tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53481649155093934612024-03-04T23:57:34.895-08:00Salguodmai: My diabetes playbooksalguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-46166277392418191402015-06-03T19:32:00.000-07:002015-06-03T19:32:01.219-07:00Diabetes and runningI'm going to share my blood sugar readings, nutrition before, during, and after my runs and try to make sense of the numbers.<div>
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Tuesday I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and my morning reading was 127, I ate a Cliff Bar and waited around the house for 30 minutes and left the door for my run at 5:00 a.m. at which point I was 114. This is a little concerning because I ate, didn't take insulin, and my blood sugar dropped. I had a 15 gram Level Foods packet and headed out. I tested during my run and at 5:20 I was going back up and hit 127 again, at the end of the run I climbed up to 156. </div>
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Tuesday doesn't make any sense, if I bolus for the 56g Carb I would bolus almost 8 units of insulin. When I got home I took a bolus for 4 units because after I usually spike and with a correction ratio of 1 - 25 I knew I was trending back up and I should take a little more to anticipate the increase. An hour later I was 243 and had to correct again for another 3 units. </div>
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In review the food would have required me to dose 7.85 and I took 7. The hard part with this decision making process is that when I have active insulin, I tend to drop FAST, and want to avoid this. </div>
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Wednesday I woke up at a similar time, this time I woke up at 65 with no feelings of being hypo. I ate a banana and a 15 g packet of Level again. Nearly 40 minutes after eating those items I left the house at 101. I also set a temp basal for 2 hours at 50% to see what different results I would have. I brought a mix with my water and that had 30 g Carb in it. 20 minutes into my run I had made it to 140 but another 15 minutes I was down to 120. Walking into the house I was 114 and felt GREAT. Another spike in my blood sugar though, an hour after my run I hit 257 and an hour later I was 45. </div>
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What is my plan for Thursday going to be, what should I do? It will depend on my blood sugar at the time but I plan to have a banana again but hopefully an hour earlier than I leave. When I leave the house I'm going to bolus 2 units so the insulin is fresh and the run will help kick it into high gear. I am hopeful I'll make my 3 miles in 36 minutes and walk in the door within range. I plan to try and not consume anything because its a short run.</div>
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Wish me luck! </div>
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I'll try and be back Saturday to share my 8 mile experience. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09979744575078212113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-14420049160221366452015-06-01T19:07:00.002-07:002015-06-01T19:07:58.139-07:00Training, Twin Cities Marathon & RagnarI've come to the realization that I need to put in a solid training effort for Twin Cities Marathon this year. My first marathon I did almost all my training runs and while it was incredibly difficult and I had to take breaks, but the work got done. From October 2011 to June 2012 I improved my marathon time by about 45 minutes and this was because I put in all the effort. <div>
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Of the seven marathon's I've done, I am not proud of Twin Cities 2014 or Fargo 2015. Both of these runs I finished but it was a lack of commitment to get it done. Sure I can use work or school, or even a personal life as an excuse but in all reality I didn't make the time to get it done. </div>
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This year I am doing a Ragnar, Ragnar is a team event that I'm signed up through JDRF MinnDakota's. We have two teams and we start in Winona MN and head 201ish miles up to Minneapolis. I can give up on myself and finish slow on my own personal races but I can't let my team down. </div>
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So many people have different training programs available, it is difficult to decide which plan to use. In the end Hal Higdon's plans have never failed me so I'm going to use him again. He runs 18 week training programs for people who are new to running as well as folks that are seasoned vets. For this event the goal is to finish, and not let my team down. Ragnar falls on Week 11 of training and 18 miles that day. Ragnar will require me to run 15.4 total in three legs. Leg 1 is 6.2 miles, Leg 2 4.4, and Leg 3 is 4.8 miles. </div>
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Don't cross your figures in hopes of another blog post before the next 18 weeks is up, I'll consider logging my training and keeping people in the loop. </div>
salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-27191496524116591942015-04-19T18:43:00.000-07:002015-04-19T18:43:23.130-07:00Global Hero Application<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
My name is Douglas
Michael Scalia and I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on May 24, 1999.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The winter prior to my diagnosis I started
losing weight, I was always thirsty, and using restroom constantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time I didn’t have medical insurance so
I didn’t do anything about my condition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Eventually I finally had insurance so I went to the doctor, I recall
telling the doctor the reason for my visit was because I thought I had
diabetes. After performing a blood test the doctor returned and he said “I have
good news, and bad news. The good news is we know what’s wrong, the bad news is
you were right.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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The doctor was
able to schedule me an appointment at The International Diabetes Center where I
would learn to manage diabetes and gain control over my life with diabetes. Some
of the things I learned were how to count carbs and dose for the food I would
eat. The original treatment plan was a combination of two kinds of insulin. NPH
and Regular, the NPH was a long lasting insulin otherwise known as a basal, and
the Regular was a fast acting or known as a bolus. For the longest time I
really didn’t have a full understanding of what I was doing, I was just going
through the motions and listening to the doctors, forced to eat when I wasn’t
hungry since I decided what I was going to eat at 7:00 a.m. instead of when I
wanted to eat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A time came when I
was presented a new solution, Lantus and Humalog. I really enjoyed this program
because I could eat when I was hungry or skip meals if I wasn’t hungry. This
gave me a lot of additional freedom to live my life the way I wanted to. This
new treatment option made living with diabetes a lot easier. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I was
