{"id":972,"date":"2014-05-05T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2014-05-05T16:00:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:00:26","slug":"punching-vampires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"Punching Vampires?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am distracted at work today. \u00a0I’ve had yucky, sticky\u00a0blood sugars for almost 3 days now. \u00a0Mostly 200s that won’t budge (well there was a brief break on Saturday afternoon) unless they go up to the 300s and at one LONG point on the commute\u00a0yesterday, a lovely HIGH reading. \u00a0UGH. \u00a0I have temporary basaled like crazy, way over-bolused out of frustration without any success, and attempted to flood myself with liquids. \u00a02 insulin vial changes and 5\u00a0(yeah that’s right 5<\/strong>) site changes. 1 site hurt, 1\u00a0was so much worse than hurting… more like stabbing, but ALL 5\u00a0bled when I pulled them. \u00a0I did a site change at the office this morning only to realize I had used up\u00a0my desk stash of reservoirs. \u00a0I couldn’t run home at the time, so I gave myself an injection. \u00a0When was the last time I used a syringe? \u00a0No clue, but it looked surprisingly tiny to me. \u00a0As I went to inject myself, my hand started to shake as I got the needle just shy of my skin. \u00a0My first thought, we’re having an earthquake. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0Tried again. \u00a0Same thing. \u00a0Still not an earthquake. \u00a03rd try, I got it. \u00a030 minutes later, I left\u00a0for more pump supplies and to finish the site change. \u00a0I’ve been using the 6 mm Insets for the past few months and switched to one 9mm once today to no avail. \u00a0I have (temporarily) fixed quite a few electronics by hitting them against a table when nothing else seemed to work (have you met my TV remote control?). \u00a0So here’s my thinking…I would like to punch myself in the pancreas and see if that helps… you know, like a jump start. \u00a0Even if it were just temporary, I could use a break from this today. \u00a0It’s upsetting and scary. \u00a0This current pump site doesn’t hurt. \u00a0I don’t want to get too relieved just yet as It’s too early to tell if it’s working (fingers crossed) \u00a0Seriously though? \u00a05 vampire cannulas? \u00a05 in a row? \u00a0REALLY?<\/p>\n

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So what’s the positive spin? \u00a0I certainly appreciate ALL\u00a0the times that things like this DO NOT\u00a0happen. \u00a0I appreciate all the times I forget I’m on a pump because it isn’t vampire bloody hell hurting me. \u00a0I appreciate that my mouth doesn’t normally taste like I’m sucking on pennies (gag). \u00a0I appreciate that people donate their time and money to diabetes research. \u00a0I appreciate that diet ginger ale is sold within my office building. \u00a0I appreciate that aside from all this diabetes madness I did have a nice weekend. \u00a0I also appreciate that I discovered Jumping Beans are a really thing (I had no idea).<\/p>\n

If anyone wants to help me with this punch-my-pancreas-reset-experiment, just let me know. \u00a0I may\u00a0however be busy be doing another site change. \u00a0Grrrrr.<\/p>\n

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