it's not MODY, and it doesn't appear to be Type 1 and it is definitely NOT type 2, I'm going to say that I have...are you ready for this?.....Type KIERSTEN :D...What do you think?"
That will be my response. I love it.

But on a serious note...I asked about a pump and the endo thinks it is a good idea, so I'm about as happy as can be.
I really want an One Touch (Animas) Ping...but I don't know it insurance will cover it.
Also my endo told me that I might like something online, but I might not like it in person, and since I will be attached to it, I should look at other pumps too. So I am looking at a Ping and a Minimed. We are going to call and have reps come out to my house, so I can look at them and get the feel of them.
For those of you that have those pumps....what do you LIKE about your pumps and what do you DISLIKE about your pumps? Thanks :)

Does anyone have any advice or words of wisdom for me regarding pumping? I could sure use some.
Well I know its Thursday night but.....I hope that everyone has a good weekend!

~~Kiersten~

It's not MODY and I asked about a pump

2008-10-22T15:11:00.002-04:00

Well the bad news (In a way)or the good news, depends on how you look at it, is that I do NOT have MODY. So that means I still have no idea what type of diabetes I have. It's frustrating to say the least. Actually it makes me want to sream and pull my hair out, to be honest.
Ok now that THAT is out of the way, I asked about an insulin pump today and my endo was trying to push a minimed my way and I told her no, thank you! I really think that I want to go with a Ping, pink of course :D
She told me that she is going to see what pumps my insurance will cover and she will call me and we will go from there. Sounds like a plan to me.
SO...I'm happy that I am in the process of getting a pump, but dissappointed that I don't know what type I have. Oh well, we can't always win, right?
So crosss your fingers for me please that I am covered for a ping. I really want one.

Tomorrow

2008-10-21T15:08:00.002-04:00

I go to see my endo for the very last time EVER. Hopefully they will have my MODY results, so just say a prayer or something. It will be a little sad leaving my endo since I have been there since I was diagnosed almost 3 years ago, but they are a pedeatric (sp?)endo and I will be 18 soon, so I decided to go to a NEW endo.
So please wish me good luck, that I like this endo, that he is pro-pump, and that I get APPROVED for the pump by insurance.

Anyway this coming Sunday I go on my JDRF walk. There will be about 15 or 20 of us on my team, even my ENDO is walking with us. Cool, huh?

Only 2 weeks

2008-10-15T21:55:00.002-04:00

Until my JDRF walk, and let me tell you I am so excited! I haven't raised a whole lot of money, but I did my best. I will walk with my team of about 14. I even get to meet a member of the CWD forums and his family. I'm just super excited! I think that it will be so fun and I really want to get a JDRF t-shirt, which I will wear with pride. Not all of my family can make it, my uncle has knee problems, my sister now lives 10 hours away in Tennessee. But I have plenty of family and friends that are going to be walking with me, and I'm happy with that.

On a whole other note, my sugars have been pretty good. I have had some highes, what diabetic hasn't? But nothing too extreme though. I haven't had a low in about 2 months, knock on wood. I realized that while in school, I require a whole LOT more humalog. I mean probably about double what I take on weekends and in summer.
I go to see the new endo so I can ask about a pump, which hopefully insurance will cover. I should get my MODY results back soon, sometime in the next week I should say. School is going good, if I improe my math grade by 5 points, I can get 2nd honors this quarter, so cross your fingers for me please. I am really loving my senior year and am excited in a way to going to college next year. I want to get my masters degree in Psychology, and work in a hospital with kids, particularly those kids that have diabetes.
So all in all live is pretty good right now. I'm liking school, which is a first, believe me. I want to wish everyone a super early Happy Halloween, which is one of my favorite holidays. Who cares if I will be 18 soon, i still dress up. So...hopefully everone else is doing good too.

Why do I spike after breakfast?

2008-10-02T21:39:00.002-04:00

Today I had trix for breakfast. I know, I know not very healthy. But it was all we had in the house. So Instead of my usuall 4 units that I give, I gave myself 7 units. I know I need more that 4 units because I don;t measure my cereal. So 3 hours after eating cereal, I was 101 and I have been wonderful ALL day.
Here are my numebers for today.
Before BreakfaastL: 146
After Breakfast: 101
After Lunch: 82
Before dinner: 232 (too large snack I guess)
After dinner: 101
Great day.