diagnosed with diabetes I had made it down to 150 pounds, months after
diagnosis I made my way back up to a healthy 175 but suddenly I found myself at
190, then 205, and before I knew it I was 255. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read that a good way to lose weight would be
to sign up for a 5k and raise money for a charity but I skipped that idea and
somehow went right for the marathon and didn’t raise money for any charity. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have the email from the moment I registered
for The Twin Cities Marathon in 2011. Registration opened at midnight but I
logged in and the site let me in, at 11:52 p.m. and the response read
“Congratulations! You are officially registered for the 30<sup>th</sup> Annual
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on October 2<sup>nd</sup> 2011” <o:p></o:p></div>
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My first marathon
was difficult but I finished. I remember chewing about 50 glucose tablets along
the course, a lot of walking, but I finished. Probably the best part was around
mile 25.5 when my brother came up and asked me “are you ready to do this
because you’re going to have to lay it on the pavement to wrap things up, let’s
go” as he ran with me to the chute. Sitting on the ground as my other brother
showed me my unofficial time 6:00:05, had I finished or did I fail? I was told
you get 6 hours to be considered a finisher. Eventually race officials assured
me if I had a medal, finishers shirt, and my name was online as a finisher,
then I was a finisher.<o:p></o:p></div>
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March of the
following year I talked to my doctor about going on the insulin pump. Earlier
in my story I mentioned words like bolus or basal but it wasn’t until I was on
the pump that I knew what either of those words meant. Some other new terms I
would learn while on the pump are Dual Wave Bolus, Square Bolus, and Temp Basal
and Calibrate, and Active Insulin. Prior to being on the pump I really had no
idea what all those terms were and how things such as active insulin could
dramatically impact a run. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Running with an
insulin pump and continuous glucose meter has dramatically increased my success
rate of preventing a low while running and having the energy to continue. It
takes a lot of practice, documentation, and trying to go out the next time to
repeat what you did the previous time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My second marathon
was a huge success but a disaster at the same time. I finished the run at
5:12:16, I had to walk for almost 3-4 miles because of a low blood glucose
reading. I did not carry my glucometer with me and I solely trusted my
continuous glucose monitor. The meter read above 400 and I over corrected and
met my fate around mile 16. I had brought plenty of glucose with me but because
my correction was so great I about lost it. At this time I turned my temp basal
to 5% and ate all that I could. I family was spectating and they had OJ on a
table, I was lucky and that was enough to put me back to where I needed to be
and I ran it out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My third marathon
is where I had my first run in with a Medtronic Global Hero. This chance
meeting in line to use the restroom at the 31<sup>st</sup> Twin Cities Marathon
is where I learned how to calibrate my continuous glucose meter. In the past I
had calibrated it every single time I tested. The Global Hero was from Isrial
had taught me to wait until I saw a flat line on my pump, this was the best
time to calibrate. If it was shaped like a mountain it was a bad time to
calibrate. Ever since that moment I’ve had a ton of success with calibration
and improved awareness.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I don’t recall the
exact moment when I decided I wanted to be a Global Hero but I do recall the
moment when I decided I wanted to help change lives. If I can do this, anyone
can do this. I’m not the fastest runner and to be honest I’ve always been a
back of the crowd kind of finisher but I finish. I use running to tell the story
of life with diabetes. My endo once told me I should make a shirt that says “I’m
diabetic, what’s your excuse?”<o:p></o:p></div>
salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-40338565666696176222015-01-05T19:27:00.000-08:002015-01-05T19:27:23.238-08:0018 Weeks until 26.2Around this time last year I was tasked with training for Fargo Marathon. I had all the best intentions of training and running but then life got in the way. I was thankful you could defer your entry to the following year since I've never signed up for a race and intentionally missed it. I did miss Minnetonka Half Marathon but because I thought it started at 8:00 but it started at 7:00, I showed up and no one was there because they all were running. I got sick and missed much of the early training, then discovered class was on Saturdays so I decided to attend class instead of running the marathon.<div>
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A friend of mine told me I needed to run year round instead of just training for marathons and that way I would stay in shape. I tried my best to keep busy in-between but wasn't 100% on task. I've worked out probably half of the days between October and today.</div>
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Tomorrow I start training again for Fargo. Originally my goal was 4:30 but I'm going to have to reassess my goal and shoot for 5:15. I may be able to go faster but I'm really concerned with my ability to train, work, and do homework. Tuesdays nights are class nights, Saturday mornings are class. January goal will be to run Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday before work. This will be a challenge because I'm in to work at 7.</div>
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I plan to go to bed by 10:00 and wake up by 4:30, unsure 6.5 hours of sleep will be enough I may have to again reanalyze my plan but for now that is the goal. Saturdays in January I will either run the track at St. Kates after class or on the treadmill there. Hopefully February we'll get some nicer weather and I can run the river and back to Kates to study.</div>
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I need to continue to load my pump information and try to use MySugr more. I also need to better mentally prepare myself by thinking about my workouts and knowing what is going on before it happens. I would love to add weights but I honestly don't know what I'm doing and I'm not willing to pay for services. Even if I paid for a trainer I wouldn't ever have time to run and do weights. </div>
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For now that's it. Have a good night! </div>
salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-23912892191190520942015-01-02T19:51:00.001-08:002015-01-02T19:51:46.691-08:00Diabets and working outCheck out my afternoon:<div>
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5:32 170 - Pretty dang consistent from lunch, I didn't correct because I was planning a trip to the gym and active insulin is a big no no for me while working out. </div>
