DBlog Week: My Favorite Things

I have to admit that I hard time writing every day for the last week and an even harder time reading ALL the posts, but I did read a lot and there were so many great posts.  It was great to see that I'm not the only one who gets bogged down in all the details or finds myself in a funk that I can't get out of.  The posts by Pancreassassin, Mike Hoskins, and Six Until Me, along with so many others showed me that even those who seem like seasoned vets deal with some of the same things a rookie like me does.  This piece by Chris Clements was one of my favorites from poetry day.  The SNL spoof and these limericks had me rolling on the floor.  I didn't get to put as much in to some of the posts as I would have liked and I didn't get to read everything, but my first DBlog week was great.  Being a pretty new blogger I loved to see my page counts go up and get some comments from others in the DOC.  It's great to know that I'm not the only one out there and that some of the things I write resonate with others the same way so many of the posts I read do for me.  Thanks for a great week DOC.

DBlog week: Saturday Snapshots

I was going to take pictures all day yesterday and have this post up this morning but that didn't happen (12 hour work days make me forgetful) so then I was going to take pictures all days today, however I only got a few.  But here's what my day looked like!

On top of that there was fixing the water in the garden and cleaning the garage.  All in all, a successful day, just not blog wise 

DBlog Week Wildcard- Tell Me A Story

I'm pretty new at this and don't really have any tricks up my sleeve yet.  Aside from slathering myself on Skin Tac and using Opsite tape to hold on the Dex sensors I don't really do anything out of the ordinary.  So instead, this is what I imagine my G4 wants to say to me.

I've been by your side for almost a year now (well not me, you broke my cousin and then I came along).  I gotta say we are a pretty good team.  I don't mind being stowed away in your pocket most of the day.  It's really quite nice in there.  Dark, quiet, and the swaying puts me right to sleep.  At night I get to hang out on the nightstand and watch you sleep.  Sorry if I get a little rowdy sometimes but it's for your own good.  I mean, someone has to tell you when you're headed for disaster because go knows you're not going to realize it on your own.  And I know I can throw a little guilt trip your way now and then, flashing all those yellow dots in your face.  I hope you know I'm just looking out for you.  It's kinda my job.  All in all, we're a pretty good team.  I take care of you, you take care of me.  I hope we're together for the long haul.

I keep thinking I need a name for my Dexcom.  Any suggestions?  I'm leaning towards Harrison, if you're a Dexter fan, you'll understand.

DBlog Week Thursday: Mantra's and More

What brings me back up when diabetes brings me down?  This is a hard one for me.  Yesterday's post was easy because I've been fighting some demons lately.  Getting back up is something I've not done a particularly good job at.  The best I can do is remind myself that the feelings are temporary and that things will get better.  Or really that things are already better than I think.  It helps to do something different, spend some times with the kids or go for a run.  Sometimes I try to write and sometimes I just veg out and play some video games.  I think the biggest thing for me is to remember that I can get through it and to distract myself from the things that are stressing me out.

There are times however when the feelings are clingy, like that low you just can't get rid of.  Those are the times when I have to step back and let my numbers slide a little.  Sometimes I just turn on the Dexcom for a few hours or for the day, or if it's time to replace the sensor I'll leave it out for a couple of days.  Having the constant information is so useful 99% of the time.  But there is that 1% that it is just overwhelming, serving as a reminder that I will have to do this forever.  There isn't really a go to pick me up I guess.  It varies.  Sometimes it's as easy as escaping into the virtual world, and sometimes it requires a short vacation from the constant information flow and reminders.  However I do it, I think the most important thing is remembering that it will pass.