My life has been crazy with work, graduate school, and volunteering. Which means my day job, assisting with some course development, assisting with two research projects, completing my own research study for my thesis, assisting with a non-profit website launch, and doing various presentations at conferences. At least I'm not currently serving on any volunteer boards, which I normally would be, but I've stopped running for anything because I'm too busy.
That about sums it up.
Oh, and health "stuff" of various kinds, meaning doctor's appointments to keep up with. I'm currently having ongoing relationships with my podiatrist and a second ophthalmologist (yay, I get two?), and of course my endocrinologist, and the rest are on hold for the time being.
My blood sugars have continued to be pretty good. My averages have gone up to around 8.2 to 8.4 (148 to 151 mg/dl), but at this level I'm not having multiple lows every day, although I am having more highs. Even with my better control it does not take much of a mistake to push me into the teens, which has been happening daily lately. I would like to stop that so might put my settings up a bit.
I have been doing pretty great with food especially considering there's been lots of things like work potlucks, luncheons, and conferences lately. Infusion sets continue to get itchy/irritated, especially when I use Skin Tac, but not as bad as before as long as I don't use Skin Tac. But still noticeable ... I have an appointment with my endocrinologist on Nov. 12 so will talk to him about it then.
Lately I have been looking at medical ID to buy since my mom asks me about it every time we talk. I haven't had one in almost a year but I really should ... I was looking at the Medic Alert site, but also looking at alternatives like Lauren's Hope. Part of my problem is that i do NOT want a giant bracelet but I have too much stuff to fit on the smaller ones, all of which I think is important. What I'd like to have on there is - asthma / potato allergy / carries epipen / type 1 diabetes / on insulin pump / legally blind - but this doesn't fit on anything that I can find. I can't think of anything I can take off there, except maybe the type of diabetes I have or the "legally" in "legally blind". Except that I'm not blind, but I do have nystagmus which at least twice has been mistaken for things it wasn't (once for a head injury, once for a medication side-effect), and I can't make eye contact or see anything small or far away (which for me is anything beyond arms length!), so I think it should be on there. Argh. May have to just go with the uglier bulkier size bracelets.