November 18, 2009

Good evening everyone! Hopefully, everyone’s night has been enjoyable and dry. I ended up having to catch a bus after class in the rain with no umbrella, but my day has still been great! Today I want to talk about “the calm after the storm.” We all have good days and bad days that usually move in an oscillating motion. As one of the Diabetes Sisters said the other day, “we can have several good bloodsugar days and then they just seem to crash.” I really took this saying to heart because that type of pattern has been evident in my life lately since I had the flu. Some days my bloodsugars will be at normal levels and then they will either skyrocket or crash and burn to say the least. Facing the truth, this is life. The only thing we can do to overcome days like this is just face them, get upset, and move on (with a smile). 

As you all know, the past few weeks have been horrible for my diabetes and me because the flu had taken havoc on my body. Thankfully, with the help of my mom and physicians, my bloodsugars are finally starting to level off. I may be jinxing myself, but the least I can do is celebrate the happiness of the moment. The past few nights, I have been extremely productive in the gym despite previously uncontrolled bloodsugars and high levels of stress due to the presence of final exams. It is nice to take part in a more normative schedule after having to take a week and a half off from the gym and life itself.

As I mentioned, exam period is coming up within the next week or two and it is essential that I work to keep my diabetes under control so that I can allot all of my attention to my studies. Sometimes, professors and friends don’t understand how difficult it can be to study and focus when our levels are high or low, but it definitely does affect productivity. Therefore, it is my goal over the next few weeks to really buckle down, more so than I usually do, so that I can reduce the chances that diabetes will effect me during this time period.

I hope you all have a wonderful week. Talk to you soon!

Sara