Diabetes Rant

Two Things.

There are two things that can upset me in the morning.

1. An unexpected high blood sugar.
2. An bad espresso shot.

Happily I solved the past week's espresso problem. It was simply a
case of badly ground beans.

If only the unexplained highs were so easy to fix.

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Technology.

Stopped into Starbucks on our way home from dinner to pick up some coffee beans.

A. asks me, "Want a hot chocolate?"
A quick check of the Dex gives me my answer.

I really like D technology.

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Treat.

A hot chocolate treat following wreath hanging. Blood sugar be damned - It is snowing!

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Test Strip.

They are everywhere.

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9.6

I tend to eat very healthy well balanced meals. Also - over the past six months I have been eating 90% local foods.

I got home on Friday - and realized that the only local food I had in the house were potatoes, onions, and a single green pepper. Luckily I had a canned some tomatoes early this fall - and was able to throw together this very carbs heavy dinner.

I called the dish 9.6 after the units of insulin I had to take to cover it. It is going to be a long carb heavy root vegetable based winter!

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Kit.

I love my diabetes testing kit.

I find them at Kate Spade. This is my third one.

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Work.

Health Disparities. It is an issue that my boss works on. I'm luckily that I get the opportunity to occasionally help others with diabetes get the help they need.

The article can be found here
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The sentence read “grants will, for example, allow Worcester's health department to open an office of healthcare equity, pay for a mobile information van that helps consumers better understand the complexities of doctor's recommendations, and develop methods for better educating patients about diabetes.”

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