Ever since the whole 1 and a million episode, I MUST keep my eyes on the road at all times,so checking in my bag was out of the question.
I couldn't turn around and drive back home, because I wouldn't get to work on time.
I could stop at the CVS near work, but then I'd have to buy not only a meter and new strips and that made me even more unhappy because I have at least 3 meters at home and a drawer full of test-strip vials!
I started playing the game of "What -If" combined with the game of "How was I Going To?" for a combined game of "WTF Kelly?"
What if I left my testing supplies on the counter next to the coffee maker?
How was I going to test throughout the morning?
WTF Kelly? How could you be so stupid as to leave your supplies on the counter?
And then I started thinking about a CGM, and how if I had one- I wouldn't be freaking out quite as much because I'd have some indicator as to what my body was doing sans meter.
I'd tried Dexcom's 3 years ago for a 10 day trial and I really liked it, but at the time, my insurance wouldn't cover it.
I'm still having nightmare insurance issues - and now with the economy the way it is, my money is tight and right now, a CGM is a wish - not a reality.
I started to get mad and angry at myself for being so stupid. I started cursing my eye for forcing me to always look at what I was doing at that very moment instead of being able to glance in my bag for just a second.
But then I calmed myself and continued on with the games.
What if I did forget my meter and strips? I'd stop at CVS, bight the bullet and spend the money. And then I'd keep that meter in my work bag at ALL times.
That answered the "How was I going to test throughout the morning? " question and I was calm.
When I arrived at work, I parked my car looked in my bag, opened my red "tester/test strip/lipstick case and saw both my tester & test strips, as well as my many lipsticks and glosses all nestled in nicely.
Which of course brought me back to the "W.T.F Kelly? question.
And my answer to that? : THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
I'm still having nightmare insurance issues - and now with the economy the way it is, my money is tight and right now, a CGM is a wish - not a reality.
I started to get mad and angry at myself for being so stupid. I started cursing my eye for forcing me to always look at what I was doing at that very moment instead of being able to glance in my bag for just a second.
But then I calmed myself and continued on with the games.
What if I did forget my meter and strips? I'd stop at CVS, bight the bullet and spend the money. And then I'd keep that meter in my work bag at ALL times.
That answered the "How was I going to test throughout the morning? " question and I was calm.
When I arrived at work, I parked my car looked in my bag, opened my red "tester/test strip/lipstick case and saw both my tester & test strips, as well as my many lipsticks and glosses all nestled in nicely.
Which of course brought me back to the "W.T.F Kelly? question.
And my answer to that? : THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
