Wordless Wednesday: I Have a Collection

Can you guess my favorite flavor?

Wait, Why Do I Have Ketones?

I wanted to tell you guys a quick story pertaining to ketones, so let's get started!

Long ago (AKA elementary school), I was feeling horrible and sick, so I tested my ketones. They were high. We tested my blood, and I was 94! So, what was up with that? I mean, who's pancreas would do something as confusing as this?

*WELL, APPARENTLY MINE*

We called the doctor, and he said to drink a juice, and not to cover it.

Why?

Juice, more than just a simple sugar. (Isn't that a great tagline?)

Well, since I had been feeling sick, I hadn't eaten all day, so my body had to get energy from somewhere. And that meant making ketones.

I drank the juice, and *POOF* I didn't have ketones!

I'm telling you guys this because this happened to me the other day. I forgot to eat breakfast and was 108 with ketones. I thought back to this story, and lo and behold, the ketones disappeared!

Moral of Story: Juice is for more than low blood sugar!

Fine Print and Blah:
Remember, that Your Diabetes May Vary (YDMV), so don't take this as medical advice. I am not a medical expert (I'm only 14...), so this is definitely NOT MEDICAL ADVICE. Oh, and in case you didn't get it before, THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE!

The Queen of Klutz

Yep, I'm making another blog post because I am so bored.
Why am I bored, you may ask. Well, I broke my leg, so I cannot do anything exciting.

Well, here is the magical and enlightening story of how I broke my leg:

I was walking down the oddly shallow and wide stairs in the auditorium, tripped down two stairs (not two flights, just two stairs), and apparently I broke my fibula. (The bone in the back of your calf.) I just thought I sprained my ankle or something of that nature because I could still walk on it. It was painful, but not excruciating or anything that felt like death. I walked to the nurse, got ice, and walked back to the auditorium. I also had to walk across a football field and more because my high school used to be a middle school and a high school, but it is one huge school with tons of concrete, and a football field in between the two schools.

I have to wait until Monday to get a real cast on, and I am hoping that I will get a cast I can walk in because it is impossible to get around my school in a decent amount of time using crutches.

Moral of Story: Don't trip down stairs.

Super Saturday #1

I've decided to make a new blog ritual called Super Saturday, where I post cool and awesome things, some D-Related, some not! Let's get started!

Clothes // I love this shirt because, well, I love cats. If only I could buy it...

 

via The Dainty Squid

Animals // I love these ads so much, isn't this pig just adorable? I can't buy designer (obviously), but this is still extremely cute!

via Purseblog, from Bloomingdales

Blogging // I have known about this print forever, and just had to share it with you guys! It's true, isn't it? C;

Blog Post // I love this post because it is true! I have a bad case of diabetes brain as well, do you?

via Diabetesaliciousness

D-Related Awesome Thing // I still want this adorable stuffed pancreas, I mean, who wouldn't? It is also on sale... *HINT HINT*

via i heart guts

Just Plain Cute // Isn't this sunshine just a, well, ray of sunshine? :3

via Tumblr, from imgfave

So, that's it for the first installation of Super Saturday! I hope I made you smile! C:

I Have a Quiz for You!

I have a brilliant quiz for all of you pumpers out there that truly want to gauge your laziness.

Well, hopefully you aren't so lazy that you don't want to even take this quiz...

1. How many days do you leave in your site?
• 2-3 Days
• 3-4 Days
• Whenever it comes out...


2. When do you change your cartridge?
• When my 2-3 days are up.
• When the 30 units or less alarm goes off.
• When I run out of insulin.


3. Do you forget to give yourself insulin before/after eating or when your blood sugar is high?
• Once in a billion years.
• Occasionally.
• When did I last give myself insulin? 


4. You run out of insulin at a party, what do you do?
• Go home immediately and get more.
• Wait a few minutes to say bye, then leave.
• Wait until the party is over.


5. When do you change your pump's battery?
• As soon as the low battery alarm goes off.
• I wait a few days, until the alarm gets really annoying, then I change it.
• When my pump actually dies.

 So here are the results:

• If you chose mostly the first answer, you are super un-lazy, and awesome, or you lied. I kind of suspect the latter.
• If you chose mostly answers in the middle, you are balanced between lazy and perfect.
• If you chose mostly the last answer, you are too lazy for your own good. Try and do better.

Moral of Story: I think I am pretty balanced, what are you?

Not So Wordless Wednesday: The Perfect Prime

The perfect amount of insulin primed for my tubing, 10 units.

I feel as if 10 units of insulin is the perfect amount because I just had a tiny droplet on the top of the needle cover, but then it slid down by the time I took this picture. :P

Not D-Related

I haven't been posting lately because nothing exciting (diabetes-wise, at least) has been happening. So I decided to do a blog post about other stuff. It will mostly be comprised of pictures, though, because my blood sugar is high, I have a little headache, and I can't type well while I'm high.

So let the normallacy begin.

This gem is a must for all Cat Ladies. Got this at an antique shop.

This is my sister's cat Gary, looking annoyed, as usual.

Here's my hamster looking around and Gary photo bombing.

This is my new Agenda for school. It is from Lilly Pulitzer.

This is my llama that sits on my night table and holds my glasses.

I woke up Dougie with my camera's flash. Sorry Dougie.

My snazzy moving wallpaper on my phone.

My favorite hand sanitizer, if you couldn't tell by the amount I've used.

And, some more Gary because he is a camera hog.

So that's it for my once in a bazillion decades, normal post.
Maybe I should do these more often, they are kind of therapeutic.