I travel with Diabetes

Check out my latest video blog, it's on traveling with diabetes.

I got married!

I travel... a lot!

I have been traveling so much this summer! Every weekend we are here or there. I just got home from L.A. Had a great time at IDEA World Fitness. I'm home for one day and then hitting the road again! Fortunately I have not had any complications with medications, pump, etc. So nice! My travels get easier and easier. I still have not invested in a cool pack, I need to do that so my insulin will last a little longer. I'm looking forward to getting back into the groove of exercise and eating well. Every meal the last week has been out! My poor scale :(

I overpay for Health Insurance! Cobra... Booooo!

So I had a GREAT job last year teaching Elementary P.E. in Arlington ISD. When I got married in July I had to quit my job and move to Lubbock where my husband is finishing up grad school. Luckily I found another great job that provides health insurance. My cost was only going to be $115/mo! Awesome! Well, when I got the details of the plan... not so lucky:( My insurance with the school district had a $500 deductable and $2,000 max out of pocket. The new insurance with the Lubbock job, $2,000 deductable and $5,000 max out of pocket! OUCH! The cost of my insulin, strips, pump and supplies is over $600/month. So, I chose to go with COBRA so that I can keep the school district insurance. Now I have to pay $378/mo for COBRA.

Having Diabetes doesn't suck so bad, what sucks is thinking about what I could do with $378/mo.

I have Awesome Runs!

I had an awesome run today. I went to academy and bought some new running pants and I just had to go try them out. I only did 2.25 miles but it felt so good and I could of kept going but it was getting dark :( My knees didn't hurt either! I'm going to start upping my milage next week. I've been easing back in slowly so I don't get any injuries. I really want to do a sprint-tri so I need to stay strong and healthy!
I checked my BS before I left the house and it was 65! What a crappy way to start a run! I drank a juicy juice and some glucose tabs, took my pump off and hit the road anyway. I took tabs with me just in case. I felt fine the whole way, worked out well... Now if I could just learn how to swim???

I overpay on prescriptions!

I just spent $75 on a 3 month supply of the iport. I was really excited to start them. I've tried 3 samples and in theory they are great. Well I have had so many issues with it the past few days. My blood sugars are constantly around 250-300. So I decided to go back on the pump. It's been over 3 months, I'm sure it's going to be an adjustment but I'm looking forward to better numbers and less shots!

I have Rough Nights!

Last night was the first time that I have ever woken up in the middle of the night low. It was really weird. I was in the middle of this very odd dream and I just opened my eyes. I knew right away I was low. I hit John and said "Juice". He got up and ran to the fridge and got me a juice box. I took it down pretty fast and just laid there waiting to come back. I was shaking and sweating and couldn't move. About 10 minutes later I realized it was 2:30 a.m. and I was starving! I got up and ate a breakfast bar and went back to sleep. My poor husband couldn't go back to sleep. He was up until 5 this morning. Oh, the price you pay being in love with a Diabetic :)