here's an example. this was they gave me. imagine trying to do 6 units on that! you have to stick the syringe in the vile and pull out quite a bit, and with it still in, you push out a bit, trying to get your mark then. it's so hard and drives you insane! you can never get the right amount! also the syringes were one time use and were pretty big so they took up as much space as they wanted to in my bio hazard red box thing. as soon as i could i switched to a pen. (2 weeks. it was 2 weeks)
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on the outside, it looks like a pen. but it's not. it has the same name. this is a cartridge pen. you take out the cartridge and put in a new one when empty. most pens are disposable, not cartridge. the pen has a dial, that you move to adjust the units your going to inject. some pens are more precise over others. like i have one that goes by 2s and one by 1/2s. you screw on a needle, and take off the needle cap. you dial to one or two units and hold the button while holding the pen in the air. this is called priming. it's just to make sure the insulin is coming out, and to get out any bubbles of air that might interfere with the dosage. then you dial how much you'll use, for the example, 6. and inject. it's simple. easy, much better then a syringe! and it's fast. once your done, you take off the needle and put it in bio hazard box thingy! yet some prefer less work then this.
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this is a pump. i don't have one, and honestly never want one so i don't know much about it. but as you can see, it's an insertion in your body. and it constantly feeds you insulin. there is also an glucose sensor(on left) this takes your blood sugar every now and then. i use a meter to test blood sugar.
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meters are all different. mine doesn't work this way. you would insert the test strip first, then the blood on the end. but this is a good example.
what have i not covered yet? ah, ah ha! yes, low blood sugar, high blood, sugar, in range!
ok so on the picture above, it has a 100 right? that would be the blood sugar. 100 is good. well for me. since everything is so choicey. there is a thing called in range blood sugar, this is where you want your blood sugar to be. for me, my range is 80-150. this is the good zone, even though i rather would like it to be 100-150, because i feel low near 100. anything lower then 80 is low. this is when you have to 'treat' it. there is a rule, take 15 wait 15 check. if you find out your low, by taking your blood sugar, you take 15g of carbs, you wait 15 mins, and then you check to see if it's up again. most of the time it's fine. but i have noticed that when i talk a bit when i'm low, my blood sugar doesn't go up. but that's just me. when it doesn't go up, i have to repeat until it's up. also when your low you can take glucose tabs(tablets)
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i will have to say i'm a bit special. rather lucky. i can, well, feel my lows. not everyone can. but i can. being low, is a feeling hard to describe in any way then low. but, there are symptoms. sweating, is one, but i only get really hot. some people become dizzy. can't focus. can't think. heavy breathing. the instinct to survive is tremendous. some get hungry. but the worse thing. some. can't, feel it at all. they don't have any of this. and that is scary.
see, you could die from low blood sugar, as well as high blood sugar. and when you can't feel your lows, you might not catch it. low blood sugar is not always predictable. you might check your blood sugar all the time, but it only take a tiny bit of time for it to go from 120 to 65. and, if it gets low enough, you'll faint. in the year i have had this, i never have fainted. at all. so i don't know what this is like. but yes. i have been blessed with this feeling of low.
also, just saying, a type two diabetic, could indeed get type one. but a type one can't get type two.
well that's all i have,if you guys have any questions i would be glad to help! wow it's been like, 4 hours since i started writing this? how? it's such a little thing! why! we i need some sort of sleep. why is it almost 3:00! and i didn't really check my updates........
