The Fear
When I was 14, my immune system started down its deep,dark path toward permanent dysfunction. It started with a bump,a small red itchy bump that turned into dozens & dozens of bumps in a raised rash that marched up my left arm, across the left side of my chest,down my left armpit & across my back. And then those bumps swelled up,with a yellowish disgusting gunk..to the point of bursting. At that point,convinced that I had cancer, I told my parents & they took me to the doctor.The diagnosis was immeadiete & straightforward."You have the shingles."Isn't that something older people get? Well,yes, but anyone who has had the go...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - January 24, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
48 Questions
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?No. My parents were disagreeing over what to name me, and "Heidi" won out over Genevieve and Mary.2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?Two days ago,as I was watching the 2nd-to-last-EVER episode of "Private Practice." I shall miss that show.3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?Yeah. It is uniquely mine...a mix of printing,cursive,and a self-improvement course I had to take in the 90's.4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?Honey Ham..yum! But I'll eat anything.5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?Yes, & he's the world's cutest toddler. (formerly the world's cutest baby) He is smart, opininated, and knows exactly what ...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - January 17, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
The Toddler Years
Babies are like potato chips.It's hard to stop at just 1. My baby just had his first birthday recently...and hugely enjoyed smearing his cake all over himself,& me. Babies are sweet,sweet,sweet & after some time has passed..& they grow older, you start to get all nostalgic about the all too fleeting days of babyhood & you want that back. You've pretty much blocked out the hell that a diabetic pregnancy entails.(& plus,my kid has slept through the night since 3 months old..he's a good baby) Plus,you make rationalizing arguments that the kid needs a sibling,& we need a mini-van anyway... darn you,biological clock,do you not ...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - January 16, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
Silence
Close your eyes listen to the silence the fizz of the Diet Coke canthe tiny,slumbering puffs from a sleeping babe the BEEEEP of a Dexcomthe space heater,roaring the scraping of icethe ploploplop of marshmallowsthe sweat,the sweatthe slurrrrrrp of a juice box the dropping of a meterA 911 callJackboots in the hallwaythe shriek of an ambulanceretching violentlySilence and DiabetesAre not compatible. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone (Source: The D-Log Cabin)
Source: The D-Log Cabin - January 14, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
Dear DOC
I know you. We may live 2 or 15,000 miles apart...& may have never met, but I know you. We share playlists on Spotify,coo over baby/dog pictures on Instagram, share our A1C results on Facebook, tweet about the minutiae of our everyday lives on Twitter,entertain each other on YouTube & tell each other what to make for dinner via Pinterest. A conversation begun on one medium is continued on the next. Though we crisscross the globe, we are all connected via that disease we share...namely, diabetes. We are teachers,business people,entrepreneurs, librarians, doctors,nurses, a thousand different professions. We are parents,lover...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - January 11, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
Towards 2013: A Bullet List
Ah, 2013. A New Year...full of hopes & resolutions. Some people do 'em,some don't. I do, because I like to attempt to improve my personal habits..even if I fail.(to try & to fail is to better to have never tried at all) I want 2013 to be my year..& I want it to be others too. Here are some of my hopes for the coming year.1. I want to get my thyroid back in whack (still hypo)& my health back.( whatever that was) I've had recent issues with heartburn & difficulty swallowing, for which I just had an EGD done(biopsy results pending,normal appearing mucosa, a medium sized hiatal hernia)Diabetes related gastroparesis is,of cour...
Source: The D-Log Cabin - January 4, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: HVS Source Type: blogs