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7:42 173 - Perfect starting # and thinking my basal rate must be pretty good but who knows?</div>
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Get going and I'm about 10 minutes in and I ate a BeeStinger because I figured I would be wiped out by the time I was done. BeeStingers are 29g Carb. </div>
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30 minutes in I'm 122 - I go for another 10 minutes and think I should call it quits because I went from 168 to 122 in 20ish minutes and I didn't want to be a goner.</div>
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WTF? What did I do wrong? No temp basal, did I just not need the BeeStinger? Is diabetes just F'd up? </div>
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salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-80915407965326933672014-12-31T15:45:00.000-08:002014-12-31T15:45:04.994-08:00Year in reviewTowards the end of 2013 I got it in my head to start and MBA Program. After meeting with the program administrator at the time I discovered if I did go to St. Kate's I would be the first male graduate of the MBA Program. Looking back on the first year its less of a big deal to me that I could be the first man to get the MBA there and more excited I made it half way.<br />
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I was supposed to have Fargo Marathon be my 6th marathon but then I was sick in February and March but also decided to not run because class was on Saturdays and I didn't want to miss class in fear of falling behind. Twin Cities Marathon was my 6th marathon. I almost didn't run it because I had been lazy all summer and a few friends said it was better to train for a last ditch effort vs. not even starting. I was able to finish the marathon on 7 weeks of training. As I ran the marathon I came across another couple that said its better to be a part of the DNF club vs. DNS. That is Did Not Finish vs. Did Not Start.<br />
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Seven year anniversary with my wife on the 29th of December!<br />
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January 4th will make 15 years at my current employer with 3 years at the current location. Longest time I've worked at one place in the same job, the longest I've worked in one place was 4 years but two different positions. Cray cray.<br />
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2015 should be an exciting year, this is what's planned:<br />
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Year 2 of the MBA, graduate in December but class done in January 16'<br />
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2 Marathons, Fargo and Twin Cities(if I hear back from Global Hero's I'll make it 4 marathons on the year because I want Twin Cities to be 5th TCM and 10th overall)<br />
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Make it a great year folks!<br />
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Douglas Scaliasalguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-58422325178070736182014-12-16T23:38:00.000-08:002015-01-23T10:55:57.238-08:00Can't get the words outDo you sometimes find a low blood sugar brings a bunch of random thoughts and its hard to get all the words out? You find yourself babbling inside your mind about all the things you are thinking and trying to find a way to say or do things but your'e worried about it coming out wrong? You're sitting there wondering if the thoughts are real or fake, are you imagining things or are they actually happening? Does this happen to you?<div>
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I wonder how things got to where they are now. How did my blood sugar just hit 66? I tested at what would have been a normal time of night and I was 175 and I took a 2.4 correction bolus, why am I 66? What if I wasn't up at 1:00 a.m. watching a TV show and I were actually in bed sleeping? How low would my sugar have gone? I am not wearing a sensor. I didn't feel low I just tested because I was about to shut my body off for sleep. </div>
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salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-88596663407273538782014-11-29T19:47:00.002-08:002014-11-29T19:47:21.453-08:00The day my life changed forever<div>
In May of 1998 I was let go from a job where I had benefits, 401K, and good career potential. I was always a good employee at my previous employer and didn't burn any bridges when I left so when I went back to see if I could go back they did hire me back. The job I went back to was McDonald's, and I went back as a manager. It was a salary position and I was making $23,000 a year, good money as a 19-20 year old. Eventually I got tired of the long hours and split my time between McDonald's and Perkins, I worked part time at both and got good tips at Perkins so I started to like it more there. At Perkins I remember a guy named Chris, he went to the same high school as I did but graduated a few years ahead of me. Chris was a type 1 diabetic.</div>
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While working between McDonald's and Perkins I recall loosing weight. I knew something was wrong with me I just wasn't certain what it was. I ended up looking for new employment again, I missed banking and wanted to find something in banking again. TCF took me on, I say they took me on because I was nervous I wouldn't get hired again because I got fired from my previous bank position. Luckily for me they took the chance and brought me on. I remember I was hired at $8.26 and hour, and that was 20 hours a week. </div>
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I did good work at TCF and eventually I was promoted to more hours and a new position, this meant I got benefits! Benefits was really important to me but looking back why didn't I just go to the doctor? I started working for the bank in February and was promoted to getting benefits by mid May. May 24th is the day my life changed forever. </div>
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I had a feeling I was a type 1 diabetic, I remember talking with Chris at Perkins about the symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes. He remained confident that I wasn't a type 1 but I had a feeling I was. Living in St. Paul with my buddy Mike Peterson I remember going down to the Super America near our home and buying one gallon of water, 12 pack of soda, jug of OJ, I was thirsty ALL THE TIME! Worse than being thirsty I had to go to the bathroom all the time. I remember early in my career at TCF I would be going to the bathroom at least every half hour if not more, it was annoying to say the least. </div>
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Finally I have medical insurance and I think I'm a type 1 diabetic so I go to the doctor to get the results, I'm looking at those results tonight and honestly don't know what half of it says still. I can see the test were completed at 7:26 a.m., I must have had a 7:00 a.m. doctor appointment. The result of what ever tests were done was printed at 7:38 a.m. The doctor comes back into the office and says "Well Doug, I have good news and bad news" looks at me and says "The good news is you were right, the bad news is you were right." I went into the doctor telling him I thought I was a Type 1 Diabetic. </div>
