Yesterday, I had two appointments – a follow up with the PA with whom I’ve been working in the anticoagulation clinic since I was discharged after the blood clots in both of my legs in November, and an appointment with my CDE, just as a regular follow-up visit. Before we left for the appointments, I received a phone call from the home health care nursing agency as they wanted to come out to do their visit as well. I am back on IV antibiotics, but since my team of physicians and I made the decision to keep the central venous catheter (CVC), basically a really big, strong IV line that goes into one of the central veins and leads directly to the heart, I am able to do the IVs at home without having to first go into the hospital for at least a few days.  I can just totally skip that step, and not have the risk of exposure to everything else that one finds in the hospital, plus the stress and exhaustion that comes along with a hospitalization.  So, I am back on two IV antibiotics at home, and one of them requires levels to ensure that the dose is correct. Since I had already given my dose for the morning, the home care nurse wanted to come out to the house just to complete some paperwork before we were off to appointments. Once we finished, we were off to the first appointment – the CDE!

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I apologize to my DiabetesSisters for not updating last week! I went out of town for the long Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend with every expectation and thought that I would be home and have no problem writing and posting my blog entry for the week.

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If you’ve been following my student blog posts on the DiabetesSisters site, you already know that I’ve had a run of difficult health problems almost constantly since the beginning of October. The fall semester was spent miserably trying to find the proper balance between school, my advocacy and writing work as an avid diabetes blogger, and of course, of utmost importance, my health. Some beneficial changes have occurred, but it cost me the benefit of a normal fall semester in school, and as it got closer and closer to the start of the spring semester, I had some very important decisions to make.

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The holiday season is a difficult one for a person with diabetes!  I celebrate Chanukah, and so that means not just one special day (though we know everybody celebrates the holiday season!), but eight days where we perform the same ritual candle lighting , with the same blessings, and the same traditions. Traditional food for Chanukah is not diabetes friendly in any way, shape, or form!  

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