Episodes of low blood sugar today: none, in fact none in the last 4 days, if you can believe it. Thanks Omnipod!
C's mood today: good, no tantrums so far=amazing! He even helped me make healthy banana muffins for lunch- he 'stirred' ( I use this term loosely, he is 2 after all) and filled one muffin tin with batter. Looking forward to more cooking and baking with my little man in the months and years to come.
Clean eating today: breakfast was whole oats with protein powder and a scoop of natural peanut butter- if you have never tried this you are missing out!
Donations: in the last 2 weeks I have collected another $260.00, bringing my total to $4,605.00, pretty great if you ask me.
Workout today: 20 minute stroll on the treadmill with a stretch and some crutches. That's right, a stroll-I have been advised to take at least 5 days off because of my pump start (see below for more details). This is day 5 of 'no exercise' and I have to admit I am going a bit squirrely, giving stank eye to the joggers I see, and dreaming about the 18km I missed this morning-alas, this will all be worth it in the long run (ha! no pun intended).
It has been a crazy few weeks. I have been working, looking after C, attending appointments with lawyers and accountants (as many people do at this time of year),training, and getting ready to start my insulin pump-ie. studying the manual on how to use it and learning what to do in emergencies, etc. All in all I have been exhausted both physically and emotionally and hence why I haven't posted anything for the last 3 weeks.
I started my pump this past Wednesday. I keep telling friends and family, I am not sure if it is simply the placebo effect but I feel like myself again. As in, I feel like I did two years and 10 months ago, pre-pregnancy, pre-newborn, pre-toddler, pre-diabetic.
I'm still learning about all the ins and outs of the Omnipod system (www.myomnipod.ca)- I have been placed on a basal rate basically just to see how I respond. This also involves testing a lot through out the day and even 2 times during the night (good times setting an alarm for 12:30 am and 4:00 am-almost like having a newborn again-not quite; I'm not my husband's favorite person right now but oh well, it's just temporary and it will benefit him tremendously in the long term).
To anyone who gets the creeps thinking about having some small piece of plastic attached to you at all times-believe me I was in the same frame of mind as you 3 months ago when I started to research an insulin pump. I couldn't imagine having some foreign thing always sticking to me. I would hear comments from pump users like "I would never go back to injections" and "the pump changed my life"and would think, there has gotta be a reason that all the benefits outweigh the cons.
The benefits include but are not limited to:
1) 1 injection every 3 days rather than 5 injections a day (I know, huge!)
2) The ability to exercise on the fly rather than planning hours ahead-with a pump I can set a reduced flow of insulin and exercise when I want; with injections I had to reduce my insulin the night before sometimes with longer workouts, and half my insulin dose at the meal before exercsie
3) Taking a dose of insulin at meals now looks like I am texting-no more having to go the washroom to inject, more having to worry about easier clothing to take injections with.
The one downside is wasting insulin. A pod has to be changed every three days with the Omnipod system and needs 85 units minimum to "prime" (ie. to flow insulin)-because I am extremely insulin sensitive and have low insulin needs I only use 30 units over three days max. This means I am dumping 55 units of insulin down the drain every three days. The pros still outweigh the cons! Pumping and dumping. :)
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| Banana muffins a la C & Amy |
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| A shot of my insulin pod |
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