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May 24, 1999 at around 8:00 a.m. it was confirmed, I am diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. </div>
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salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-35830006546303831152014-09-22T20:05:00.001-07:002014-09-22T20:05:23.592-07:00Strange FeelingI'll see posts from friends in the diabetes community who have been diabetic all their life as in since they were little kids. I sometimes wonder if their life is worse because they've had it their whole life or is my diabetes less significant since I was 20 when I was diagnosed. My sister was diagnosed when she was 30 so does that make hers less severe?<br />
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Type one diabetes sucks, some days it occupies all your thoughts. Yesterday I went to the Twins Baseball game and I put a new CGM in. It took forever for the CGM to read as a new sensor and actually took six hours of unplugging it, charging it, removing it from the clip, blah blah blah but it finally worked! Then it was reading above 400 when it was actually 150, here comes the #calerror alarm.<br />
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So the real reason for this post was inspired by Alison Peters, a friend I met on Facebook at some point in the past. She asked a question about mixing insulin, man its been YEARS since I've done that! Below I'm going to talk about my treatment through the years, focus on the word I'm using, TREATMENT.<br />
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NPH - Twice a Day<br />
Regular - a few hours before I ate<br />
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Wake up and take a combination of NPH and Regular. In essence what you were doing was covering the following:<br />
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Breakfast, Snack, Lunch<br />
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Get home from work and take another combination of NPH and Regular but this time you were covering for dinner and evening snack.<br />
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What if you wanted to eat more or eat less? You could adjust your insulin intake on a sliding scale so you had a little room to work with but not quite as much room once I moved to the new insulin.<br />
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Round 2<br />
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Lantus and Humalog<br />
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How Lantus was first explained to me was you take it once a day and if you eat nothing you should be within 30 ml/d up or down from the start of the day.<br />
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Humalog was to cover anything I ate, the neat thing was I could eat when ever I wanted instead of a fixed time. I could also take the insulin right before I ate, I could eat 100 times a day and take 100 shots or I could eat nothing and take no shots. Life was so much better like this, funny i gained a lot of weight around this time but I blame metabolism and quitting smoking.<br />
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Round 3<br />
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Insulin Pump<br />
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I'd have to say insulin pump has been the best. Temp Basal, Bolus to the .1 unit of insulin, Correcting at .75 units...control you wouldn't get with regular injections. Don't get me wrong a lot of people do well with injections but personally I really prefer the pump.<br />
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All of this being said, all the above rounds are still just rounds of TREATMENT not a cure. (Sad Face)salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-79717792745521013552014-01-21T21:31:00.000-08:002014-01-21T21:31:12.966-08:00Should I cry?The other day I had a couple of people tag me in a post or mention something about the new Google technology and having the sensor somehow be able to work in a contact lens, here is that story:<br />
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I'll be honest, I didn't read the entire article because I personally can't stand contacts and this would never work for me. One of the people whom shared the story with me mentioned "oh yes, I forgot its all about Doug" and I missed the point she was making which was this is another potential advancement for people with diabetes or as used in social media #pwd.<br />
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This evening I saw another blog article about the Google product and that is below:<br />
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The person in the second article who I feel quite close to for two reasons, we're both type one diabetic and he has a pretty cool name, Doug. I disagree that there is too much money being earned to prevent a cure because too much money is being made to treat diabetes but you have to start thinking a bit about which is more important, the treatment or the cure.<br />
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A few weeks back on Facebook I asked the following question:<br />
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If you donated $1,000 for the next 5 years to help fund finding a cure and because of your good deed you would never be diagnosed with the disease, would you do it?<br />
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Today I had someone in my office telling me about all the complications one has in their family because of diabetes related issues, is fear going to help cure my diabetes?<br />
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The title of this article is "Should I Cry" but for those who don't know me, a cry could be needed here and there. A shout of frustration occasionally when you seem to be doing everything right and seeing nothing but negative results. Cry, bitch, moan, complain? What good would any of that do? For my college graduation my Mother, Leann Scalia, gave me a pretty cool gift. It was a desk weight and it read "what would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"<br />
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I'll live another day, that's what!<br />
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<br />salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-86196314021431813272014-01-08T21:48:00.002-08:002014-01-08T21:48:38.640-08:00Before signing upAren't New Years Resolutions fun? We hear a ton about people setting them, we hear about people missing them, but when do we have the opportunity to hear a success story? Welcome to my journey, I'm going to have to break up the story into bits and pieces because my mind things about a hundred different things and I'm not quite sure how to segment it all out unless I just write out part by part, so here is my short story, part 1:<br />
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Around the holiday season in 2010 I read an article online and I really wish I kept that article because I would really love to give the author credit for their story but it went something like this:<br />
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<i>Even though weight loss is a positive goal, most people whom try to lose weight are setting themselves up for failure because its founded on a negative emotion. </i><br />
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So most people that want to lose weight probably decide to join a gym, do some machines, maybe try some lifting, after all how hard could it be? But to tell you the truth I had no idea how, the article continued by saying:<br />
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<i>Try signing up for a 5k or 10k in order to raise money for something near and dear to your heart, if you have a time goal as a part of your fundraising your efforts are yielding a positive result from positive behaviors and weight loss may be a positive side effect.</i><br />
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This makes sense, I'll run a marathon and not raise money for charity, after all this is what I just got done reading? Who the heck knows but as I see it this was my thought process though and eventually it was set, I would run a marathon. At first I was just telling myself, maybe I'd mention something to my wife, then I started telling other people. If you're going to tell someone you're going to run a marathon you better dang well do it right? As I continued to talk about it I had actually convinced myself I could do it.<br />
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I researched Twin Cities Marathon, my father George Scalia ran it when he was 50 and my younger brother Robert ran it twice. I remember going to watch my dad run but for some reason I can't recall when my brother did it, or at least I remember him doing it but don't remember going to watch him. Rob let me be my official apology, I'm a jerk and sorry I don't remember supporting you on your marathon ventures big time bad brother syndrom and I appreciate all your support the last three years at TCM. Back on track, I found out Twin Cities opened for registration on February 2nd so on February 1st I went online to sign up at midnight because again if I was signed up I had to do it, right?<br />
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I quick checked my email and I still have the auto reply from TCM Confirming my entry into the 30th running of the Twin Cities Marathon. 11:52 pm its time stamped, I could even wait for midnight for registration to open. Its confirmed, race day October 2, 2011 would be my first marathon.<br />
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When it comes to diabetes I believe other diabetics are the crowd and non-diabetics are the judges. Very quick to say "oh you can't eat that can you?" or "are you supposed to do that?"<br />
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Here's a story to prove my point:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Earlier I read the following Facebook post from my sister. Said this "Christmas blood sugars: 112, 84, 59, 130, 86, and 100..not bad huh Douglas Scalia?"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">I responded: "Way better than mine!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Some other person responded: "That 59 isn't so good for you or baby"</span><br />
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Chris Carter says it best, "C'mon MAN, COME ON!" 59 is low or bad? C'mon Man! I didn't say my blood sugar was 30, 45, 300, 225, 56, and then at bedtime was 100" I said it was 112, 84, 59, 130, 86 and 100!!!!!" C'Mon Ma'an that's an average of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">106!!!!!! FUCK ME! What else do you want from me?</span><br />
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I'd fucking kill for my blood sugar average to be 106! I was going to post on the string of Facebook comments but decided to take my anger out here instead.<br />
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One little blip and we're judged, unfair but a fact of life. I shared it on my blog because I know only people with Diabetes read it or people who care about me so either way its people that understand. If someone finds this blog on accident and they don't know jack about diabetes, c'mon man, learn something and educate yourself on it. Someone tells me their blood pressure is 150 over 300 I don't say "holy shit that's fucking high" mostly because I don't know what the fuck it means!<br />
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If you don't know what you're talking about don't comment, maybe ask "Is that good or bad?" and let me explain to you how the average works out. Don't ask if you don't want to know, I'll tell you if you ask so be ready for an explanation. If you don't care, and there are things I don't understand and I don't care to understand, shut your mouth.<br />
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And with that, Merry Christmas and Happy New Yearsalguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-74319786650226460902013-12-22T11:31:00.001-08:002013-12-22T11:31:43.107-08:00Portion ControlHad Christmas with my mom and siblings today. My mom made lasagna and it was delicious. I told myself today I could eat it but also knew I had to have some self control and not gorge myself. I think I did pretty well but wish I did better I told Sarah Hankle that I ate half as much as I could have but also ate twice as much as I wanted to. In the end I'll consider it a win. <div><br></div><div>Looking at the meal I could have made it better by having a salad first and a nice veggie choice such as green beans or broccoli. The salad and veggies would have made me feel fuller earlier and maybe I could have cut half the carbs out that way too. </div><div><br></div><div>Eating with others you have a lot less control so you have to just make due. I did see a pile if cookies that I avoided though! Big win skipping those!!</div><div><br></div><div>I started using myFitness pal based on a recommendation and I only have 260 calories left for the day but I also have a interval run to do this evening. </div><div><br></div><div>Photo of lunch. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qWqzSmWJwlyGxiBcWTYv5SMI4yCTUhIl6xS9rOLXAbq6vgqB46Tc4GOUZ52qPbZRwaFNJveLFKo7UhYAU-U0vgLD-UV_p-yD1IJPCdbLB6jz1sNvxb8KKk99ksejgKMZULbQcFYbrns/s640/blogger-image-736583945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qWqzSmWJwlyGxiBcWTYv5SMI4yCTUhIl6xS9rOLXAbq6vgqB46Tc4GOUZ52qPbZRwaFNJveLFKo7UhYAU-U0vgLD-UV_p-yD1IJPCdbLB6jz1sNvxb8KKk99ksejgKMZULbQcFYbrns/s640/blogger-image-736583945.jpg"></a></div><br></div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-47568111834322688852013-12-19T04:31:00.001-08:002013-12-19T04:31:53.723-08:00Dawn phenom<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;">Dawn phenomenon is when blood sugars rise in the morning for no apparent reason. Woke up at 109 and suddenly 140, could a shower alone cause the rise? I bolus'd a half unit prior to my shower. Some things are just not explainable. </p>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-38070321309619996692013-12-16T19:56:00.003-08:002013-12-16T19:56:54.834-08:00Knock on woodToday at the Adults with Type 1 Diabetes meeting put on by JDRF there was a newly diagnosed woman named Haley Doyle. Haley was very upbeat and positive about her diabetes even though it caused some serious concerns towards her long term goal of graduating from the Naval Academy and making all the requirements the government has on its military personal.<br />
