{"id":30948,"date":"2012-10-23T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T13:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30948"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:44:21","slug":"answering-the-glu-question-of-the-day-oct-16th-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=30948","title":{"rendered":"Answering The Glu Question of the Day \u2013 Oct. 16th \u2013 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-30949 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>This week I found the questions a little less fun to answer. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s me, burning out quickly or maybe Glu didn\u2019t come through this week. Anyway here are my answers to this weeks Glu questions of the Day:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 16<sup>th<\/sup>: How do you view the risk of developing potential complications?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Like all diabetics I am aware of diabetes complications, but the truth is that I don&#8217;t think about them all that often. They do not hang over me in my daily life and are not a big motivator in my diabetes management. I find myself thinking about potential complications after a not so good A1c or after a visit to the <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/michael\/blogs\/diabetes-management-blogs\/the-beginning-of-diabetic-retinopathy\/29875\/\">eye doctor<\/a> (especially if he result is not all that good).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What keeps me motivated is my need to feel in control, wanting to get good \u201cgrades\u201d and the fact that I feel like shit when my blood sugar is not well controlled. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 17<sup>th<\/sup>: When you go low in the middle of the night do you automatically wake up without assistance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">No. The truth is that many times I don\u2019t wake up at all and I only know I was hypoglycemic because I wake up feeling terrible, like I was hit by a truck, and my blood sugar is unexplainably high.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When I do wake up from a low, it\u2019s usually during a quick drop or an extreme low (35-50). When this happens I usually take care of it by my self.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 18<sup>th<\/sup>: How often do you change your infusion set earlier than usual due to unexplained hyperglycemia?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Not very often and when I do it usually doesn\u2019t solve the problem. I have had a few kinks in my canola and a few bad sites that caused hyperglycemia but unexplained hyperglycemia is usually a sign that I&#8217;m getting sick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 19<sup>th<\/sup>: Do you prepare for exercising with your diabetes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">When I go running I have a routine of preparation before I run. I check my blood sugar when I wake up (an hour before I run) and set my basal rate to 30%. Then before I go running I check my blood sugar again to make sure it is above 120. If it isn\u2019t I take an energy gel when I start to run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 20<sup>th<\/sup>: How supported do you feel with your diabetes management?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I am super supported. I am married to a person with diabetes (Jessica) who understands and supports me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And if I need any more support, I find it on line. I have found friends who have helped me make decisions about running with diabetes, dosing and using a pump. I also feel like the online diabetes community helps me feel like I\u2019m not alone. There are many others out there struggling with the same issues I am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 21<sup>st<\/sup>: <\/strong><strong>Who in your family &#8220;gets&#8221; diabetes the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jessica, my wife, \u201cgets\u201d diabetes so much she actually got it. It took six or seven years but she got her own diabetes, which makes her understand my diabetes very well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[1259],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Answering The Glu Question of the Day \u2013 Oct. 16th \u2013 22nd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week I found the questions a little less fun to answer. 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