So I got annoyed this weekend...really annoyed, and yes, it had to do with someones stupidity when it comes to diabetes. I was at a baby shower for a friend of mine whose about to give birth in a few months. I'm doing the whole small talk and make nice-nice during the luncheon part, when the space cadet sitting across from me sees me fiddling with my insulin pump.
"What's that?" she asked all wide eyed from nursing her glass of White Zin. I responded that it was my trusty insulin pump, and tried to get back to my tasty Chicken Cesar, with dressing on the side. "Woooooow, you must have diabetes pretty bad to be taking insulin! I'm like borderline and take pills. But I'm going on a diet after Christmas. You don't look like your a diabetic.....Know what? My dog just got diagnosed with diabetes. She's in the hospital and I'm sooooo sad."
OK, now I'm all sorts of mad for several different reasons, but I have to stay calm so I don't upset the whole baby shower apple cart. Let's face it, this is my friends big day, not mine.
Well, I answered, "I'm a type 1 and I don't make insulin - haven't since the age of 8, so yeah, injections or the pump are my only choices. Type 1 & Type 2 are two different diseases. If your "borderline" & your dog's just been diagnosed, (please take note of the quotes) u might want to really educate yourself about both type 1 and type 2. Oh, and Pasta salad may not be the best choice for you."
What I wanted to say is get a $u*&ing clue and learn about what you've been diagnosed with. Here's a thought; read a book or two on the subject, go see a nutritionist and or Diabetes Educator and stop your idiotic babbling.
The DOC Awards Are Just Around The Corner.....
So I'm a little late at posting this, but you'll still be able to get your vote in before the deadline!
The DOC Awards have come around again after taking a hiatus for a few years, and YOU dear diabetesalicious reader, have the chance to vote for who you think should win a DOC Award, and in which category you think they should win in.
Speaking categories, this years are pretty trippy, and include:
Best Blog Design
Most Creative
Blogger Who We Wish Would Blog More
Funniest Blogger
Most Likely to Put You in a Good Mood
Best Commenter
Best Twitterer
Blogger with the Best Hair
Blogger You’d Share a Drink With
Best Photographer
Best Use of Bad Language
Best VloggerBlogger
Most in Need of Comment Love
Blogger I Most Want to Meet Offline
The last day to vote is Wednesday, December 8th, 2010.
For all the juicy details including; rules, regulations, and the email address to send your votes to (OK, I'll give you that- Send your votes to docawards@gmail.com ) but still click HERE or http://docawards.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/the-2015-diabetes-oc-awards/ for all the official rules and regs required for voting!
As for me, I have to start figuring out who gets what vote - like right now!
Hmmmmm, Blogger with the best hair???? Decisions, decisions, decisions.......
Coincidence or Fact? You Be The Judge...
I also woke up with absolutely no pain in my arm our rotator cuff.
For over a year I've been dealing with pain in my right arm & rotator cuff, after I injured my shoulder doing something mundane- trying to check if I'd packed my laptop in the backseat, while driving. I kept feeling around for the laptop shock pocket in the backseat while driving. Over 40% of all rotator cuff injuries are caused by doing this, so don't do it, EVER.
The arm and shoulder felt like there was a continual lactic acid buildup- 24 X7.
I had an MRI that showed only normal ware and tare of the shoulder and arm.
Two thoracic ribs on the right side of my back kept popping out, and while my range of motion was not severely limited with my arm- it sure as hell hurt to move my shoulder and arm while doing certain exercises. And sometimes, If I moved my arm to far back behind, I'd get a shooting pain. Sometimes, the pain would wake me up in the middle of the night.
Yet, all signs pointed to a rotator cuff issue.
Monday morning when I woke up, the first thing that I noticed was that my right arm and shoulder didn't hurt, like at all. Not one bit! I'd been waking up in pain for over a year -it was indeed a strange and wonderful feeling.
The second thing I noticed was the whole right eye issue thing.
I didn't put two and two together until yesterday when I realized: WOW- my shoulder and arm barely hurt at all!
Personally, I think that in all the scar tissue in my right rotator cuff, there was a blood clot a brewing.
Sunday, I had a crazy two-hour pool workout that included weights and cardio - I was doing exercises with weights that I hadn't been able to do in quite sometime.
I felt great!
I felt great on Monday morning.
Tomorrow I will be having my ecco cardiogram & corroded artery tests and I will bring up the whole rotator cuff / arm issue.
I'm not a really a betting woman- but something tells me that these coincidences do indeed go together. I'm thinking maybe I should pick up some lottery tickets on the way to my appointment at Jefferson University.
Ahoy for now!
