I don’t know about the rest of you guys but I certainly made the most of Easter this year and totally stuffed myself with chocolate eggs, lollies, treats and sweets.
It was a bit of a blow out (one that I was happy to have) but to make myself feel a little better, I also decided that I wouldn’t be overly concerned with recording the tests I did over that period. I’m pretty fastidious normally but you can see from the shot here that there is a distinct gap for the Easter break.
It was also my wedding anniversary you see so there may have been some drink of beer and a lot of eating of delicious (read: fat riddled) food as well.
Fingers crossed that the Dr doesn’t ask too many questions about that weekend when I next see him. I’m sure that my HbA1c has gone up about 3%!
Naughty, but necessary?
- Aaron
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Sianne wrote
That graph looks interesting, what you using to record your BG’s?
Ruthie wrote
Yeah – what fancy software is that, Aaron?!
And I had a little splurge last weekend too (I ate half a choclate easter egg – wow) only because I don’t much celebrate the holiday but I was okayish after eating it because I pumped according to what was on the nuritional analysis (this was a ‘good egg’ haha as it had the info on the box) and then I added half of what the sugar content is to the bolus too and I think I only got up to about 10mmols. Maybe you can use my trick in the future! It works a treat, no pun intended!
Nic wrote
Yes, there have been rumours of Pink Panthers and Traffic lights at Cobb and Co on your anniversary?!
Sianne wrote
Hi Ruthie
What do you mean by added half of the sugar content to the bolus?
Ruthie wrote
Hey luv
Kay so if I eat a kit kat for example and the carb content is eg. 35g and the sugar content is 30g, I bolus for the full carb content (35g) and I add another 15g on for half the sugar content. I do make sure though that I haven’t eaten a big lunch or whatever a short time before though, otherwise it can effect it. And I only ever buy chocolate bars that have the nutritional analysis on them so I know for sure. I make sure to correct to 4mmols when pumping for it and if by chance I’m 10mmols or so two hours or so after eating it, I correct for it but it means I don’t go sky rocketing through the roof and I don’t have a hypo either. I worked it out through trial and error but it really does work for me when I fancy a sunday avo trip to the dairy for something sweet. haha Hope that helps and let me know how you go with it! 
Aaron wrote
Hey all!
The graph thingee is from the LogForLife program Nic posted on a while ago. It’s brilliant!
Nic is also telling the truth, we were in Whangarei for our anniversary weekend and had about 2c between us so we opted for the $11.75 option of 1 x bowl of fries (with extra sauce for .50c), 1 x Pink Panther and 1 x traffic light. It was awesome! I took the opportunity to join the kids club and race Andy at the wordfind and the pick a path puzzle – both of which I lost
Ruthie – I am DEFINITELY going to try that! Why didn’t I think of it earlier?
Roy wrote
All the best to you both Aaron and may you have many more than life’s anniversary tradition lists.
I notice that you celebrated in style and according to Paul Sweeney “A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.”
All true, but I think of it as does Henny Youngman, “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.” Dr Seuss sees it on even a higher level, “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep, because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Being diabetic is something of a marriage, aye? And it can really throw things into turmoil when you least expect or want it too. I have noticed at times over the years that no matter how much one tries to avoid causing others we love worry and unnecessary stress, you find yourself in deep strife and it matters nothing! How unintentional it was and that it was simply this third party, for better or for worse, doing its own dam thing with the end result of an argument. Well Hellfire Hotchkiss (Mark Twain), said, “Arguments are unsafe with wives, because they examine them; but they do not examine compliments. One can pass upon a wife a compliment that is three-fourths base metal; she will not even bite it to see if it is good; all she notices is the size of it, not the quality.”
If that seems like sour macho ignorance, then I will leave the last word to Judith Viorst, Redbook, 1975.
“Infatuation is when you think he’s as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he’s as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford – but you’ll take him anyway.”
Ouch! It is an oldie, aye?