This blog is by Tina – read her bio here!
My blog this week will be a quick potpourri. There are so many exciting, tiring and stressful things going on.
First, for anyone who didn’t know, the ladies of ACT1 ( well the lucky ones at least) had a table at the ADA Expo on Saturday. They had a lot of good feedback. We all worked hard to get the pamphlets and whatnot ready as quickly as we could. I am told all went well. I am sure pics are up on the website, if not I am positive it will be done soon. I heard some sad and happy things happened to the girls. I however will not tell you any of it, since their three blogs are soon to follow.
I was not able to make it on Saturday because of a prior commitment. I went to montauk with Greg. His firehouse does a Montauk Weekend once a year. We are free for all on Friday and come together on the beach for a bonfire later in the night. Then Saturday the guys cook us the most wonderful meal. It actually isn’t that carb heavy (lots of seafood). Which is nice since I make hostess cupcake knock offs which are much better than anything Hostess ever dreamed of making. Every year I am both fascinated and horrified to see how many cupcakes a drinking person can eat.
We end Saturday with a bonfire too. This year it was quite cold but still lots of fun. I found myself at some point in the night sitting in front of the fire picking people at random and trying to imagine what I would have to bolus to eat and drink what they were. It actually scared me to realize how frustrating drinking with this disease must be.
I have drank in the last fifteen years, just very rarely. One main reason is the math gives me a headache. Bolus for food, deduct for that drink, bolus for beer… It’s just too confusing. Has anyone ever kept their sugars in range after drinking all the night before? I find the process to just not be worth the booze.
There is a new baby due in greg’s family in January which is both exciting and painful for me. Still I plan to love this baby a lot, so I will get over it quickly enough.
There is so much more going on but I don’t want to bore you. Besides I am typing this on my phone and I am going crosseyed.
Really wish you could have joined us at the expo but thank you so much for all your hard work! It sounds like you had a nice weekend and I hope that you did
I always have a hard time drinking and staying on track. I actually find that when I drink (no matter what I drink) it makes my sugars drop and I generally go low at night when I do. It's stopped me from drinking like I did in college. Now I have 2-3, maybe 4 if I am feeling bold, drinks in 1 night. And I don't do it very often. But I did it this weekend (3 beers Saturday night) and went low while I was sleeping. That's never fun. I always eat before bed to bring my sugar up, but I go low anyway. I feel you girl, it is SUCH a pain!
I normally can drink light beer and red wine without needing to bolus or worry. If I drink something heavier, I shoot up and down.