Dave & Marte's Simple Sundays

The last week or two have been rough. So rough that its cause deserves its own blogpost.

The diabetes is not behaving, without explanation. Most of the time, I can pinpoint what I did or ate that causes my BS to spike or plummet. But not this week. For example, I ate my usual oatmeal, peanut butter (the natural kind with no sugar added) and fruit and this happen this morning. Admittedly, this breakfast usually pushes my BS to 200, but 337 (eventually almost 400), really?

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I have been a type 1 diabetic (T1D) for more than two decades. When I was diagnosed it was called “juvenile” diabetes because it was diagnosed mostly in children and young adults. It turns out that age doesn’t restrict this disease and some type 2 diabetics are now being re-diagnosed as T1D.

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Marte s a Type 1 Diabetic, she is not a leper, nor has she the plague. Marte was adamant that if I was to write a blog from a spousal perspective on Type 1 Diabetes that I write about this topic. She’ll tell me stories about her work, and when her boss knows she’s having a bad blood sugar day she always suggests she go home, maybe even take a day. While this support is nice it frustrates her. I’ve learned over the short years I’ve know my wife that her Diabetes is part of her life, another thing she has to manage not some debilitating disease.

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