September 13, 2009 

Good evening DiabetesSisters! I hope you all have had a great and successful week. This last week has been quite stressful, but productive. We are entering into the part of the semester where we are bombarded with midterms and term papers that have the ability to blow a student out of the water…figuratively speaking. As I have mentioned in earlier posts, graduation is near and I am busy working on my resume and job applications. Basically, trying to juggle all of that with school, volunteering, exercise, and overall relaxation is quite an ordeal because my bloodsugars don’t always like to cooperate.

 This past week, my bloodsugars have been moderately normal from morning to late afternoon, but then at night after I exercise my bloodsugars spike up to the upper three-hundreds to lower four hundreds then bottom out during the night. I am not sure what is causing these spikes because I am not using a temporary basal prior to exercise, but the bottom-outs are probably from the high correction. Theoretically, the whole scenario does not make sense, but it could be due to stress or food reactions, but I cannot put my finger on it. In truth, sometimes I wish I could just be “normal” but I am not sure what that consists of. Life for people living with Diabetes or any other chronic illness is a rollercoaster of long strides and compensations. Sometimes I long for more strength, but at times it seems necessary to give in, cry, then pick up and move forward. Just two nights ago, I had to do that myself as a means to come to reality with my lifestyle and myself. I know that this is not always how it is, but sometimes it is. I would really enjoy hearing other stories and experiences. It is through each other that we all find strength and redemption through Diabetes.