Who among us can remember the days before our diabetes diagnosis? Back when we were “normal” — meaning we could eat and do as we pleased without a single thought involving glucose, carbohydrates, medications, or complications?
Nowadays we carry our meds and our monitoring devices. We look at food as a math equation. We have good days and bad days — temperate days, and days where we’re riding the Glucose Roller Coaster, which always makes one cranky, to say the least. We think a lot about improving our A1c results.
And all the while, the emotional roulette wheel keeps a’spinning. We never know just where it’s going to land.
At least that’s how I see it. Does any of this strike a chord? Read my October dLife column and let me know.
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I definitely look at food as a math equation. You got me on that one!
Amy:
Great article. Food as a math equation, the emotional wheel spinning, not knowing where it will land … thank you for the great article …
When I have low blood sugars, I am EXCEEDINGLY crabby. When I have high blood sugars I am EXCEEDINGLY hungry (get outta my way and don’t you DARE touch that brownie hungry). My pump can’t store all the carb ratios I need to keep, so I have to do a lot of math in my head. Sounds like you hit the nail on the head here!
Great article. I was so happy to read the part about struggling to balance your monitor atop your purse to check your sugar in the store! Oh how many times have I done that and felt that I was the ONLY ONE EVER to have to do it. Thanks for making me feel not so alone!