{"id":20,"date":"2012-05-16T14:57:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T14:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2012-06-19T20:20:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T00:20:36","slug":"20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"D-Blog Week Day 3- One Thing I Could Do Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday we gave ourselves and our loved ones a big pat on the back for one thing we are great at.\u00a0 Today let\u2019s look at the flip-side.\u00a0 We probably all have one thing we could try to do better.\u00a0 Why not make today the day we start working on it.\u00a0 No judgments, no scolding, just sharing one small thing we can improve so the DOC can cheer us on!<\/em><\/p>\n

Oy vey. This morning I came up with at least 6 different answers to this question (had I worked-out longer this AM I am sure I could have easily doubled or tripled that number).\u00a0 Hmmmm.\u00a0 Just one thing?\u00a0 The first one that comes to mind is combining my almost 33 years diabetes knowledge with the information I’ve learned from 4+ months with my beloved Dexcom.\u00a0 The most obvious one for me is, “HEY if you’re going to eat like the winning hippo in a game of Hungry Hippo, bolus earlier!”\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My first few weeks with my buddy Dex (Dexcom is the name for more formal occasions) taught me that my BG shoots up right after a meal (often) and returns to my target range later.\u00a0 At first, I felt compelled to correct those post meal highs.\u00a0 Dex beeping at me that I was too high was like a flashback to my high school Spanish class and Senora Bogan constantly yelling at me to “SILENCIO POR FAVOR!!!”.\u00a0 Correcting those Dex beeps would lead me to crash later and then eat glucose tablets like they were M &Ms (what can I say, M&Ms are quite tasty).<\/p>\n

So after the first few weeks I kinda, sorta started to chill-out about the corrections (I fought myself NOT to do a correction) but knew that wasn’t the answer.\u00a0 My blood shouldn’t skyrocket in order to comeback to normal range.\u00a0 I had to face it, I must bolus sooner and as much as I hate admitting it, I need to combo bolus sometimes too.\u00a0 This boils down to organization and a little more planning on my part.\u00a0 Ugh.\u00a0 I’ve admitted it and now I have to do it. Gracias!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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