Sorry I haven't been around much

2008-09-29T17:07:00.002-04:00

School has been going pretty good. Not too busy, not much homework.It's all good. My sugars have been ok, I still run high in school, but I just have to deal with it. My toe is all cleared up, thank goodness. I'm getting ready for my walk, but we have only waised about $60 so far. Nobody wants to donate it seems :(
Iam very excited for the walk.
I LOVE being a senior. I have decided not to take the SAT's again, they were just too much for me the 1st time around.
I'm going to start applying to colleges soon, so wish me luch that I get accepted by atleast ONE of them (sarcasm)lol.
I go to see the Endo at the end of October and then I see the new endo on November 3.
I'm excited about that, I can't wait to ask about a pump. Asking doesn't mean I will get one of course, but hey it can't hurt to ask right? Wish me luck!

My walk letter!

2008-09-17T21:08:00.001-04:00

Dear Family and Friends,
As you all know, I have had diabetes for almost 3 years, since I was 14 years old. Having been diagnosed with diabetes as a freshman in high school was really a struggle for me. I have known only a few short days of high school without diabetes. Most of you know that I have not had your typical diabetes story and diagnosis. We are still trying to figure out what type of diabetes I have. I am now on insulin 4 to 7 times per day. I cannot eat if I don’t take a shot. Sometimes I take insulin and it still doesn’t work. There are days that I can’t get my blood sugars under 200, 300 and 400 mg/dl. It makes you feel so horrible and crummy. Tired, and achy. It makes you feel as if you have the flu. It can cause you to produce ketones. They can make you really sick and even cause death. Diabetics live a very difficult life. We try to make it as normal as possible, though. It’s not always easy. It’s pretty bad when the school nurse knows you by your first name, and she can recognize you out of 900 students. It’s bad when you have to visit her 2-5 times a day. It’s bad that when you don’t check your blood sugars every couple of hours, you have no idea what is happening inside your body. We do this everyday, all day. We do it in our sleep and on our vacations. We do it in school and in work. We do it in play. We do it well into adulthood and even to death, unless we find a cure.
There are days when we can’t get our blood sugars to stay above 50 mg/dl. We have to carry so much stuff with us just to keep us safe and healthy. We carry glucose tabs, glucaon kits in case we pass out from low blood sugar. Insulin and syringes, insulin pens. Juice boxes, meters, test strips. Snacks that might save our lives. There is a fine balance between treating a low and over treating that low. We suffer everyday with not knowing what way our blood sugars are going to go. Will they be stable and good? Will they stay at 130 all day? Will I see 30 on my meter? Will I be at 450 and stuck there, despite my multiple attempts to bring it down? We are lucky with all the technology we have. They have a CGMS (continuous glucose monitoring system), but insurance companies, generally, don’t cover it, as they feel it is still experimental. We have insulin pumps, where you only have to take 1 shot every 2 or 3 days. Diabetes is so expensive. You have got test strips, lancets, ketone strips, alcohol wipes, sharps container, syringes or pen needles. You have to pay for pump supplies.
We need to save people from complications such as blindness, amputations, and neuropathy. What we need is for people with diabetes to stop getting labeled as drug addicts, and food addicts. We did not cause our diabetes. Yes, we can eat that. We take shots everyday just to stay a live, and because of that people assume we do drugs. We can put a stop to that. We can help find a cure. You are that help.
The point I’m trying to make is that having diabetes is hard. There are millions of people around the world, in many different countries, that have diabetes. Babies, toddlers, teenagers, old people, have diabetes. It has no age limit. We need to find a cure and to do that we need to raise money. You can help us help find that cure. By donating whatever you can, be it $1 or a cent, that might be all that we need and you might just be our cure. We really need your help. Not just me. For all the people living with this horrible disease. I’m asking for your help. You can walk with me and be apart of my team; you can donate just $1. Every little bit helps, and no amount is too small.
Think about this for a moment, please. What would you do if your 13-month-old baby were just diagnosed with insulin dependant diabetes? What would you do if they couldn’t talk and they couldn’t recognize low blood sugar episodes? What would you do if they couldn’t tell that their blood sugars are high and they feel crummy? You can help stop that and you can make parents feel hope again. You can give them back something, which was unjustly taken from them. You can be our cure. And for that I thank you.

