{"id":31027,"date":"2012-10-29T11:57:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=31027"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:43:10","slug":"answering-the-glu-question-of-the-day-oct-23th-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=31027","title":{"rendered":"Answering The Glu Question of the Day \u2013 Oct. 23th \u2013 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo3.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31029 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/glu_logo3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Oct. 29th: Before starting physical activity, what do you like your blood sugar to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">150, but anywhere between 120 and 180 will do. I always check my BG 15-20 minutes into my runs to make sure I\u2019m okay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 28<sup>th<\/sup>: <\/strong><strong>Have you lost sleep as a result of diabetes in the past week?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I never seem to get enough sleep. I wake up early to run most days (4:30 \u2013 5:00) and sleep poorly many nights for many reasons, the main one being Adam who ends up in our bed most nights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Diabetes also takes its toll on my nights. I stay up to check my blood sugar, set alarms and also find that even after a year of pumping I still wake up to move or untangle my pump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Wednesday night my blood sugar was surprisingly high before going to bed (203). I took a correction bolus and set a timer to wake me an hour and a half later to check my blood sugar again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct 27<sup>th<\/sup>: How do you feel about living with diabetes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Great. I love it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Seriously now, I don\u2019t ask myself that question. It\u2019s just how it is and it isn\u2019t so bad. In many ways, I wouldn\u2019t be me with out it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct 26<sup>th<\/sup>: User submitted (fun\/hypothetical) question: In the case of the apocalypse, zombie outbreak, societal collapse, etc. how concerned would you be about your diabetes self care and self preservation?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This may seem like a silly question but it actually isn\u2019t. Although I\u2019m not particularly worried about zombie outbreaks, I often wonder how long I\u2019d survive in a holocaust setting, or in a POW camp. What would happen to me if I couldn\u2019t get insulin? How long would I survive?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 25<sup>th<\/sup>: How many of your non-T1D friends &#8220;get&#8221; diabetes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I\u2019m not shy about my T1D and when asked, I try to explain as much as I can. The people I run with, for example, have learned a lot about diabetes over the last few years. <em>They\u2019ve asked questions like Is that too high? What do we do if you pass out? How does the pump work? What is the difference between type 1 and type 2? How low can you go?<\/em> Some have seen me quit a run because of a low, or they\u2019ve seen me stop because I was way too high. They have learned a lot but I wouldn\u2019t say they \u201cget\u201d diabetes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The truth is I don\u2019t think you can \u201cget\u201d diabetes if you don\u2019t have it. Doctors, caregivers and family members may understand the technical sides of diabetes and may be very understanding, but I don\u2019t think they really get it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 24<sup>th<\/sup>: Do you feel that living with diabetes has helped you to meet people you otherwise would not have known?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yes. Aside from the endos, diabetes educators and nutritionists I have met many wonderful people, some of whom write for ASweetLife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oct. 23<sup>rd<\/sup>: Do you feel that diabetes has motivated you<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>to eat healthier?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is an easy one. Yes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before diabetes I didn\u2019t know anything about nutrition. I tried to eat a healthy diet but didn\u2019t really know what that was.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Diabetes has opened my eyes to nutrition. Not only to the diabetes related aspects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since diabetes I have totally changed the way I eat. I went low carb and then paleo.<\/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. 23th \u2013 29th<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Diabetes also takes its toll on my nights. 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