Hi there. Believe it or not, this blog here does still exist. I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I’ve posted anything. WordPress even looks different since the last time I’ve written! To anyone that may care, I apologize (and I do not mean that in a snarky way!) I feel that life gets in the way a lot of times. Or it could just be something that I’ve realized about myself recently ….. I am lazy AF.
My friend George posted recently and maybe you can say he gave me a little motivation to post for the first time in a while as well. I would have a lot to go over to update you on the past 14 months so I won’t go down that road. I’ll just mention the big parts 🙂
I commemorated the 35th anniversary of my diabetes diagnosis on December 24th. It’s truly hard to believe I’m old enough to have had type 1 for so long! I didn’t necessarily do anything to “celebrate”. Being that it’s on Christmas eve, that always steals the thunder 😉
Let’s see. Most recently, I have been recovering from surgery to repair tennis elbow (or lateral epicondylitis). Don’t ask me how I got that because I haven’t the slightest idea. I first went to the doctor for it March of last year after it had been bothering me for a few months. He tried a cortisone injection but sadly, there was no improvement. I went back in September after the pain was getting worse and the doctor was straight with me that if it was lasting this long with no results from cortisone, it was highly unlikely any other treatment would work beside surgery. This doctor had performed not one but two trigger finger surgeries on me in the past so if I had to have another surgery, I was glad it would be by him. He sent me for an MRI just to verify the condition and it showed that not only were the tendons damaged, there was a tear as well. No wonder it hurt so much! So a bit over 6 weeks ago the surgery was done and recovery has been going well so far. It’s been challenging at times since it was on my dominant arm, but the incision healed nicely and I hope to be using my arm again fully soon.
I’ve had some struggles on the blood sugar management front – my A1c was at its highest in years in the fall. I’ve managed to get it back down some at my endo appointment last week but it still needs work. I do attribute some of the rise to a change in birth control pills (TMI?) that occurred in the summer. Man, did I have some awful insulin resistance! My insulin was like water for quite a few weeks. I am more independent when it comes to changing insulin rates and whatnot but it came to the point where I called my endo in desperation. She could not believe how much insulin I was taking. But I’m glad I thought of the new meds because other then raising my ratios, she didn’t offer much in terms of finding the root cause. Things got more “normal” when I switched back to the pill I had been taking previously. Thank goodness.
And back to my laziness. In being a hermit for a few weeks recovering from surgery, it highlighted just how lazy I really am. And that definitely plays a part in the work that my A1c needs. I do not log. Ever. I almost never upload Dexcom or pump info. I occasionally check the Clarity app to see what my estimated A1c is (which was spot on with my latest reading at the endo by the way) but don’t look at the trends really. I don’t exercise like I should. I don’t eat like I should. I don’t pre-bolus like I should. Yet I do bolus for every food I eat. I do wear a medical ID bracelet. I do carry some form of glucose with me. I do not over treat lows. Those things my endo always looks for makes me look like a super star. But how do I get over my laziness and do the little things that will make the most difference? I wish it were as simple as telling myself to just do it but I already hear in my head – I don’t feel like it. Have you ever been faced with similar feelings? Have you found something that gave yourself a good kick in the rear? I’m open to suggestions 🙂 Being that I’ve had strong anxiety about something happening to me health-wise (more on that in another post), I’m surprised that hasn’t been the kick that I need.
The Girl with the Portable Pancreas 
You are not lazy!!!! There is so much for us to do with diabetes, we can’t do it all perfectly. We’d go nuts. So we all have aspects we are great at (I change my lancet every day) and aspects we could do better (I never exercise and I eat too many carbs). This isn’t to say we can’t try to work on the not-so-great stuff. But we can’t expect to be great at everything. And overall, you are great, so don’t be too hard on yourself!!!!
I feel like I am there with you in Lazytown. (But not that weird kids’ show place…unless it gets me naturally pink hair.) I’ve also suspected it might be one more thing to blame on my unwanted timeshare in Depression Junction.
I could just about use quote marks for Karen’s reply! Except to add that I’m glad to see you back… I was checking on some old bookmarks and here you are! I just recently got back to the gym. No, I have not re-embraced logging. I do bolus faithfully, but I tend to guess a lot on carb value/insulin requirement. Etc., etc. We can “gift” ourselves some little improvements (maybe that’s the suggestion you need?). But we can be happy for the stuff we DO do well, too. Cheers. Looking forward to more. Good luck with the wrist!