Love,
Kiersten

I signed up for the JDRF walk today

2008-09-15T20:24:00.002-04:00

My walk is on OCtober 26, 2008. My team is Kiersten's Hope. I'm really excited as this is my very first diabetes walk, ever. I'm hopeing to raise atlwast $200. I thought that was a good goal for my fisrt time. I'm going to see if I can get a dress down day in school and have the money go to the walk. That would be so cool, wouldn't it? My sister says that would look good on college applications, that I helped organize an event. Hopefully, as I could use something that will set me apart from your avarage Joe Shmoe (roll eyes here). Anyway if you could donate cool you can go to http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmID=87148926
I would really appreciate it,and it IS for a good cause. You can be the person who helps cure diabetes.
if you can't I do understand but I just want to thank you anyway. I know that some people can't afford it, but I thank you still. Becuase I know that if you would, you could, right?

My toe is infected :(

2008-09-13T13:58:00.003-04:00

I know that as a diabetic I have to take care of my feet, but my toe is infected. It hurts SO bad, especially when my foot is in my school shoes, because I wear tights to school and it squeezes my toes together. It has me limping, it hurts so bad
. SO I went to the doctors so she could look at it, and she swabbed it to see what kind of bacteria is on there,and gave me and antibiotic that I have to take 3 times a day for the next week. She also wants me to dip my foot in warm water and epsom salt 3 times a day, just for this weeekend. When it clears up, she told me to go see a podiatrist. Hopefully it is fine and that the antibiotic and the epsom salt clears it up. It was really painful.
On a side note, it's "that time of the month" and my sugars have been CRAZY. barely under 200 and even into the 300's. It's making me feel tired. I have a feeling that when I go for my next A1C it will still be up, but we shall see.
Anyway, I hope that everyone has a really good weekend :)

School is going good!

2008-09-09T22:27:00.002-04:00

Ok so school is going pretty good! I LOVE my classes. Here is my schedule
Period 1. LATE ARRIVAL, but I work in an office instead
Period 2. English
period 3. Living with numbers
period 4. history on film
period 5. theology (religion)
period 6. lunch
period 7. psychology
period 8. business law and pers. finance

My sugars have been pretty good. I have to run ATLEAST 200 after breakfast, in order for me not to drop. I even talked to the other diabetic in my grade today, asking about her pump, saying I'm going to ask about pumping in November. So, school is going good, not much homework, nothing really going on. It's time for me to go to bed, so good night and we shall meet again :)

School starts on Thursday

2008-09-01T19:10:00.002-04:00

I'm finally going to be a senior!! I don't really know why I said "finally" because the past 3 years have gone by really fast. I mean it feels like just yesterday that I was a freshman. The only bad thing about starting school is that it's supposed to be 93 degrees (f) again. Come on, it's been in the low 80's the last 2 weeks and now that we are all going back to school it has to be 93 freakin' degrees?
OK enough about that! I'm kind of nervous about school and diabetes this year. I will be taking insulin in school this year and that is something new to me. Also I have to keep ALOT more supplies in school. This is my list:
Humalog Pen
Pen Needles
Meter
Lancets
Lancing device
test strips
Ketone strips
glucagon kit
glucose tabs/liquid
peanut butter crackers
maybe skittles
alcohol wipes
an extra meter in my school bag
DO YOU THINK THAT I NEED ANYTHING ELSE?????? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK I DO! THANK YOU!!!

My nan is back in the hospital

2008-08-29T15:42:00.003-04:00

My nan woke up today saying she was seeing "red dots". She had a doctors appointment at 10:10 this morning. Well my sister called me around noon time saying that she was taking my nan to the hospital again, they thought she was having a stroke. I really cannot believe that this is happening. Again. So please, once again, keep my family in your thoughts and prayers, especially my nan. I really appreciate it :)

I don't feel any better!!!

2008-08-28T22:25:00.002-04:00

In fact I feel a whole lot worse! My throat is soar, I've been exhausted all day, I woke up with a headache and i've had it on and off all day. I just want to go to bed, and I'm going soon, going to make it an early night. I just hope that I don't feel like this when I go back to school next week.
Oh and The Jonas brothers concert was AMAZING last night. it was so much fun. My niece LOVED the shirt I made for her. And....I screamed like crazy....but we had a blast....and I definitely would love to see them in concert again....hopefull....

