I am Diabetic

Danger, danger!!

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The trouble I am facing these days is with GASTROPARESIS

{which makes your stomach digest food at a slower rate.}

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It complicates the bolus timing even more than a pizza would which is extremely frustrating.

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A lot of lows are involved with blousing too soon for food I am eating with spikes to follow for correcting for those lows.

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Everything is a learning curve and I am beginning to have a better handle on the new blousing process now

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Any advice for me, questions or just other diabetics with gastroparesis who want to reach out are welcome [and needed]

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Gave myself the usual bolus for my coffee and corrected for the blood sugar

And now I am 60 with 2.6 on board 😭😭😭

Gastroparesis sucks.

If you don’t know what that is, I will illuminate you.

Basically... my stomach doesn’t digest food in the normal amount of time. (Lots of fancy terminology with stomach nerve endings) but basically if I bolus for food early or as I am eating it, sometimes I drop like a cannon ball on the ocean and if I correct for that low, the glucose i originally ate with eventually be absorbed, along with the correction sugar, and I will spike like all of those fireworks last night.

Almost unpredictable but I am coming to terms with it. The more controlled my blood sugars are, the less unpredictable the gastroparesis is. I wish that were always true.. but 80% of the time it is.

Happy {late} America Day everyone.

This has been a shitty year to even celebrate that one.

Hi everyone!

I am back and primarily transitioning to instagram BUT I will keep posting on tumblr!

Feel free to follow along with whichever (or both😉) platform you choose!

I am still here, or on instagram, for questions or submissions or just for your enjoyment.

Diabetic casualties

Its been a while since I have posted and I am sorry for the missed questions in these last couple of months.

This year has been a year of growth and struggle for me. I have moved 3 different times, to 3 different states and had 5 different jobs.

I have been in the hospital 5 different times.. and I am exhausted.

In addition to my type one diabetes I have been diagnosed with Gastroparesis.

(for those of you who don't know what Gastroparesis is its a delay in stomach emptying.. so my food doesn't digest normally)

I have put all of my energy in the last few months into me, myself and my diabetes.

I have broken off relationships and let friendships fall through to finally focus on my body because I am scared that I won't make it through this year.

Not everyone in my life has followed through after saying that they understand and want to be there for me. I know that everyone has their own struggles in life and in the end you have to take care of yourself first before you can care for others. This is why I am not too worried about cutting down my friend/relationship circle this year. This is also why I have been less active on my social media I do apologize but I hope that everyone can understand where I am coming from.

I am making an effort to become more active again, posting, answering questions, and rejoining our wonderful community. I know that I need support more than ever and I want to me there for anyone else going through any health scares (diabetes related or not) and offer any friendship or advice.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to me for anything.. and I mean anything!! I am so sick and tired of feeling all alone in this and I know others have to be feeling the same way.

♥️♥️♥️ This made my everything. I wish you were not anonymous (although I understand)

I see your six units left at 173 and raise you: