I'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?
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.
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.
NPH - Twice a Day
Regular - a few hours before I ate
Here is how it would work:
Wake up and take a combination of NPH and Regular. In essence what you were doing was covering the following:
Breakfast, Snack, Lunch
Get home from work and take another combination of NPH and Regular but this time you were covering for dinner and evening snack.
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.
Round 2
Lantus and Humalog
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.
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.
Round 3
Insulin Pump
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.
All of this being said, all the above rounds are still just rounds of TREATMENT not a cure. (Sad Face)
Monday, September 22, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Should 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:
http://www.ydr.com/nation-world/ci_24961841/google-develops-contact-lens-glucose-monitor
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.
This evening I saw another blog article about the Google product and that is below:
http://techland.time.com/2014/01/17/googles-smart-contact-lens-is-cool-but-id-rather-just-have-my-diabetes-cured/#ixzz2r5ykEIcV
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.
A few weeks back on Facebook I asked the following question:
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?
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?
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?"
I'll live another day, that's what!
http://www.ydr.com/nation-world/ci_24961841/google-develops-contact-lens-glucose-monitor
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.
This evening I saw another blog article about the Google product and that is below:
http://techland.time.com/2014/01/17/googles-smart-contact-lens-is-cool-but-id-rather-just-have-my-diabetes-cured/#ixzz2r5ykEIcV
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.
A few weeks back on Facebook I asked the following question:
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?
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?
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?"
I'll live another day, that's what!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Before signing up
Aren'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:
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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?
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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?
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.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
No Resolutions just goals.
Be kind
Start Sweatabetes
4:45 or faster at Fargo Marathon
4:30 at Chicago, steep but why not?!?!
2:10 Monster Dash Half
60 minute or less Get Lucky 10k
199.9 or less.
36 waist
Start MBA
A1c of 6.0
Sunday, December 29, 2013
FTW!!
Pre blood sugar: 127
50% basal 30 minutes
Active insulin on board: 1.525
Post lower body: 65 blood sugar 10g quick stick, 1 hour temp basal 25%.
11 minutes left on temp basal, .2 onboard, 10g carb
Finishing blood sugar 89!!!
Warm up:
Minutes speed BPM. Actual
0 - 2 3.5/1%. 83 - 125 116
2 - 4. 4.3/1%. 125-135 145
4 - 6. 4.7/1/%. 135-155 157
6 - 8. 5.1/1%. 155-160 166
8-10. 5.5/1%. 160-175 173
Stretch:
Weights:
Intervals:
4:00 zone 3 169-181. 174@5.9
1:00 zone 1 142-154. 161@4.0
4:00 zone 3 169-181. 178@5.9
1:00 zone 1 142-154. 157@3,5
4:00 zone 3 169-181. 179@5.9
1:00 zone 1 142-154. 157@3.0
4:00 zone 3 169-181. 178@5.9
1:00 zone 1 142-154. 161&3.0
4:00 zone 3 169-181. 180@5.9
1:00 zone 1 142-154. 170@3.8
5:00 cool down:
147@3.3
135@3.2
End at 130. Total distance 2.49 total time 30 minutes.
89 final
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
The Gold Medal or Blood Sugar, same thing
You ever watch the Olympics? Could be summer could be winter, both have great events. Lets look at Winter Olympics in this situation. I've seen some great single and some great double ice skating routines, I mean these skaters are GREAT! They'll have an announcer and they'll say "oooh, they made a mistake that's going to cost them a point" but the rest of the world is saying "OMG you're totally going to win this!" A lot of the time its when the TV Announcer looks at the video in slow motion and they say - oh ooh they're going to lose a point because their toes aren't exactly lined up like they should be.
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?"
Here's a story to prove my point:
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?"
I responded: "Way better than mine!"
Some other person responded: "That 59 isn't so good for you or baby"
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 106!!!!!! FUCK ME! What else do you want from me?
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.
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!
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.
And with that, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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?"
Here's a story to prove my point:
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?"
I responded: "Way better than mine!"
Some other person responded: "That 59 isn't so good for you or baby"
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 106!!!!!! FUCK ME! What else do you want from me?
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.
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!
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.
And with that, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Portion Control
Had 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.
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.
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!!
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.
Photo of lunch.
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