Waiting

August 28, 2008 – 9:38 am

My pump hasn’t arrived yet and the shot of long-acting insulin I took last night wasn’t quite what I needed to prevent sugars above 200 this morning. I’m going all Atkins today in an attempt to keep my sugars under control (I’m a total carb-loving diabetic so this is major). We are supposed to be [...]

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R.I.P dear insulin pump

August 27, 2008 – 11:29 pm

For the first time in over a year, I am typing this post without having a medical device attached to my stomach. I am completely, involuntarily untethered and it feels both wonderful and strange. My pump decided to malfunction as I was bolusing for my dinner tonight. I had just run 8.5 miles, which included [...]

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Things that suck today.

August 26, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Kyle’s flight was delayed, but what doesn’t suck is that he has finally landed and is headed home so we can have some time to um…talk tonight. Given the crazy week we had last week and this last minute business trip, we haven’t seen much of each other and I totally miss him. I’m way [...]

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20 miles, countless errands, 24 cupcakes, 1 cake, no sleep, and a very happy baby girl

August 26, 2008 – 9:23 am

Last week was bananas. I somehow managed (with Kyle’s help) to get everything together for the big preschool meeting on Tuesday, kicked it into party-planning mode on Wednesday, cleaned the entire house on Thursday, and just about fell over from exhaustion on Friday. I woke up at 4:00 on Friday morning in order to make [...]

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No wine for me tonight.

August 8, 2008 – 3:04 pm

Shit. I’ve got 18 miles on the schedule tomorrow. This is when training gets interesting. You have to trust that all of the work you’ve put in up to this point will get you through 3 hours on the road. To be honest, it’s not the mileage that scares me…it’s that my sensor will go [...]

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Lollapalooza Weekend 2008

August 5, 2008 – 10:02 pm

These two faces made it difficult to leave for Chicago…but Kyle managed to get me into the car anyway. He didn’t even have to twist my arm, but he did have to dry a few tears. The first thing we did upon our arrival was drink wine. There is no better start to a vacay [...]

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More info to follow

August 4, 2008 – 9:33 pm

Ok..I was thrust back into reality and I’m not coping well. I need to do a Lolla recap, which will hopefully come tomorrow when my head isn’t swimming with all of the things I need to get accomplished before life resumes in the morning. I managed to fulfill two out of three of my weekend [...]

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The road trip is about to begin

July 31, 2008 – 7:22 am

Just a few more things to pack, a shower to take, two kids to get dressed, obsessive compulsive checking of all locks and gas-line connected objects, and we’ll be on our way. I’m going to do my best to post while we are there, but the break may get the better of me… I have [...]

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Pulling out the “diabetic card”

July 28, 2008 – 8:54 am

In order to bring my emergency stash of juice boxes and snacks into Lolla (even with my handy dandy sensor, I don’t go anywhere without my stash), I need a doctor’s note indicating that I have “special medical dietary restrictions.” I guess telling them that I am diabetic, lifting up my shirt to reveal tubing [...]

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Falling or flying

July 27, 2008 – 10:46 am

I am an emotional runner. Hell, I’m an emotional woman. I ran the creek today and I had 5 miles to think, reflect, ponder…you name it. I was thinking about the past two years, and all we have been through. I had a bad diabetes day yesterday, so I was thinking about that too. (I [...]

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