Baby Drama, or not....

Every few years it seems all my coworkers, friends and family go through a baby making  cycle.

It gets me all worked up about having my own bundle of spit up joy.

So I figured I'd make a list to remind me why Mr. Harer and I are waiting to have a family.

Reasons to have a baby right now;

1. Risk of general complications increases with age.
2. Diabetes related risks, increase with age
3. Pressure from friends and family is steadily increasing.

Reasons to wait to have a baby;

1. Doing clinical rotations while pregnant would not be fun.
2. I will make significantly more $$$ after I finish school.
3. Our house is too small for Mr. Harer and I (and the dogs) a baby won't fit.
4. My A1c needs to be lower.

Reasons not to have a baby at all;

1. Babies are expensive
2. The idea of a diabetic pregnancy is scary
3. Sheila will be jealous

CGM in the Pool

I am trying to fit daily exercise into my schedule. So working out at the Drayson Center is ideal, since I don't have to leave campus between work and school to go to the gym.

I'm not really into using the weight room or the fitness machinery and the aerobics classes tend to be really crowded with staff and students around 5pm.

Hence, I swim.

I am not a strong swimmer, in fact most would call what I do, dog paddling. In order to stay out of the way, I dog paddle in the leisure pool, with the kiddies, rather than the Olympic size pool.

Have you ever noticed how curious kids are? Yeah, the kids at the Drayson Center are no different. I spend about 10 minutes of my swim time explaining the CGM to the kiddies and giving mini lessons on type 1 diabetes to the parents.

Anyway, there is a really cool water slide into the leisure pool, but I am afraid to try it.

"What if my sensor gets ripped out, slides down the slide and doesn't float. I don't dive, so I'd have to enlist the help of a little kid to retrieve it; only to discover that since it became detached the water got inside the connection and ruined the transmitter."

Really, I am serious! Can someone please share their experience with water slides and CGM's? I'd really like to enjoy the slide without worrying.

In addition, does anyone else get a minor skin irritation from their IV3000 (or CGM adhesive) and chlorine?

She's Alive... Alive!

Thank you to the 40 of my 42 followers who still remain after my 3 month dry spell. I am going to try to post more often. For today, how about a short recap of what has been going on the past 3 months?

Diabetes:

My last endo appointment was good, A1c dropped .6, let us hope it continues that trend. Dr. Lee did have me start taking Metformin (*please note, this is off label use in a Type 1) to try and control the post meal spikes and overall blood sugar craziness. Supposedly it is supposed to support weight loss as well, but i've yet to see any results.

School:

I didn't finish my Anatomy & Physiology or Microbiology classes in spring because of a financial aid issue, so I am taking them this summer. Which means my schedule is insane, but it is only until the end of July. 

Skating:

I will continue to try and keep skating related posts to a minimum here. I've moved up to freestyle 1, which is where the real jumps begin. I need new skates, like 2 months ago. The Center Ice Arena ISI Open is July 24th and I am competing (but I haven't actually learned my program yet.)

Home/Family Life:

My wonderful husband bought me a new power cord for the laptop, which is why I am able to blog again. 

Dogs:

The new Redlands Dog Park opened recently and it is walking distance from the house. However, Sheila doesn't want to play if we walk to the park, I think she gets too hot and tired. I bought Sheila the cutest pink bunny pj's, I can't wait for it to be cold enough to put them on her. 

Other:

I inherited some of my mother's talents and tripped over a curb last Tuesday. The new season of True Blood is disappointing so far, and I may not continue to watch it. 

That's about it.....

Spring Break!

It has been way too long since I've posted, unfortunately this isn't much of a post either.

This quarter of school is over and my little brain is filled to the brim with images of bones, muscles and nerves! Classes begin again tomorrow and I've spent the last week on spring break.

All my hard work paid of this quarter. I passed Anatomy and Physiology 1 with an A- and Microbiology with a B+. I am thrilled with these grades. I can only hope this quarter to have the same success.

I will be taking Anatomy and Physiology 2, another quarter of Microbiology and Physics. These three classes will complete my science pre-requisites and I will apply for the nursing program, hooray!

Some exciting things are coming up these next couple of weeks, so if I have time I am looking forward to blogging about them. In the meantime, don't unfollow me!

Withholding Information

I am usually pretty open with my Diabetes. I love to talk about it. I cannot think of any reason to hide the fact that I have type 1 diabetes.
So can someone please explain to me why I did not tell my skating coaches? I carry glucagon (and usually glucose tabs) in my skate bag, but if no one knows it's in there, it's not going to do much good.

I think it started with the emergency/injury waiver at The Other Rink, which asked about medical conditions. I am in the habit of checking "No" on these types of forms because getting it signed by my endocrinologist is a pain in the rear. My endo encourages me to exercise and my CDE is aware that I am skating 3-4 days a week, so I don't feel it is necessary to bother them with a silly piece of paper. 

However, this somehow turned into me not telling anyone at the rinks about my diabetes.

Please, before anyone begins to lecture me; I am totally aware of how insanely dangerous this is. 

I had a near emergency last week at the rink. I had to leave in the middle of the lesson to test and treat a severe low blood sugar which forced me to tell Coach M (who teaches my Saturday Adult Group lesson) about the D. 

This week I will make a point of telling Private Coach and Coach Mel at The Other Rink about my diabetes. Because I know that one piece of information could someday save my life.