I'm going to the Jonas Brothers Concert Tomorrow

2008-08-26T16:58:00.002-04:00

I'm so excited! I made me and my niece T-shirts! Hers says "I LOVE NICK JONAS" and mine says "I'M BURNING UP FOR NICK JONAS" This is going to be mine and my niece's (aged 9) third Jonas Brothers Concert since December. It is something that we both enjoy and something we can do together. Of coarse, I couldn't do it without my older sister. She bought the tickets and she's driving. So,I'm super lucky to have her.
Here is what I do at the concerts. I check my sugars right before the concert starts, during the intermission part, and after the concert, when we get back to the car. So far, I have never had a low at a concert. I make sure that I keep glucose tabs on me and I'm going to also take liquid glucose tomorrow, just in case. Hopefully I won't need it. Their concerts are the best I've ever been to and I've been to a few. So, wish me luck, that I don't go low or too high, and that we have TONS of fun!

I don't feel good again!

2008-08-25T22:43:00.002-04:00

My throat has hurt all day today. It's not sore, but it HURTS! I'm going to take some tylonal right now. I just hope that it doesn't hurt on Wed. I go to see the Jonas Brothers in concert for the 3rd time. I even made my niece and I t-shirts, that I am going to surprise her with! So, I just jope that I'm not getting sick! I also don't want to be sick for the first day of school next week. Wish me luck :D

hmmm.. that's a little weird

2008-08-24T21:03:00.003-04:00

Today for lunch I had Hawaiian chicken on a roll. The roll was about 25g carbs. I also had a glass of milk. Thats another 13 g. ok not a big deal. Add a little potaotoe salad to it. Still, thats fine. I give myself 4 units( i think) and am ok. Two Hours later I checked, because i always check at the 2 hour mark. I was 64. A little on the low side. But the weird thing is that i didn't even feel low. I ALWAYS feel my lows. I usually feel low anything under 85.
This is pretty random I know, but I always set my alarm for 8am and give my lantus then go back to bed until 10am. So this morning I was getting everything ready and about to draw up the Lantus when I realized that I almost gave myself 20 units of HUMALOG. oh man that would've been so bad. Thank God that I happened to look down at the vial in my hand and realize I had the wrong one. So, always be careful of what you are doing when you are giving yourself insulin. I hope that everyone had a good weekend and that your week goes well. I go back to school next week so i know how you feel. My vacation is almost over. But again, have a great week :)

How many carbs in a cheesesteak?

2008-08-23T19:45:00.001-04:00

For dinner tonight we had cheeseseaks and I have no idea how many carbs. SO once again I had to guesstimate. So, I decided to give myself 4 units figuring that it was enough and also not too little. Well two hours later I was 175. Not as bad as I though I would be but also not where I would have like to have been. And I know I probably shouldn't have done this, but i also had a vanilla milk shake. I didn't know how many carbs were in that so I didn't take any insulin. I thoought that if I was high later I will just take insulin to correct it.
Anyways my nan is home from the hospital. She is doing alot better. But she has to go in next week and have stents put in kidneys. Apparently her kidneys are not filtering the blood correctly. She had surgery about 2 or 4 years ago because her arteries were clogged, and I guess they "unclogged" them. My sister said it is somehow related to that, although I don't know how.
And I just checked my sugars, since it has been two hours since my milk shake, and Iam 204. Not that bad. I don't think that i will take insulin right now, becasue I always come down at night. Anyways, I hope that you all have a good night and when you do go to bed i hope that yopu sleep well. Sweet Dreams!

I'm getting good at this guessing stuff

2008-08-23T00:03:00.002-04:00

For dinner tonight I had a bowl of homeade chicken noodle soup. It has two different kinds of noodles/pasta. I had NO idea how many carbs it had, so i thought to myself, "well pasta is usually high in carbs. I'll start out with 3 units because i know it has atleast has 36 g of carbs. I'll have a cup of milk, so add 13g of carbs. 36 plus 13 equals 49g of carbs. So I'll give myself 4 units of humalog" Well i'm either a genius or just getting really good at guessing becasue 2 hours later I was 110. I was SOO proud of myself. And my dinner was quite good. Very tasty!!!

My lastest A1C...

2008-08-22T16:23:00.002-04:00

is 8.2 That is my highest yet. Previously my highest was 7.0 But it was not unexpected, not with all the high's I've been having. They also checked my C-peptide and it is 3.1 I have no idea what that means. Anyone know? I'm a little confused too, just because, well I've never had mine checked before.
I went to the zoo again today. I know 2 times in 3 days? It's alot. But we had a good time. We brought our lunches with us. We had lunchables by Oscar Mayer. They were 62g of carbs. I had a pizza one. It was good. It came with3 "pizzas", cheese, 2 starburst, and a juice. before lunch i was 117. two hours later I was 80. Not to bad, if i do say so myself!
Oh and my nan is still in the hospital. Please continue praying for her!

