Well, that was a barrel of fun.

[LuckyCharms]

Type 1 (juvenile) diabetic.

Ate late last night.

Ate a pot gummy while listening to some tunes.

Forget to shoot insulin. Went to sleep. Woke up with glucose at 310. Shot normal basil dose of long term insulin. Shot 1/2 normal dose of pre-breakfast short term bolus.

Took the garbage out (which is a 30 minute job around here because I do a bunch of other stuff routinely on garbage day), then worked on some yard clean-up for about 30 minutes.

Started feeling sick. Looked at the remaining mulch pile. Looked like it was undulating.

Uh oh.

Sat right down on the driveway and started laughing hysterically. Tried not to pass out, but I think I might have for a few seconds. Sat there for awhile, came in the house, puked. Glucose dropped from 310 to 72 in only one hour. 72 is not dangerously low, but the rate of the drop was dangerous.

EVERY time I do ANYTHING except sit still in a chair, my glucose drops like that. It's a pain in the ass. Now, my brain is going to be all scrambled up for about 6 hours.

YAYYYYYY!!!!

I'm sure some of you Type 1s out there can relate.

Have a nice day.

[lark]

1. Yes, you type 1's need to be very careful.

Both my best friend and my sisters long time partner died from diabetic issues.

[LuckyCharms]

2. Oh no. I'm so sorry to hear that, lark.

My sincere condolences.

[debm55]

3. Take care of yourself, Lucky

[LuckyCharms]

4. Thanks Deb...I always do my best!

I just slip up sometimes...happens to us all.

[Marthe48]

5. Would you qualify for an insulin pump?

My daughter is a renal dietician, so I'm more aware of kidney disease because of her career. I know about treatments that might help diabetics, but not who could benefit from having one.

Please take care of yourself!

[LuckyCharms]

8. Marthe, I had a long talk with my endocrinologist about this.

She suggested I try the pump.

I told her no.

She asked why and I gave her the following reasons:

1) Technology actually does get more difficult and overwhelming every year that you grow older

2) I've been kept alive by MDI (multiple daily injections) all of these years, and I'm still kicking.

3) In rare instances, pump fail.

4) For the same reason I prefer standard shift to automatic vehicles...I'd rather live by my own hand, rather than depend on a machine, as much as humanly possible.

She just said "valid reasons" and moved on.

[Marthe48]

11. All good reasons

I saw a meme last night that a high level techie has no computer equipment newer than 2004 printer. And they keep a loaded gun ready to shoot the printer if it makes a funny noise

[LuckyCharms]

12. Haha!

[LoisB]

6. I hope you are ok. Take care of yourself. Don't forget the insulin.

[LuckyCharms]

9. I will! Thanks, Lois.

[Marthe48]

7. Will you feel better if you grin?

I was looking for memes for Sunday and found this:

[LuckyCharms]

10. The pic doesn't show up for me, but...

I bet it's funny!

[Marthe48]

13. Comment reads

I found the opposite of a sugar daddy

Screen shot of a medical report says, "Patient has an insulin pimp."

[LuckyCharms]

14. Good, good!

[a kennedy]

15. Wow....so happy you're reasonably back to yourself, and glad you've got a good attitude about it.

[LuckyCharms]

17. Thanks, a kennedy.

For your kind words.

[1WorldHope]

16. I bet every day is a new adventure.

Type 1 diabetes is, as deaf people say, funnny No.
My son in law has it and after 35 years with it, finally got insurance and got a pump. But you are right, he always struggles with it. The sensor breaks or the cannula comes out. Ten things can go wrong at anytime. And living rural means no close pharmacy and everything by mail and insurance becomes more and more undependable the longer at Orange ass is in the oval Office. Keep fighting for your life Lucky. Maybe set an alarm on your phone on gummy nights. 🫶🏼

[LuckyCharms]

18. I'm so sorry to hear about your son in law 1WorldHope.

I was diagnosed at age 36. I had taken the day off work because I was getting the driveway blacktopped. A few days prior to this, I had noticed that my vision had improved to 20/20, and I no longer had any need for my glasses.

The day I was diagnosed, I felt awful. I chugged over a gallon of water, right from the plastic bottle. I was peeing every 7 minutes (I timed it). I was so hungry that I drove to McDonalds and got some burgers and TWO of those large orange Hi-C drinks, and I was STILL thirsty.

Went to the doc...I had no idea what was going on. My glucose was in the 500s.

They assumed it was Type 2, so they put me on oral meds that didn't work. They then ran a test on me, I think an antibody test(?) and told me it was Type 1, which made more sense, because I was in decent shape back then (nautilus gym 3x weekly, and running every day). So I was put on insulin after that.

My eyes then returned to normal about 3 weeks later. It turns out that very high glucose changes the water content of your eyeballs, thus changing their shape, thus causing your vision to change for either the better or the worse. Your eyes then normalize to their previous state once your glucose gets under control.

My wife reminded me that when I first started, I used to have to draw the insulin into a syringe, which I had completely forgotten about. Now, it's a bit easier with the pens and screw-on needles.

My best wishes to you, and your son in law. Tell him to hang tough. It's not easy.

[1WorldHope]

19. Is that unusual for you to suddenly get type one diabetes in adulthood?

I did not know that it had that effect on the eyes. He was using the syringe right up until he got the pump. When it works, it is amazing. Crazy old life. Take care Lucky, you are a fun person with a good sense of humor. Needed, in these fun times we live in now.

[LuckyCharms]

21. It probably happened more gradually than I noticed...

but hit hard all at once. It kind of sneaks up on you. Not feeling great, always thirsty, peeing a lot, etc. Then, BAM.

Yes, it can manifest at any age. They should have never named it "juvenile". It's misleading.

It's a whole 'nother disease from Type 2, and they should find a new name for it. It's an autoimmune disease. It's when your immune system attacks the beta calls in your pancreas.

[irisblue]

20. Dude, keep safe. Hugs

[LuckyCharms]

22. Always, irisblue. Thank you.