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I Won't Do That Again

11/18/2013

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Bad days are few and far between for me, if I make a mistake or have a bad day I have the ability to reflect and know that tomorrow is a new day.  When it comes to my diabetes however I tend to be very hard on myself for mistakes.  I think it is because my diabetes is life or death, on the other hand forgetting to run the dishwasher is not that big of a deal, I will be able to find a glass or a plate if I don't run the dishwasher.

A bowl of pasta last night for dinner started my day of a little rough, I was at 223 but feeling good.  No CGM today due to it falling out while getting dressed for work, just before break I felt a tad low and was excited to test and see where I was at.  I got in and went to my designated diabetes shelf in the break room and realized that I used my last strip on Friday afternoon!!!  After letting out a curse word I regained my composure and reminded myself that I'm a creature of habit, I have been in that situation before.  I may not have known my blood sugar but I can guesstimate and be just fine.  Obviously that is what I had to do, I very cautious the rest of the day, I made sure that I had a soda with me just in case I was low.  I felt great all day long and even went to the gym before going home and testing my blood sugar.  I'm not proud of that but I believed in myself and took the extra precautions just in case, again I don't want to do this ever again and would not recommend that others try it.

When I got home from the gym my blood sugar was at 197, I had my post workout snack and was back to normal.  I made sure to test a few more times in the two hours before dinner, I did not have a day of blood sugars to judge how my evening would go.  I will be using duct tape to make sure that I don't forget my test strips tomorrow morning.  I was thinking about taping them to my leg but I decided to put them in my car, that way I will not forget them. 

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