It’s official, my ears are totally clogged and I can barely hear out of them.  I am tired, I am exhausted, and I just want to sleep. This blog post is not very interesting, sorry. I used to always laugh at my dad when he got sick, because he never did, but when he did, he acted like a little child.  Reason I am telling you this, is because Amanda says that I am the same exact way. Going to bed. Bookmark It Hide Sites

I have been sick lately, and it sucks.  It makes it even worse that my blood sugars are all over the place the last 48 hours because of me being sicks.  Diabetes sick days suck!  As soon as I start feeling sick, I automatically start thinking of the diabetes sick day check list from the Diabetes for Dummies book that I read in one day after my diagnosis.  I never remember all of the items on the checklist, but there are a few things that stick out to me.  The number one thing being that my blood sugar can stay high during the whole time that I am sick. That’s exactly how it’s...

2012 is here.  I can’t believe it, but it is here.  I have not set any sort of resolutions in several years, but I do set goals.  No, they are not the same thing.  My resolutions always tended to be things that I am going to change about myself.  My goals are all about making myself better and reaching a new level.  So there are a few goals that I have for the entire year, but mainly the goals I have will be weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc. First goal…. 2 weeks of a vegetarian diet.  I was going to do 2 weeks Vegan, but I do not think that I can do it.  I do not want to...

Tonight when I was driving home from work, my blood sugar started to feel a little low.  I was on Interstate 95, so there was no way that I could just stop and test.  About 45 minutes before I left work, I tested and I was at 105.  First, you may be asking, why are you testing, don’t you have a Dexcom?  Yes, I do.  I finished my first Seven days with the Dexcom and it was starting to peel off because of a lot of exercising and moving around I was doing, so I didn’t extend it.  Anyway, back to the drive home. Before I left work, I stopped at the soda machine and bought a pink...

This blog is obviously titled The Life of a Diabetic because I have a life and I just so happened to be diabetic.  But what about that life I had before diabetes.  I always hear people ask, are you glad you were diagnosed at 19 or would you rather have been diagnosed as a young child and not know anything different?  Well, I don’t have an answer to that because I’ve only lived through one situation.  But I will be the first to tell you, it is one hell of a reality check and a complete shock and change of lifestyle.  If you have ever heard me speak or talk about my diagnosis,...

If you have been reading my blog frequently over the last 3-4 years or have spoken to me in person, then you will know that I speak frequently about “living normal with diabetes.”  What does “normal” mean?  I don’t know, but on the opposite end, what does not normal mean?  Normal to me is the average.  So, the average person does not have to worry about diabetes.  So, when I say that I live normal with diabetes this is what I mean. If I want to eat a piece of cheesecake, I will.  It’s still normal because I just hit a few buttons on my...