Today is one of those days where nothing seems to be going right. D-wise and everything else.
My sugars are starting to come down into normal range, but after being in the 4 and 500's for awhile, I'm starting to get low symptoms around 100. I want to go back to how I was handling my diabetes...by not handling it at all. By pretending it's not there and being in denial. Tht almost killed me, but it's better than dealing with it.
Even though I am surrounded by diabetics, none of them are a great source of support.
The way I handle a bad D day…or a bad anything day is by looking at the flaws in my thinking and how those flaws are influencing my feeling. For me this usually takes the form of negativity and of being hard on myself. So instead of thinking I $%_%&^$ up, or “I’ll never get this” or “I’m worried that this or that will happen tomorrow, next week, next month” I say, "Hey, Zoe, you are doing better today than yesterday, so that’s cool! I figure out what I can learn from whatever errors I’ve made and off I go! Is there anyone in your life you can talk to? Even if they aren’t diabetics just having someone in real life to get feedback from helps when you lose perspective or are too hard on yourself.
The low symptoms at 100 will subside when your body gets used to more normal numbers. Keep up the good work!
I come here and vent. Yesterday I had a bad D-Day. I had a sensor fail, a site fail, and no long acting insulin with me. I just delt with it the best I could until I could get home to fix the problem. Now I just need to get my avocados back from that darn squirrel (you have to see my original post to understand. Its a long story lol)
Come here and vent, then get back on it. I remind myself every day that my good control will improve my odds at a long and full happy life. As difficult as it can be, or as much of pain in the arse, its worthwhile. Not managing it may be easier in the short term, but the long term complications, that don’t appear until its usually too late, is not worth it. Dont beat yourself up. Give yourself a break and move forward.
Not dealing with it is great and works wonders for years, then creeps up and bites you in the @$$ when you dont want it to I.E., 5-10 years from now when you want to enjoy life. I konw how that one goes.
As for bad days, I dont think there is a Diabetic that doesnt have them. I try to remember that. Also try to remember that people have it worse than I do. On the other side, I try to make it through and take it moment by moment. Time seems to fix it wehn things go wrong and long as I work in the right direction. If Im high, fix it and wait. If nothing else, Ill wake up tomorrow and have a new day with new cr@p to deal with. Mind you tomorrows always greener than today! That and listen to “Always look on the bright side of life” a lot (no, seriously) =^).
I hate that feeling to,then my doc said something that was wonderful. I explained to him about hating the feeling of being low at 200s and such, i would feel so bad i could barely find energy to move and all i would be able to do is lay down. He told me to increase insulin slowly so that my body could get used to insulin again and i wouldn’t feel so bad. Worse comes to worse distract yourself and start over tomorrow
For my not so good days, I look to see what is going on and try to correct it for the next day. Sometimes it is just a cruddy day, and I do what I can to get through it and do better the next day.
I just tested and i’m at 370. Not sure how I got there, so now I’ve got work ahead of me, along with an evening girl scout camp. I’d rather sit inside instead of going out into the insanity which is my weather today, 110 with the heat index.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. You cannot be perfect at this disease, it just won’t let you
How I handle bad D day is with instant control. It is so much harder if we are sick, emotionally overwhelmed with life and or just being diabetic. Oh yeah, the part where we are all just human – where’s the sliding scale for that?
No matter how the day goes … I keep in mind that I will eventually want to go to sleep and try like h___ to get control before night. Bottom line, I won’t let diabetes be in control of me. I just keep trying.
Of course, it helps so much when we are allowed to be honest with others and to know you and I are not alone.
This site has been a lifesaver… misery likes company and, tho I don’t wish bad days on anyone, it’s nice to know I am not alone. I’ve been having a crummy 2 weeks-more stress than usual-& my endo suggested some changes last week that I knew were prob not going to work but I was so exhausted I tried them. Now I’m riding the roller coaster wishing I could get off; My advice is to call any support persons u have and hang in there–sounds like ur on right path:)
This site has been a lifesaver… misery likes company and, tho I don’t wish bad days on anyone, it’s nice to know I am not alone. I’ve been having a crummy 2 weeks-more stress than usual-& my endo suggested some changes last week that I knew were prob not going to work but I was so exhausted I tried them. Now I’m riding the roller coaster wishing I could get off; My advice is to call any support persons u have and hang in there–sounds like ur on right path:)
