Have you just been told you have diabetes or know someone who has?
It’s a complicated disease. It can be managed fairly well, but it takes thought and preparation most of the time. It’s not a disease that you can forget about.

One of the first things you learn is how to test your own blood sugar levels. At first, it seems like it’s so often, that your fingers are like pin cushions. This does get better. Your fingers may not get entirely used to it, but most often, the frequency of testing goes down as you become more controlled and aware …read more

“Anecdotal reports suggest that some dogs can perform early warning of hypoglycemia by using their sense of smell to sniff out if their owner’s blood sugar levels are dropping,” Dr Wells said.”
This is interesting enough if it proves to pan out. Just imagine if dogs could really be trained to have this type of powerful sniffer! That would be brilliant. You could have a k-9 companion and peace of mind.
A Side note: This photo is a picture of our 12 year old black lab that passed away last week. She was our first “baby”.
via BBC

Just a little update. The other day I wrote that my blood sugar was very high. Well, it stayed like that through Thursday. It was between 245 and 500. I felt fuzzy but was surprised at how quickly I adapted to the high blood sugar
Yesterday AM I saw the doctor. While driving there on I95 I started to get very shaky and started to sweat. I checked my sugar at a stop light after getting off the highway. 47! Uh huh, low indeed. I still had 2 miles or so to …read more

While at work yesterday I was reminded of just how different diabetes is for each patient. I work on a cardiac floor so at least 75% of my patients are diabetic, or are in the process of being newly diagnosed, based on my math over the last 8 years.
In one room I had a patient whose blood sugars were running in the mid 200’s. Isn’t that high you ask? Yes! But what you have to understand is for this particular patient, 550 was high. Yup, I said 550.
He has been a diabetic for 5 years …read more