Being a diabetic places you in the high risk category for this virus and thus we have to do a little more prep work than the normal Joe. Be sure to:
* Keep MD, pharm and insurance # listed
*List of medications and doses
*Keep simple carbohydrates on hand if you are at risk for a low blood sugar
*Have enough medications for at least a week
*If not able to pay for insulin, visit InsulinHelp.org
*Have glucagon and keto strips for low and high blood sugars
* Have enough household supplies and groceries on hand for at least a week.

SHOULD SYMPTOMS APPEAR
*Call physician first and check ketones if blood sugar >250 mg/dl twice in a row
*If blood sugar <70 mg/dl, eat or drink 15 grams of carbohydrate such as 1/2 cup regular soda or any juice, 3-4 glucose tabs, 1 cup of milk
*Also keep non-carbohydrate as well as carbohydrate containing fluids to help with blood sugar
*Check blood sugar every 2-3 hours

Being a diabetic places you in the high risk category for this virus and thus we have to do a little more prep work than the normal Joe. Be sure to:
* Keep MD, pharm and insurance # listed
*List of medications and doses
*Keep simple carbohydrates on hand if you are at risk for a low blood sugar
*Have enough medications for at least a week
*If not able to pay for insulin, visit InsulinHelp.org
*Have glucagon and keto strips for low and high blood sugars
* Have enough household supplies and groceries on hand for at least a week.

SHOULD SYMPTOMS APPEAR
*Call physician first and check ketones if blood sugar >250 mg/dl twice in a row
*If blood sugar <70 mg/dl, eat or drink 15 grams of carbohydrate such as 1/2 cup regular soda or any juice, 3-4 glucose tabs, 1 cup of milk
*Also keep non-carbohydrate as well as carbohydrate containing fluids to help with blood sugar
*Check blood sugar every 2-3 hours

Even though I have lived with DM1 for approximately 53 years, this is the first time that I have been troubled because I am in a high risk group as are all of us who have a chronic disease.

I’ve always been healthy, decent to great A1Cs and although most of us are high risk for almost everything (exaggerating, but not by much), I’ve never been that worried about it. Now, I am. I am really sequestering myself at home. Since my husband is perfectly healthy, he does the grocery shopping if needed. I guess I can count myself lucky that I have that. Unfortunately for us, we’ve got a whole lot of worse before it gets better.

If any diabetics feel as I do, please join me in conversation.

God Bless!

I just can’t believe that in the last 51 years, I’ve never taken a “diabetes vacation.” I have many patients who have had insulin pumps and have gone to injections. So what is the disadvantage of going on vacation from diabetes? Well, a short time period is normal, but when it starts to affect your daily diabetes care, that’s when something needs to be changed. Diabetics are 2-3x more likely to have depression, so talking with a therapist would be the right choice of action. I’ve done this many times, so I can definitely recommend it.

Until the next time we meet, have a great evening!

Anybody who has a chronic disease for any length of time has thought, “why is my body doing this????” Especially when your blood sugars does the opposite of what you expect it to do. You just want to get off the roller coaster ride for awhile. This is also known as “diabetes burn-out” and it happens to most diabetics at some point in time.

I am about to be 53 in three months and I’ve had DM1 since 18 months old and the older I get, the more variable my body becomes as well as my BG. I would love to hear other DM1s stories so please subscribe and we can all chat together!!!

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