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Beyond the speaker other things came up such as Ketoacidosis (KDA) - I'm not even going to try and explain what it is but I have a link here from the American Diabetes Association for your review:<br />
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http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/ketoacidosis-dka.html<br />
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Diabetic Retinopathy - Diabetic eye disease, damage to the small blood vessels in the retina. Loss of vision may result.<br />
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Dawn Phenomenon - the early-morning rise in blood glucose level (4 - 8 a.m.)<br />
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Man - all these things are SCARY but they need to be talked about. Unsure if I've ever been through KDA and I'm 100% sure I haven't gone into a diabetic coma, they're both scary to think about. I remember my early years as a diabetic I would go to bed with my blood sugar high because I was afraid of dying in my sleep. Enough time went by where I trusted what I was doing and wasn't afraid to die in my sleep but now the worry for me is what about other complications? By having these early fears did I create a long term problem by running high?<br />
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Diabetic coma, phew, big sweat drop off the eye brow on that....could be a literal and figure comment because I've been quite sweaty on some of my low blood sugar instances. If I sweat I worry, that's an extreme low and a "oh shit, I'm around Doug and I know he's not ok" type of feeling, this feeling sucks too. I feel very fortunate that I haven't ever passed out due to a low blood sugar. The lowest I have read my meter and been awake for it was 15, true story.<br />
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In the end I wonder to myself and out loud on this blog "Am I a bad diabetic?" Shouldn't I know everything that can go wrong with me, shouldn't I know what it feels like to have KDA or not? I should at least understand how to read a test strip. I've had diabetes since 1999 and I didn't know the difference between Basal and Bolus until I went on the pump almost 2 years ago, almost 15 years of being a diabetic and the first 13 I was clueless.<br />
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The thing I've found most helpful in the last 2 years has been the diabetes online community and support of the JDRF adults with type one group. Early I wish I had come to some of these JDRF Meetings, their are a lot of great people who know exactly how you feel. It sometimes sucks to try and explain how a high or low feels but its amazingly wonderful to sit in a room and listen to someone such as Haley Doyle explain how she goes into survival mode wanting to eat everything in site to recover from a low, talk about BEEN THERE DONE THAT!<br />
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I hope you've enjoyed this post, please share with a friend if you learned anything or enjoyed the read. Time to test and go to bed!salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-7247273441545657212013-12-10T19:44:00.001-08:002013-12-10T19:44:08.784-08:00Sitting in the locker roomAs I sit in the locker room I'm reflecting on the difference between a diabetic and a non diabetic and how simple things like working out create so many things to think about. <div><br></div><div>When was my last bolus?</div><div>Do I have active insulin on board?</div><div>Should I temp basal?</div><div>Should I partial dose for dinner or work out before and dose after?</div><div>Will my blood sugar go up or down this work out?</div><div>Do I trust my cgm or test throughout? </div><div>If I trust my cgm do I trust IT more than I trust myself?</div><div><br></div><div>I was riding low all afternoon, my cgm read me in the 50'd but I was usually in the 80's when I tested so I knew I was ok. </div><div><br></div><div>Going into the workout I was 112 and I started with a weight routine. My doctor and everyone else I know says blood sugar goes up during this type of activity so no temp basal. I wasn't sure the mood if be in for cardio or not so I tested after weights and was 166, cgm read 141. </div><div><br></div><div>Jumped on the dread mill and a mile in I had double arrows up in my cgm but I didn't correct because I know the cgm is about 20 minutes behind. Post run I'm 196 and the cgm is 240. I'm still not going to correct but rather going to use this as part of my long term science experiment. </div><div><br></div><div>Lots to consider vs changing, working out, changing and going home. </div><div><br></div><div>What 112 pre and double arrows up looks like:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWP5s53eLYFm3MRnSmfwHkUA6AIbdWK_IOdMXZ_LW4TiOfKMZ9aqxMCUYpdbhnfQZsvGO7haxSlRjk5wwhyphenhyphenIoohayeUytko_jVBBqujAIvylZYRkZ5dlZXY9VsLS1n63e-vifQKMvFhUY/s640/blogger-image-1243581548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWP5s53eLYFm3MRnSmfwHkUA6AIbdWK_IOdMXZ_LW4TiOfKMZ9aqxMCUYpdbhnfQZsvGO7haxSlRjk5wwhyphenhyphenIoohayeUytko_jVBBqujAIvylZYRkZ5dlZXY9VsLS1n63e-vifQKMvFhUY/s640/blogger-image-1243581548.jpg"></a></div><br></div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-67672934533860640862013-12-04T14:29:00.001-08:002013-12-04T14:29:45.525-08:00ConfusedHere are my readings today:<div><br></div><div>4:17 pm 59</div><div>2:57 pm 61</div><div>2:27 pm 75</div><div>1:44 pm 99</div><div>1:06 pm 46</div><div>12:04pm 71</div><div>9:35 am 129</div><div>6:57 am 175</div><div>5:55 am 116</div><div>12:00 am 66</div><div><br></div><div>Bolus info in the day = 18.8 units </div><div><br></div><div>Fruit at breakfast. 57 carbs in a mocha. 15 carbs in some other thing. 30 grams in quick sticks. I shoveled twice but really don't understand the lows. Plan mining a hour run later so I may set a temp basal at 5:30 and run it 50% for 3 hours and see where I end up. </div><div><br></div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-9082986257673961862013-11-25T15:09:00.001-08:002013-11-25T15:09:39.549-08:00Two for one!!Light hearted or serious story first? I'll give you the light hearted story which is the reverse order on the day....<div><br></div><div>I met withy wife for lunch and we were discussing where to eat lunch. She wanted tacos I wanted panera for a salad or samwhich so we went to taco johns. </div><div><br></div><div>I ordered the #7 which looked about the healthiest in the menu but really who knows with anything fast food?! Bolused for 80 g carbs as a guess because I couldn't get their website to work in my phone. </div><div><br></div><div>While eating the potato oles, Stacey found a hair in their! Gross, but I took a shot dammit, now what?!?!