Recap

My endocrinologist appointment went very well last week.  I went armed with information for her to delve into and documentation of all my latest experiments for her to dissect.  My doctor was very happy with my lab work, my weight loss and the hard work that I’ve been putting into managing my diabetes.  In fact she was quite impressed with all of the extra leg work I’ve been doing with crunching the number and self-experiments I’ve been putting myself through.  She loved the ways that I’ve been trying to combat my dawn phenomenon and commended me on figuring out such a good system.  It feels good for the hard work to finally be paying off.  I’ll be heading back to see her in 3 months and it is my goal between now and then to reduce my A1c further, 6.7% down to 6.4%.  

I took advantage of the time I had with my endo and picked her brain about potential career paths.  For those of you that don’t know, I originally started college as a health science major with the intention of becoming a CDE (certified diabetes educator).  In case it isn’t blatantly obvious, I have a strong passion for diabetes education, nutrition and overall health and wellbeing.  Talking to her has led me to look into a few career paths that I had briefly thought about but never truly considered as options.  Needless to say, I have some decisions to make and am hoping that sometime soon I’ll be able to reveal a new plan about my career future to my friends and family.  I have always felt that this disease was part of my life for a reason and if I can help others through what I’ve learned, that’s what I’ll do.    

My blood sugars have been getting better over the past 2 weeks.  I was able to cut down my long acting insulin by 1.5 units this week, which is great!  Any reduction, no matter how small is a step in the right direction.  However, I have felt like I’ve been hitting more veins lately and my bruises are slowly taking over my injection areas.  Yesterday I invested in Arnica gel, which is supposed to help heal bruises faster.  Other than the decrease in insulin, I’ve made no real changes.  I am happy to report that I have been off my insulin pump for over a month and a half and cannot see going back to it in the near future.  I’m still enjoying my pump vacation and am looking forward to the summer months where I’ll finally be able to fully enjoy floats on the river, bathing suits and dresses without worrying about my pump!  Bring on the warm weather!

Besides my great appointment, I’ve been working on a guest blog post for a fellow blogger who also has T1D.  Look for that soon!  It will be about what diabetes has meant to me at different points throughout my life.  It is funny how having diabetes meant something different to me in grade school, to college, to married and working life.  I won’t go into too much detail, that way I won’t ruin the coming post for you guys.

As always, thanks for reading!

~D