Stick, test, track, eat and stick, test, track

The life of a diabetic involves the daily multiple testing of your blood sugar.  Wake up in the morning, poke a tiny hole in your finger and drip a drop of blood on a test strip.  Than record the number and go eat.  After you eat, stick yourself again and test.    Repeat this 2 or 3 more times a day.  The direct benefit is you get a detailed picture of your up and downs of blood sugar through the day.  I myself am high in the morning and progressively lower through the day.

The indirect benefit is that the routine focuses your attention on when you eat and what you eat.  I don’t enjoy the pinprick six times a day nor the cost (even with good insurance coverage).  I offer up to those who have lived with diabetes for years and even more so as they are required to inject themselves my admiration. My whinning about diabetes and what I have to do each day surely would seem to a fellow diabetic as protesting too much.

Back to my routine and I wish all diabetics luck with keeping the discipline in maintaining their routines.