Update on my nan

2008-08-21T21:25:00.002-04:00

They took her to the hospital at about 5:00 pm and it is now 9:30. My mom called me a little while ago and said that they are not sure what is wrong with nan but they are going to keep her overnight. They thought it may have been a UTI but i think that they've ruled that out, i'm not 100% sure though. When I do find out what is wrong with nan, I will post again! So,please continue to pray for her and my family! Thank you.

They took my nan to the hospital

2008-08-21T17:42:00.002-04:00

My older sister took my nan to the hospital about a half hour ago. She may have had a stroke. I'm so upset. I was down the shore(on vocation) a couple of weeks ago with her and she was acting really strange, getting confused. My nan is old. She just turned 78 last week. I live with her, i don't know what i'd do without her. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers. I'm so upset! I feel shaky, but i know that it's just nerves and not me being low. I didn't eat much for dinner, I just can't eat! I can barely hold the tears back, and in another minute I'm going to start bawling. Please pray for my nan, that she is ok, that she didn't have a stroke, and that she will be ok.

I feel horrible today

2008-08-21T13:00:00.000-04:00

I think that I am sick or I have major allergies going on right now. i feel so bad. My nose is all stuffed up, but everytime I go to blow my nose nothing comes out. My eyes are dry. I'm so tired. Hopefully it is just allergies. So far today it hasn't done anything to my blood sugars, thank god. I do have Allegra (allergie midicine) but for some reason I'm hesitant to take it. When I talk, I sound sick. I just don't feel good. It's not that bad, it's not like I feel like I'm dying or anything. I just feel Blah. I'll probably wind up having one of those days where I lay around the house doing nothing.
Oh and on a really side note my nan (grandmother) had to go to the hospital yesterday. She cut her fingers whith a knife while she was trying to cut a watermellon. She was bleeding for 3 hours. My nan is 78 years old and she is on blood thinners so my mom was afraid she would "bleed out". All this happened while we were at the zoo. They gave her stiches and she has to keep them in for I think they said 12 weeks. It sounds as though that's a while, especially just for stiches. Thankfully she is fine now, but boy that was kind of scary!

my talents as a "Super Cool Pump Namer"

2008-08-20T22:06:00.002-04:00

we, my CWD buddies and I, have decided that i have the amazing abilities to come up with super cool pump names. Right, Malyssa? But...it all goes back to her sister, to be honest. Well sort of. Malyssa wanted to come up with a name for her TROPICAL GREEN pump. ok. Me being me, said to name it a weird color, that is totally oppisite or different than green. So her sister came up with Nemo and I came up with Fuschia. So i said, why don't you name it....ARE YOU READY FOR THIS ONE?.......FUSCHIA NEMO is the new name. Isn't it cool? SO, if you need a cool pump name, you can just come to me. It's my new hobbie. And I'm so good at it that we decided to write a book on pump names "Super Cool Pump/Meter Names that have disney characters and/or colors with weird names" or something to that effect. So, anybody need a pump name, well me door is always open. PLEASE COME AGAIN lol

uh oh

2008-08-20T21:17:00.002-04:00

for dinner tonight i took 7 units of Humalog. I have never taken that much Humalog before. I had A roastbeef and cheese sandwich and french fries from arby's. I thought i had the beef and chedder sandwich, which has 44 g of carbs. Insted i had an Arby melt, which has 35 g carbs. That is a 9 "point" difference. I did not realize that until i was almost done eating and i happened to be looking through my calorie king book. Which means almost a whole unit. So I may have injected myself with too much insulin. I'm going to wait it out, because i check myself at 2 hrs. post meals anyway. Hopefully the fries should do it. And if I do go low, it's not the end of the world. It's not like i did it intentionally. I knew after having good numbers all day today, that something was bound to happen. Can you say "Murphy's Law?"

i went to the zoo today...