</div><div><br></div><div>Mcdonalds is across the street so I figured I would get a cooler or something sweet. Now that would be a good idea if I got a small but even a small was 75 g carbs. I got a large but oh no it doesn't stop there!!! Yes sir ma'am or whoever I got chocolate chip cookies too, yes ies, so here is the original math for you...,</div><div><br></div><div>Original bolus = 80 carbs</div><div><br></div><div>Needed to cover what I actually ate was 45 carbs</div><div><br></div><div>New correction 110 cooler and 63 cookies. Grand total of 218 carbs!!!! Funny earlier in the day I was telling some others I wished to cut my daily carb intake down to less than 150...I doubt that possible. </div><div><br></div><div>PART TWO</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhY7Rp4b6T-zvMcU5yEvXZextrbW7CWpKz4MiiQRgkliBetL_Ltiq0zOq0r5gyga2vttoI7FLVR5cNbtR0NnvOYvMU0yJIYiKowaas8FLL8Sp9agJ6pud-KamWGbKNgEz56d1BlQgXkgA/s640/blogger-image--1098599882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhY7Rp4b6T-zvMcU5yEvXZextrbW7CWpKz4MiiQRgkliBetL_Ltiq0zOq0r5gyga2vttoI7FLVR5cNbtR0NnvOYvMU0yJIYiKowaas8FLL8Sp9agJ6pud-KamWGbKNgEz56d1BlQgXkgA/s640/blogger-image--1098599882.jpg"></a></div> So I was with customers for all three if these calls until I finally figured out "this might be Becky" so I explained to my clines I needed to quick check the voicemail and upon discovering it WAS my sister I again excused myself to call her and see what's up. I thought, she would call 911 and not me if there were an emergency right? It wasn't as big if a deal a I thought. I called and quick gave an answer and told her I would call back after my clients left. </div><div><br></div><div>The issue:</div><div><br></div><div>4 blood sugar readings within minutes of one another that varied between 150-210. I asked "why did you test 4 times" and a cry legit response if "I'm usually low at this reading". My sister is in her first week or so if diagnosis and she's really on top of the numbers, more than I was when I was diagnosed. I'm sure the doctors are also looking for patterns at this stage so I'm Glad she's catching on. </div><div><br></div><div>I drove to her work since she's close enough because I wanted her to use a drop of blood on her meter and in mine so she could see they'll be close but likely never the same. I the. Did the same with a drop of blood from me. Here are her results:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKETW4HQiT5ifjL4ajI4viQcUhuryfi61dEq_XW1qzXHpvLLSAf0eCVzjmXJABz699qwRhTnrJjL49Qtny8zTmZsRrmX7kWe4fac2AMHpNRQ80dKbOB0E3KddQCB9RCOQaE2tVNMINVA/s640/blogger-image-1560164595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKETW4HQiT5ifjL4ajI4viQcUhuryfi61dEq_XW1qzXHpvLLSAf0eCVzjmXJABz699qwRhTnrJjL49Qtny8zTmZsRrmX7kWe4fac2AMHpNRQ80dKbOB0E3KddQCB9RCOQaE2tVNMINVA/s640/blogger-image-1560164595.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> Here are mine:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot32pqXZs7gKcebTJ1Trg6zRvfTvlSt_DPaIpAV5OZ5MBH4xggQex4jsEvXaIHUUMN-i8J2NG-ohklI4lk2qiCITs_2_W5u2Ft9xCp8K26kj6hiWG5Tq5cPxvtL8TKelFet1OHl8GerE/s640/blogger-image-179597709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot32pqXZs7gKcebTJ1Trg6zRvfTvlSt_DPaIpAV5OZ5MBH4xggQex4jsEvXaIHUUMN-i8J2NG-ohklI4lk2qiCITs_2_W5u2Ft9xCp8K26kj6hiWG5Tq5cPxvtL8TKelFet1OHl8GerE/s640/blogger-image-179597709.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here she is, happy:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMljI_NoMS5NBDajcpyy7Yf0v8wZWBj0qnxa93KFJX9Gw7n3mWu6qqLApiFXl4a1v42JXH4zc9qmpPnh4z_SqCzQ0buLQKqUQB_YwHGU7TLzbWSMyTXmJ6pHs_jugwMmagwHS1EY62jY/s640/blogger-image--753043930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMljI_NoMS5NBDajcpyy7Yf0v8wZWBj0qnxa93KFJX9Gw7n3mWu6qqLApiFXl4a1v42JXH4zc9qmpPnh4z_SqCzQ0buLQKqUQB_YwHGU7TLzbWSMyTXmJ6pHs_jugwMmagwHS1EY62jY/s640/blogger-image--753043930.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>H</div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-31624188439081149752013-11-24T21:38:00.001-08:002013-11-24T21:38:07.220-08:00Week 1 for type 1So it's probably been about a week now since my sister went into the doctor for an issue if some type. They put her in insulin, Nph and Humalog. They didn't tell her if she was type 1 or 2 though. The doctors wanted to wait for some blood tests too before making the final diagnosis. <div><br></div><div>It started in Wednesday, my duster and u started texting blood sugars to one another. Wednesday night we we chatting in the phone and I suggested she go but some glucose tablets incase she had a low. Upon explaining the severity her husband went to walgreens, make it known, I would have gone too for her. </div><div><br></div><div>Friday was the day she was supposed to find out and wouldn't you know it that Friday was the day. I sent her a text in the morning saying "thinking if you today" she replied "thanks I love you". Later in the day I got the text "it's type 1"</div><div><br></div><div>I thought "this sucks hit she can do it." My sister and I have always had so much in common and now god threw something else to bring bus even closer. </div><div><br></div><div>I've been really impressed with the readings she's been getting, I haven't seen one over 200 and other than the one 56 she hasn't gone low that I've seen. Her being diagnosed really makes me think about my diabetes and the attitude I've brought to the table regarding it. </div><div><br></div><div>I've always had a thing against "you can't eat that because you're a diabetic" that I've come to realize "just because I can doesn't mean I should" this very phrase has been my argument for a poor diet telling people "I eat what I want and take insulin to cover it". I should be thinking "the less carbs I eat the less insulin I have to take, therefore creaing a more stable blood sugar. </div><div><br></div><div>I'll leave you with a photo of our text exchange tonight. If you're reading this blog I believe you'll agree, 100 should always be posted on Facebook or twitter. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLw1sx43AZp-SCpIcXl1eXN-68NoIcjkzd6gm3P08fHQlnWsJwM3aIaDl10bvgzrkwsYwhf1aERAjTpyxMGXFAg4PzSezzF8MqaA_JZ0i-JEioDoW8au80ESacM1ocgvykWT_2czilzI/s640/blogger-image--874592819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLw1sx43AZp-SCpIcXl1eXN-68NoIcjkzd6gm3P08fHQlnWsJwM3aIaDl10bvgzrkwsYwhf1aERAjTpyxMGXFAg4PzSezzF8MqaA_JZ0i-JEioDoW8au80ESacM1ocgvykWT_2czilzI/s640/blogger-image--874592819.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Oh and a reminder, she's pregnant! Quit wearing glasses as a result of her diagnosis and the baby is doing well. </div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-69750697543181708672013-11-20T20:30:00.001-08:002013-11-20T20:30:19.080-08:00What I rememberI remember the doctor doing a couple of tests and leaving the room and coming back a bit later saying "I've got good news and bad news, the bad news is you've got diabetes and the good news is you were right about your self diagnosis that you've got diabetes"<div>
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I remember my mom couldn't go to St. Louis Park with me later that day but my brother Andrew could and did.</div>
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I remember talking with my grandmother and she says "I've done nothing for you but give you diabetes" - God rest her soul, she did more than that.</div>
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I remember being so wasted I did a bolus but unsure for how much and scared the shit out of some of my family, that was a scary day, I use the word remember loosely.</div>
