In my final post about Powering Through the Extraordinary, I wanted to talk about powering through growing pains of moving from a small freelance business to gaining more clients and larger clients that require more time which means less time for diabetes management.
In my last post, I talked about the late hours and long stretches of working without any breaks or testing my sugar, but I wanted to dive deeper into that. With taking on larger projects that may require more strict deadlines, pulling all nighters may not be out of the question. However, those all nighters are typically bad news for my blood sugar. It tends to tank throughout the night and then be high during that next day.
Making sure that the work is complete and blood sugar levels are can sometimes be a tough situation. Planning ahead has made this a lot easier for myself.Knowing that I am going to need a late night, I will check my blood sugar a bit more often to make sure that it’s not all over the place from the stress of trying to beat a deadline. Not meeting that deadline also means not getting paid which can lead to not getting the supplies I need for proper diabetes management.
By planning ahead, I can make sure that I eat at a certain time and give myself a break at a certain time and be prepared for eating a snack if I feel that my sugar is too low to push through the next task. There were times where I would keep working until my blood sugar was too low and my work needed to be re-done. Those days are no longer here.
This was my final post about powering through difficulties that come up from being an entrepreneur with type 1 diabetes. I want to thank Duracell and Accu-Chek for allowing me the opportunity to be a part of this.
**Disclosure: By agreeing to participate in this program Duracell will provide me with batteries and Accu-Chek will provide me with test strips for a month. In return, I will post several times in the month of June about powering through several stressful moments.