2008-08-20T16:46:00.002-04:00

and i had perfect numbers! When i got up i was 81. So i took my 20 units of Lantus and made my breakfast. I had a frozen bagel. Took 3 units of my Humalog (need new pen needles, had to use a syringe :( ) I check two hours after a meal so two hours after breakfast i was 139. a whole LOT better than the 300 and 400's I've been seeing. so about 45 minutes later we decide to eat lunch. Didn't know if i should check or not, becuase i checked not long before. I decided to anyway and i was 109. I had 1 cheese hoagie (sorry, sub, whatever you want to call it) and the half of another. but since i ran out of pen needles, didn't know how to keep my humalog cold (i keep mine cold) and still new to carb counting, i left my humalog at home and decided to skip it at lunch, since i knew i would be walking. Two hours after lunch i was 136. Again. not too bad. Infact, pretty damn good. For dinner tonight we are having pizza, so i know that i will probably be high after dinner.
But back to the original topic...we all had a really good time. I'm just glad that it wasn't spoiled by high and/or blood sugars. My nieces and nephew got their faces painted. G. was a piggy, T was spiderman and K. had hers as a cheetah. They all looked sooo cute. They have alot of animals. I'm not really an animal person, but they were all really cute. Some more than others, but still, they were ALL really cute. I hade a great day and I hope that you did too.

school starts soon

2008-08-20T09:39:00.002-04:00

My senior year starts soon! I think that is so exiting! But i'm a little bit nervous too. This is my first year where i will have to take insulin in school. I'm going to use a pen (the Kwikpen for Humalog) so it's not that bad. I don't want to go low, and my endo wants me to carry glucagon with me, and keep one in school. I always have something on me, such as glucose tabs (well almost always). I know that i will be fine, and i absolutely love my school nurse, so i'm not really worried. Like i said before, just nervous. I really can't believe i'm going to be a senior. I mean, i was diagnosed as a freshman, so it being my senior year already? all i can say is WOW. It seems as if yesterday was my first day of high school. I didn't want to go. I even begged my mom to let me stay home. But i've had alot of fun in school, made some really great friends. SO even though being diagnosed with diabetes during high school i've still managed to make the most of it. I mean i went to my junior prom (thank god for the ultra mini, is all i can say) and i have every intention of going to my senior prom. I have not let diabetes keep me back, and i never will. Sure i know there are things that diabetics can't do (ie: be a pilot, in the services etc.) but i had never planned on doing that stuff anyway. The stuff that really counts, well diabetes is NOT going to hold me back, not as far as I'm concerned.

You know how i skipped insulin at dinner?

2008-08-19T21:02:00.002-04:00

well 2 hours later i was 177. Not too bad! i also had a bananna right before my dinner! But i know that i'm going to need a snack tonight before bedtime. I only eat a snack if i was on the low side after dinner or if i'm hungry. Usually though i cover my snacks with insulin. but i don't think that tonight i will! i know my body and what if feels like right now, and right now my body is telling my that my blood sugar is coming down and that i need a snack. it is also telling me that if i DO take insulin with my snack, i would probably end up dropping, or going low,or having a hypo, or whatever else you want to call it...so i'm going to eat a snack and i'm going to enjoy it, and i'm going to just be glad that right now i don't have to take another shot, because i just don't feel like it! so happy eating to you!

Hello...

2008-08-19T19:28:00.002-04:00

ok so this is my first post. How exciting! ok so somethings about me: Iam 17 years old. I have had diabetes for almost 3 years. I was diagnosed when I was 14 and a freshman in High School. I either have Type 1 or MODY, i will let you know. I try not to let my Diabetes get me down. I try to stay positive. My favorite quote, and i believe it can really pertain to Diabetes , is "What doesn't kill us, only makes us stronger" by Friedrich Nietzsche. I believe that having diabetes has made me a stronger person. Without diabetes I wouldn't have made some of the friendships that i have (even if we haven't actually met). I will be honest, the word "diabetic" does not bother me. I AM diabetic. But i'm so much more than that. I'm funny (to some people) I'm a student, an aunt, sister, daughter. I;m also an amazing Pump Namer. Need a name for your pump? you can come to me,and you will get a 'Super Cool Pump Name". So while i do have diabetes, it's not who I am. It''s just "what i have". It's just something that i happened to have. It is NOT contagious. I did NOT cause this by eating too much sugar. and YES i can eat that (whatever "that" may be), so please don't ask me that question. Mucho Gracias!

so i realized today...

2008-08-19T17:30:00.000-04:00

that i cannot skip meals. No, my blood sugars did not drop. But i started to feel really bad. I got a really bad headache, got really lighheaded. I DID check myself at that time and i was 107, but i also did not eat lunch today. I know. NOT the smartest thing to do. So I will remember in the future that i can not skip a meal, or i will feel horrible! I thought for a while there that i was actually getting sick. Boy, what a relief! I also skipped my dinner time insulin, for fear of dropping, but i didn''t eat much, so I don't think I will go high! Anyway, i learned a lesson today! And you know what they say--you learn something new every day!
ciao!