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I remember the first situation I encountered diabetes as a non diabetic, it was a teen drinking situation and this kid said "no, I can't drink, I'm diabetic" and all I remember is being puzzled and wondering what is diabetes and why can't you drink. I even remember exactly where I was but unsure of who all I was with.</div>
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I remember a girl friend of mine, her step dad was diabetic and she let me eat his emergency candy because I had a sweet tooth.</div>
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I remember when I would go to bed with a high so I wouldn't worry about dying in my sleep.</div>
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I remember one time an employer called me 100 times because they were worried I was dead because I was late to work and that wasn't normal.</div>
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I remember the text from my sister saying she has a type of diabetes</div>
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I remember talking to her giving her stories and saying "do you even want to talk about this" she still doesn't have an official diagnosis though...</div>
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I remember working at Perkins and losing weight, peeing, and being thirsty thinking I was a diabetic but I didn't have insurance, one of my managers was diabetic but he was positive and told me "I'm sure you don't" I also remember his kit he carried his insulin/syringe kit in.</div>
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This post is inspired by my sister Rebecca whom I love very much and don't know the answer to her situation quite yet. Talking with her has made me remember lots of things and lots of stuff I wish I knew along the way. There are many other things I remember that aren't posted here but my hopes are my diabetic friends and family will post a comment about something they remember about diabetes. </div>
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I wish I knew someone with diabetes when I was diagnosed, I'm extremely thankful for the #doc #pwd #dsma #jdrf #insulindependence #ada #twitter #facebook and any other source, its been so nice meeting and getting to know people with similar situations. </div>
salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-33521717941424191512013-11-19T05:55:00.001-08:002013-11-19T05:55:55.910-08:00Don't understandThis morning I woke up with a blood sugar 92 in my meter. I set a temp basal of 0% for 30 minutes and tested again an hour later before I got started for my run. This next test I was 125 and I usually burn a shit ton if carbs during a run so I did another 30 minute temp basal. To keep me low for my run. I only did 2 miles this morning as I'm trying to focus in keeping cardio alive but not ware myself out before official training starts. So anyway after my run I was 121. FTW right? Wrong 😞<div><br></div><div>Here is a pic if my numbers this morning:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_t69XyKLU-DdsS1Fl4l3YvHy8dXECscKZ5DYEhPaW4TifTd1fRSl5LsxXnTtYQl_i7zwaBfMhfWQUNoCPEVGZx0vWtJkNKfj1wgtEtEDoKrCKr4h9I3r_UYS2i0OotEI1UjuxqdSs3o/s640/blogger-image-1018006093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_t69XyKLU-DdsS1Fl4l3YvHy8dXECscKZ5DYEhPaW4TifTd1fRSl5LsxXnTtYQl_i7zwaBfMhfWQUNoCPEVGZx0vWtJkNKfj1wgtEtEDoKrCKr4h9I3r_UYS2i0OotEI1UjuxqdSs3o/s640/blogger-image-1018006093.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I had to bolus 5.6 with a recovery rate if 1:25. The part I don't get is my basal rate is 1.5 from 3:00 - 8:00 a.m do at most I missed out 1.5 units, what's with the 5.6 recovery? 2 hard boiled eggs and a package if mixed nuts, that's maybe another unit....</div><div><br></div><div>At least I have the cgm and the body awareness to help tell me I'm going up. </div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-84623935853516031282013-11-18T04:48:00.001-08:002013-11-18T04:48:51.706-08:00Monday confusion<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBh44Zf01pCLGTMm3uTKC-Ngp7bs_Tk-3PoVLLtwPu09VrhcvPwubjL7W8C00SosIvtLa4eX5bXklvGGm7yvH7P691US232WNjCziXWhOc9NCoYdQTETa_q6_LY4qjPDeQhZFzSvtlQw/s640/blogger-image-163314802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBh44Zf01pCLGTMm3uTKC-Ngp7bs_Tk-3PoVLLtwPu09VrhcvPwubjL7W8C00SosIvtLa4eX5bXklvGGm7yvH7P691US232WNjCziXWhOc9NCoYdQTETa_q6_LY4qjPDeQhZFzSvtlQw/s640/blogger-image-163314802.jpg"></a></div>Woke up at 282, how is that possible? I went to bed at 127, had a small mixed seed snack with a 1.5 bolus...I should have been fine, right? Anyway to correct I only took 3 units even though weight training is supposed to make you go higher I wasn't sure how active insulin would impact things. I had two hard boiled eggs and headed out of the house. <div><br></div><div>I set my alarm for 4:30 thinking I could go to the gym in the morning but I asked my wife to set hers for 6:00 as a back up. I hit snooze a few times but then decided, let's go!</div><div><br></div><div>Started off with the normal stretch and worked my wY upstairs to the elliptical for a 5 minute warm up then moved to weights:</div><div><br></div><div>Bench assist 3 sets 15</div><div>Dumbbell thingys 3 sets 15 (12 last set)</div><div>Lat pull down 3 sets 15</div><div>Stand up row thing 3 sets 15</div><div><br></div><div>Moved into core and then elliptical. Prior to elliptical I was 275. Post elliptical I am 220. Correction bolus if 3.95...too much? Considering a shower with no insulin I should be on. Going to have a protein shake and get to the day. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M4DzIorhnzmOMT4_ZfU4S0FOFFgwqiSeWMlpr3DIpXa05bGTzrKCFbqKG8JBPRwq-YW5Mvf1AP86ktzA1oEsfOg8o_tAz0JqlGtI_flEAODogY91TL7ByH2Uc_5J_QBmobsPtzLSqvg/s640/blogger-image--1981805628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8M4DzIorhnzmOMT4_ZfU4S0FOFFgwqiSeWMlpr3DIpXa05bGTzrKCFbqKG8JBPRwq-YW5Mvf1AP86ktzA1oEsfOg8o_tAz0JqlGtI_flEAODogY91TL7ByH2Uc_5J_QBmobsPtzLSqvg/s640/blogger-image--1981805628.jpg"></a></div><br></div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348164915509393461.post-42896780618653560552013-11-17T17:37:00.001-08:002013-11-17T17:37:14.504-08:00Update the dayWell this morning I let you know I was playing in the Sunday 11:00 $30 buy in. Somehow I outlasted 142 players and tied for 1st. $30 into $750 or so. <div><br></div><div>Regarding food, I had the two eggs and nuts I mentioned earlier and only had coffee and water from the time I started playing until minutes ago. I ate Panda Express for dinner though, pretty sure I caught up my caloric intake for the day. I'm hoping to be full until bedtime but the Sunday night football game looks like it should be pretty decent. </div><div><br></div><div>Blood sugars in the day are as follows:</div><div><br></div><div>255 @ 8:30</div><div>168 @ 9:44</div><div>191 @ 11:26</div><div>140 @ 2:40</div><div>108 @ 6:10</div><div>120 @ 7:10</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully I read the nutritional IMHO correct. Rice, peppered chicken, some beef. Counted at 130g and bolused 15.5. I guess we will know in a couple hours how things wrap up. </div>salguodmaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04145383424770814549noreply@blogger.com0