Medicine is full of hazardous things. Dangerous drugs, sharp objects, nasty viruses. But when it comes to chronic diseases, sometimes words are one of the most potentially treacherous tools available to a healthcare team. This is my plea to all healthcare professionals… Dealing with a pregnant diabetic is admittedly a bit like juggling with lit… Read More »
The honeymoon is over. They said it would happen, that the halcyon diabetes days of the second trimester wouldn’t last. And they were right. Insulin resistance has arrived. In all honesty, it’s not been too bad so far. I spent a few days knocking up my basal rates and reducing my carb ratios. Then a… Read More »
I very much like the second trimester of pregnancy. Insulin requirements have been stable for about 4 weeks now, although if today is like yesterday, I’ll be nudging up my basal rates a bit for the first time in a month. I can cope with that. HbA1c is currently stable at around 5.2%. The baby… Read More »
I always said I wasn’t going to whinge my way through pregnancy, because I’d wanted it for so long and it’s such a positive thing, whinging is just ungrateful. I’m not being 100% successful at this. I catch myself whinging quite often. But a detailed analysis of my whinges show that it’s not really the… Read More »
Whatever medical condition I have I like to get a good understanding of it. How does it work, why are things happening, what are the pros and cons of all the options for treating it? I’ve always seen this as critical to successful diabetes management. Open conversations with medical professionals are key to this. I… Read More »
Week 15: Shhh, I’m almost afraid to say this for fear it might break the spell, but things seem to have quietened down a bit. Insulin requirements are still dropping ever so slightly, but are the nearest they’ve been to stable for months. Week 16: Captain, we’ve got this under control. Things are stable. I haven’t adjusted… Read More »
Avid diabetic spotters like myself are always on the look out for our fellow pancreatically challenged types. It brightens up our day to spot another of our species out in the wild. But it’s not always the visual clues that give us away. Sometimes it’s the sounds… The slurp of a juice box being emptied… Read More »
One unexpected bonus of pregnancy has been the chance for the husband to really start to understand what I’m whinging about when it comes to hospital appointments. Normally I go alone to diabetes appointments, unless they’re for something exciting like a pump start, in which case he comes along because two heads are better than… Read More »