sometimes life sucks for ten minutes
sometimes life sucks for ten minutes. my life anyway. But I have special circumstances. I'm a type 1 diabetic. Today I walked and walked and walked and my blood sugar plummeted. I hear all the time people saying their blood sugar feels low but I don't think they really know what a true low blood sugar feels like. I doubt if they tested their blood sugar it would register 40 (which is really low. ) I have the most wonderful and understanding boyfriend in the world, but he doesn't quite get it yet. He doesn't realize that when my blood sugar is forty I have to eat NOW. not yesterday, not tommorow, NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sometimes p;eople who say their blood sugar is low can sit and wait in a restaurant for the bread or food to come. I can't wait.; I can't describe the feeling, y6ou have to be in my shoes, but I can decribe the hunger. A genteleman in a diabetes group I was once in talkedx about it best. He de4cribed it as a primitive hunger. The way I describe it is I feel like I could eat a whole continenent. I don't feel this way during every insulin reacxtion, thank god. Usually some glucose tablets placate me. I'd actually say the continental hunger thing happens only once in a blue moon. So it could be worse. So what brings about the urge to regurge? An incident with my boyfriend, who by the way I've known for 6 months and been living with for 3 (do the math-I know, I move quick-reel em in :) ) anyway, we're both very sensitive, in a good way, but I was having this horrific low blood sugar-oh yeah, I need to mention he has an offic e in our garage. He takes vintage macs, spruces 'em up andf sells them on e-bay-I had already had 2 cups of pudding and I brought an apple into his office where he was taking pictures of the macs and putting them on the computer. i finished the apple and my boyfriend then proceeded to complain that I was disrupting his work. I knew he didn't understand and I knew he would feel bad later for bitching at me and I knew he was just stressed cause of work but I just had to get out of there. Not out of spite but just because I really had to eat more. So I went down to the apartment and ate and ate so now I feel better. Now I just5 have to be careful not to go in the opposite direction, but I gave some insulin so that should cover it. It's kind of complicated. All you need to know is that diabetes is a constant balancing act. Things have been alot easier since I got the insulin pump. I don't really have highs but I still have alot of lows. Oh well. that's life. I don't mean to bitch about it so much, usually I deal with it pretty well, but I am human and I do have my moments. By the way, if you've gotten this far I also have bi-polar and dystonia, which I'm sure I'll describe at length in further posts. namaste.
sometimes p;eople who say their blood sugar is low can sit and wait in a restaurant for the bread or food to come. I can't wait.; I can't describe the feeling, y6ou have to be in my shoes, but I can decribe the hunger. A genteleman in a diabetes group I was once in talkedx about it best. He de4cribed it as a primitive hunger. The way I describe it is I feel like I could eat a whole continenent. I don't feel this way during every insulin reacxtion, thank god. Usually some glucose tablets placate me. I'd actually say the continental hunger thing happens only once in a blue moon. So it could be worse. So what brings about the urge to regurge? An incident with my boyfriend, who by the way I've known for 6 months and been living with for 3 (do the math-I know, I move quick-reel em in :) ) anyway, we're both very sensitive, in a good way, but I was having this horrific low blood sugar-oh yeah, I need to mention he has an offic e in our garage. He takes vintage macs, spruces 'em up andf sells them on e-bay-I had already had 2 cups of pudding and I brought an apple into his office where he was taking pictures of the macs and putting them on the computer. i finished the apple and my boyfriend then proceeded to complain that I was disrupting his work. I knew he didn't understand and I knew he would feel bad later for bitching at me and I knew he was just stressed cause of work but I just had to get out of there. Not out of spite but just because I really had to eat more. So I went down to the apartment and ate and ate so now I feel better. Now I just5 have to be careful not to go in the opposite direction, but I gave some insulin so that should cover it. It's kind of complicated. All you need to know is that diabetes is a constant balancing act. Things have been alot easier since I got the insulin pump. I don't really have highs but I still have alot of lows. Oh well. that's life. I don't mean to bitch about it so much, usually I deal with it pretty well, but I am human and I do have my moments. By the way, if you've gotten this far I also have bi-polar and dystonia, which I'm sure I'll describe at length in further posts. namaste.
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