When it rains...it pours

They say things come in 3's... more like 10's! Not feeling great the past couple days, not in a good place and feeling very down due to some bad news and developing circumstances that i cant disclose, as well as failing my driving test, family troubles, dental issues, and failed relationships.

Hate feeling like this, and stress, worry and tears do not help my blood sugars and they have not been too great, when i have been checking them anyway... Finding it hard at work also, having to leave the room because you start to think too much and can feel your eyes welling up and you cant stop it and cant tell anyone why, luckily my managers are amazing people and very sympathetic to things like that.

Its frustrating when you try so hard to be happy and positive, I consider myself a strong person because of my past and what i have been through... but you can only take so much shit before you get to a breaking point. This is one of the reasons i blog, it lets me get stuff off of my chest by writing them down, and somehow it helps.

Hopefully monday will cheer me up as i am going to look at some cars and if i find one i like i may get it by the end of the week! Not that i can drive it yet... :(

... Waiting for the rainbow!!

November challenge - day 6: exercise

Day 6: Exercise

Exercise usually ends up with my feeling like this.. Exercising when having type one is difficult! As your using more energy than usual and so it makes your blood sugars go low.. So then you have to eat to get them back to normal levels thus rendering the exercise pointless! Exercise could be anything, Iv gone low just walking to the shops! We can't just spontaneously go to the gym, it has to be planned! You have to take into consideration what you have eaten and when, how much fat was in your meal, the time between eating and exercising, how much insulin you have in your system already etc.. Sounds complicated? Yes it is!

November challenge - Day 1-3: Selfie, injections and BG

As i have missed a few i will just catch up and start at the beginning :)

Soooo day 1: shameless selfie! Doesnt matter if your having a good hair day, or your in your favourite outfit, or you are just happy and want to share it, everyone loves a good selfie now and again, and if they dont, they are lying!! :p

Day 2: pump or MDI? I am currently using MDI, for the non diabetic community that is multiple daily injections. As a type one diabetic i cannot produce my own insulin, these pens are loaded with insulin that i have to inject myself with on a daily basis. These are my two insulin pens i use throughout the day. the blue one is whats called long acting insulin (basal) i take this twice a day to ensure my blood glucose is stable during the day and night. the other silver pen is called fast acting insulin (bolus) this one i use whenever i eat/drink something with carbohydrates. Its important when injecting that we change the area we inject into, if we dont we may get build up in that area and may become less resistant to the insulin which of course is not a good thing. 

Day 3: BG tester. As a type one diabetic, as well as stabbing myself multiple times with a needle, i also have to stab my fingers too! I have to check my BG (blood glucose) several times a day and even sometimes during the night. I will test before and sometimes after food, before going to bed, waking up from sleep, before driving, before and after exercise, if i am feeling low/high. This is so i know what my levels are, for example i have to test before i eat to make sure i can calculate the right amount of insulin for what i am about to eat, and this is done several times a day, you can only imagine how many that is in a year! My meter is quite clever as it calculates this for me and also lets me know how much insulin i still have in my system :)