This is the one with my (late) 12 of 12.
Posted January 18th, 2010 by Mike Lawson
Because of the move, I’m pretty late posting my 12 of 12. Forgive me. If you don’t know what 12 of 12 is, here’s the basics: On the 12th day of each month bloggers all over the world take 12 photos throughout the day and post them on their blogs. It’s Chad Darnell’s idea, and you can see his website and a list of links here.
To see my photos from past months, click here.
Here are my photos from January 12, 2010. This should be called “The Diabetes Edition” of my 12 of 12:
What a cute face! Beezus is getting big, right?
Dan and I are obsessed with these Not-A-Paper-Cup ceramic coffee mugs. They look like disposable coffee cups, but are made of glass and can be washed in the dishwasher.
Kind of a boring morning for 12 of 12...I had a meeting in Gilbert until almost 1:30. Bleh.
My office-mate is kind of disorganized, and it drives me nutso! This is what I'm greeted with each day when I arrive.
When our members arrived I took a couple of minutes to play some CandyLand. Damn, my job is hard.
We installed these lights in both bathrooms. It's kind of dark, but you can see the paint color too.
This is the beginning to a very long night. 233 is WAY too high.
My friend Lee Ann Thill writes a blog called The Butter Compartment, named after the place that most of us keep our insulin. Maybe I should create a blog called "The Mustard Shelf."
After some insulin, my blood glucose level is slowly creeping down. 196 is still too high. I'd be happy at 85 or 90.
Getting there...
Not on target, but close enough to go to bed.
Fucking Diabetes. I woke up feeling panicked and shaky, and tested. 66 is too low. I drink some Mountain Dew and wait.
Exhausting. This picture is taken after 2 a.m...which is technically the 13th, but whatever.
6 Responses to “This is the one with my (late) 12 of 12.”
January 18th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Nice set. I guess this means I need to do mine tonight when I get home.
January 18th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Ugh, sorry you had a rough day of it. Just it just fluctuate and do whatever the hell it wants sometimes no matter what you do?
Guess I should get mine posted tonight too…
January 19th, 2010 at 8:25 am
Derek,
Sometimes my blood just do whatever the hell it wants to…but other times it’s completely predictable. In this case, I had a dinner with more carbohydrates than I had planned on when I injected insulin before dinner and then I paid for it until 2a.m. Totally sucks.
You don’t know how valuable a functioning pancreas is until you have to manual administer insulin yourself. Seriously.
.-= Mike´s last blog ..This is the one with my (late) 12 of 12. =-.
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:29 pm
I don’t think there is a too late for getting a dog involved in what he was bred for… unless, of course, ill health occurrs. While the dog may not be competitive I’m sure it would enjoy it none the less.
January 24th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Seeing the photos of the blood sugar readings made me think about how tough it must be – and how much a part of your life it can be. I hope you don’t have too many of the 2am days!
.-= Helen (Dogeared)´s last blog ..12 of 12 (v5.0) – January =-.
January 31st, 2010 at 9:39 pm
I for one am jealous that you can consider those numbers “WAY too high”, and can still feel low at 66. No sympathy here.
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