The Beetus

Ah I just Found this, and cracked me up for days.

Epiphony

Low blood sugars have been the biggest problem for me ever since being first diagnosed. I have had so many insulin reactions/seizures/unconsciousness events, that i lost count.The most recent event I had was by far the worst. I was at home, and like all the other times I passed out or seizured, I woke up extremely disoriented wondering what the hell happened. Why was this one the worst? It was the most dangerous, I was in the bathroom(lots of sharp edges, tile floor, rock hard bathtub, door that locks, etc). I remember waking up before it happened, making my way to the bathroom, then next thing i know i wake, dripping blood from my face in the bathroom corner, a pool of my blood on the tile floor, broken nose, very confused, and hurtin' bad. Thank God for my angel of a girlfriend that I have, I owe her my life. She called the medics, who came and gave me glucagon, recommended I go to hospital(I said sorry but hell no, its a pain in the ass to get out of the hospital, & very expensive been there done that). Just glad I'm still alive and doing better now. I've adjusted my lantus dose and began taking it in the morning so that it loses strength throughout the night.
After this event, I saw the stress and anxiety that it caused my gf and fam. I truly had an epiphany when I realized what an obligation taking care of a person with out of control diabetes for those who are close to me, and how sad it is that I've been doing it for so long too.
I have begun testing 4am every morn- cuz my lows are usually early morn. This blog and will try to correlate with my attempt to get this disease back under control, the old fashioned way, finger pricks and insulin injections, going to the gym, and cutting back on beer and alcohol. I can't do the diabetictron thing (a word i came up with, which means half diabetic human, half machine). It is not a derogatory term, don't get me wrong, I support whatever works best and is healthiest for each and every individual. I've done the insulin pump, glucose sensor, all that gear that I've tried in the past, and it wasn't the best for me mentally or physically, and it really made me depressed. Anyways, that's it for today i'll try to keep you updated. But before that I've got to get some readers, haven't quite figured out how to do that yet. Feel free to email me at diabetictron@gmail.com.

In The Name of the Syringe, the Diabetic, & the Holy Insulin

First of all this blog will primarily be concerned with the daily struggles of a person with Type 1 Diabetes, myself. A little background on myself, although I will remain anonymous. I was diagnosed with this chronic disease Type 1 diabetes at age 9. I grew up in SoCal. After being diagnosed, I continued to remain active in sports and academics and I didn't let this disease prevent me from doing anything blah blah blah. At age 13, I volunteered, better yet my dad researched and volunteered me to be one of the first insulin pump users. In 1996, at age 12 or 13, walking around with a brick like device delivering my medication (humalog insulin) through a tube with an IV like catheter attached to my abdomen was far from my idea of living the dream... I hated it from the beginning, and for some reason I was very ashamed of having this device. Why? Maybe because it differentiated me from all the rest of the kids in school, not in a good way. I hated every single thing about having the pump, except for the freedom it gave me. The Minimed 507 pump was a constant reminder of the disease that I was trying so hard to pretend wasn't there. After about 6 years on the pump, I decided to go back to taking insulin shots. The ironic thing is that when going back to shots, which might seem like a bummer after being able to eat what I wanted when I wanted. Ironically, I had never felt so free in my life as I did the moment I unhooked the pump taking out the IV for the last time. Phew..what relief. That was about 6 years ago, I am now 24 years old, have graduated from college, and work full-time for a corporation, yay. Anyways, I want to be crystal clear about the purpose of this blog. I'd like to use it to express my feelings concerning this disease, to inform people about life with diabetes behind the scenes, I'd like to use it to get some things off my chest, and I hope to dispel some of the nasty myths there are about all people with this disease, and eventually I'd like to thank some of the people who have helped me through my struggle, without some of whom I may not be here today.

Diabetictron