Comments on: Diabetes Making Sense?

By: diabetes management

diabetes management — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:52:02 +0000

Its funny I actually think that achieving effective management should be the holy grail when it comes to the big D. but our bodies do not listen to us sometimes and it makes it that much harder, I don’t know call it the ugly side of diabetes…lol

By: FatCatAnna

FatCatAnna — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:17:03 +0000

Stacey – great post – you and I must be on the same wave length today as what dribbled out of our brains onto the keyboard. I’ve been asking myself the same questions lately with controlling my BG’s and am actually can say I’m smiling away at the screen here as I type this out to you instead of SCREAMING in frustration at how I’m trying to deal with wacko BG’s lately. Oh to be the Tinman and have a …. LOL

By: FatCatAnna

FatCatAnna — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:16:44 +0000

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:02:43 +0000

Yep, that about sums it up! I swear it is like balancing on one foot with your eyes closed on the 50-yard line knowing you are gonna get tackled but you just don’t know from which direction it is coming.

Oh did I mention the monsoon that was occurring at the same time?

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:43:21 +0000

The idea of being “in control” of your diabetes only extends so far – sometimes we can’t possibly be in control because there is no explanation and no way to predict! Glad you wrote about this… It’s important for us to remember when we’re to hard on ourselves AND for health care professionals to keep in mind!!

By: Elizabeth Joy

Elizabeth Joy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:48:44 +0000

Katie from SF, it’s like our bodies were synced last night. I went to bed at 75, which I knew was a little too low for comfort so I set an alarm for 2 hours later to make sure it didn’t dip lower. And somehow between 11PM and 1AM? I went from 75 to 391…For NO FREAKIN’ REASON! Thanks, Stacey. After blaming myself for (…I don’t know…not being psychic?) this was exactly the post I needed today.

By: Jillavieve

Jillavieve — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:36:55 +0000

If only diabetes would just make up it’s mind so that we can prepare accordingly. What’s most frustrating is that you can eat the exact same foods everydat, at the exact same time of day, and take the exact same amount of insulin and each day your BG readings will differ. Or how running three miles one day after work will cause my BG to drop and then the next day it may go up with the same amount of exercise at the same time of day. What gives? All I know is that fortunately we have learned to be prepared for all situations, the good and the bad. We’ve learned to be flexible and take the D with a grain of salt, even when that can be oh so frustrating.

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:22:34 +0000

So true. I love to reads posts like this that remind me I’m not the only one..

By: Katie from SF, CA

Katie from SF, CA — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:55:03 +0000

So true. It rarely makes sense. Like last night, when I had hardly any carbs with dinner, was 75 pre-meal, and 330 post – even after bolusing at 75. WHAAA??? It drives me crazy… but we all go through it.

By: Cherise

Cherise — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:21:58 +0000

Well put! I smiled a lot during this post. Heck, diabetes/numbers doesn’t make sense 30-40% of the time. I know when I bolus correctly for something I eat and the number doesn’t come out right, I shake my head bolus and try to keep
stepping. Overall it doesn’t make sense.