1 Drop at a Time

Hi all! Our Athens weekend was a blast. Back in July, I went back to Athens to help train the new school nurses and I decided that running the AthHalf would give me an excuse to come back and visit  our friends and see my students. My students will always be my babies! As you know, training for this half was a little shaky, especially with a sprained ankle early on, BUT with some (LOTS) of support from Osman, my family and friends and knowing I'd get to see some of my students, I pushed through. I've had a few people ask how I train for a half and I thought I'd share what works for me. So here we go.... 1) If you are a female with type 1, download the app  My Flo . This app helps you break down your cycle week by week. This app helped me tremendously. I was able to figure out which phase of my cycle required more or less insulin. IT IS AWESOME and helps make running with type 1 and being a female a smidge more predictable, if that is even possible. 2) I highly sug...

One of these days, I hope I learn that life would be so much easier if I would just take a chill pill. My endocrinologist appointment went great. I usually like to go to appointments alone but the night before I asked Osman to come with me. I needed my boys there. I was so afraid of losing my control of this illness, not clicking with my doctor, and a million more what if questions circled my mind. Jacob and I took the trolley and the train to Philly. We are both still enamored with public transit. Jacob is figuring out the stops and how to stand without falling. The city is one of those magical places for me. Growing up, I went to NYC once and fell in love. There is something humbling being around crowds of people. For a moment in time, you are all on the same path with strangers until the road diverges. I always wonder who people are, what their story is, but that is a whole other ramble for another day. We met up with Osman at our stop and per Jacob's request we swung his not...

Dang it to heck, I am stuck in a rut or more like a crater. Couldn't tell you why. With my impending, first appointment with my new endocrinologist, I've gotten my blood sugars in better check and that helps how I feel tremendously. I will say, I had a blood sugar roller coaster kind of day on Monday, and boy, that was not fun. It is hard to describe the level of crap I can feel when my blood sugar swings all over the place. It makes it even worse because people can't actually see it happening. This past Monday, I allowed myself the time to not be okay. I felt like poop and embraced the poop. I have a slight confession to make, I am obsessed with the app Tik-Tok. Go ahead and judge, I judge myself for watching it. However, there is voice over where some lady says "you're not good and that is okay." I kept hearing this in my head as I rested it on the counter and embraced the suck. I've sat here for a solid 5 minutes and tried to think of how to describe ...

Hi all! I feel like this time of year, I always say, where did time go? The coming holidays make me nostalgic and feel almost bittersweet.  I miss so many people every day. Don't get me wrong though, I am grateful for people to miss. I keep coming into these daily moments that remind me why community is SO important. As you know, our family made a big move to the northeast and I have to say I'm so thankful for the community we have built in a short time. Delco has welcomed up with open arms. If you don't know what Delco means, it is hard to explain but I am proud to be a part of this community. Thank goodness for Face Time and texting as well because it helps me keep in touch with my Athens and Oklahoma communities. I don't know what I would do without them. So where am I go with this post.....I'm rounding the corner to my first endocrinologist appointment. I'm already sweating about it. The process to be accepted as a patient was daunting. My previous endo ha...

Hello. This week has been a series of unfortunate events. From a sprained ankle while training for the Ath Half, to blood sugars that have hung out in the 300's, I'm at the, as Jacob would say, "What in the world?!" phase. My blood sugars have been high without eating or bolusing absurd amounts of insulin with meals. I went a solid 2-3 days thinking: -Maybe your insets are not long enough for your growing mid-section -Maybe it is your hormones -Maybe it is because of your ankle sprain and your current immobility -Maybe your insulin needs are changing If you notice a common trend these high blood sugars must be MY fault. I am not alone in this. My diabuddies do the very same thing. Of course our high blood sugars are our fault, why wouldn't they be? Hell, we stood the wrong way for a solid 2 seconds so that has to be why our blood sugars are high. WRONG. Y'all after all this, you know what was wrong? My insulin was bad....a whole dang bottle of insulin...

How in the world has 4 years come and gone? I'd love to say I have this diabetes game figured out but each day is a new and exciting experience. Please sense the sarcasm. I remember August 14, 2015. I was this tiny, little half of myself, literally, my body was eating itself and I was scared and felt like crap. All the questions of what life was going to be like were swirling around in my head and my poor brain didn't have the energy it needed to process them. Fortunately for me, I never went into DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis), if you can remember, I tested positive for the type 1 antibodies after Jacob was born and was what they call, "honeymooning" for a few months. Honeymooning basically means my pancreas was still making insulin but eventually would stop. So fast forward to August 14, 2015 and my pancreas was crapping out. I got started on insulin and slowly but surely my life with type 1 began. Being diagnosed with a chronic illness that has no cure, is strange. ...

I never thought getting an order of diabetes supplies would make me tear up. Then again, going to the pharmacy used to make me bawl my eyes out and I made Osman get my insulin for a few months because it depressed the crap out of me. Oh how far I've come. Monday was a shit day.  I'll be honest, I've been avoiding doing anything diabetes related for the past couple of months, but supplies don't last forever. Between no AC and finding out that the current company I used for my diabetes supplies does not accept my new insurance, made me pretty cranky. In the back of my mind, I knew I just needed to call my insurance company and ask for a list of approved suppliers but who wants to do that? All it does is once again solidify the fact that I have this disease and it ain't going away and I probably wasted a solid 1 1/2 - 2 hours on the phone. So here is where I got super pissed. My old insurance allowed me to use the pharmacy portion of the plan so all we had to pay w...