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.