Late Night Blogging

Well, guys, it’s 5:45 AM on a Saturday morning and I haven’t gone to sleep yet.
Would you like to know why?
Because my sugar is low.
Courtney is not a happy camper right now.
So, in a similar state of mind to being buzzed, I’m trying to write a blog post.
Let’s walk through how I got to this moment…

10 PM: Munching on snacks, watching One Tree Hill, enjoying life.
11:30 PM: Oh man! I should probably take some insulin for these snacks. (So I take some insulin. Like a responsible human being.)
1:00 AM: I have a choice. I can seek food, or just go to sleep. I’ll seek food.
2:00 AM: Go to food with friends. Yay.
2:30 AM: Covers carbs. LIKE A RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEING.
2:31-4:00 AM: Talk to friends. Yay.
4:00 AM: Lay in bed.
4:20 AM: Feel a little weird, but I’m gonna brush it off.
4:30 AM: Decide to check BG.
4:31 AM: 92.
4:35 AM: Drink Juice.
5:00 AM: Check BG.
5:01 AM: 101. Yay.
5:05 AM: Drink half a juice.
5:40 AM: Roommate wakes up to go volunteer for something. I still HAVENT FALLEN ASLEEP YET.
5:45 AM: Check BG.
5:50 AM: 80. Uh-oh.
6:00 AM: Drink more juice and write a blog post about hating her life.

My life sucks.

I have had so much juice I can’t possibly drink one more sip. I feel like I’m going to literally explode.
Not to mention that I bet you anything when I wake up my BG is going to be high. Why is my life such a horrible roller coaster?

Now I just have to wait to check again. THIS ISNT FUN GUYS. IT REALLY ISNT.

In other news, I ordered some T1D shirts!! They’re from Type One Diabetes Memes! I’ll make sure to post pictures of them the minute that I get them! I’m super excited. I’m pretty sure I spent more money than I should have on them, but I’m proud to be type one, so there!

Just checked again. 76.

What. Is. My Life.
I don’t even really know what to do. I can’t drink anymore juice right now. And I can’t eat anything else.
I’m gonna wait till 6:30, recheck and then take a half glucagon shot if it’s still low or lower.
In the meantime, let me explain to you what being low feels like.

It’s shaky. And very confusing. And your heart beats super super fast. And you feel like you cant breathe or see or do anything. But at the same time you’re really hyped up. And hot or cold. Thoughts don’t connect, basically they’re really choppy. You can see that in my writing. It’s a really horrible experience.

But in my opinion, being high is worse. You’re lethargic, and thirsty, and nauseous. Really nauseous. The idea of moving sounds like the worst thing in the world. Sometimes it feels like there’s an elephant sitting on your chest. And you have to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes. And I get really crabby. Like, really annoyed at everything. And all I want to do is eat more carbs, which is exactly the opposite of what I should do. Whereas low I don’t want to eat anything. It’s a conundrum.

6:30 AM: BG is 116.
It’s bedtime. Finally.

Goodnight, all. I sincerely hope your Friday night was a lot better than mine. That wouldn't be a difficult task.

This post has been brought to you by an overdose of insulin. I’m so sorry.
TTFN!

I'm basically the new Hulk.

So, one very immediate thing about me is my short tolerance. I get annoyed very easily. And even that’s an understatement. You could even say I’m very much like The Hulk. In fact, one of my favorite lines from the new Avengers movie is as follows:

Capt America: Doc... I think now is the perfect time for you to get angry.

Hulk: That's my secret Cap, I'm always angry.

And then he proceeds to transform into an angry green monster. I’m definitely a fan.

But, I digress.
Being diabetic, this quality isn't the easiest to have, especially when there are so many uninformed people roaming the face of the earth. Needless to say, I get a lot of really stupid questions. In fact, diabetics everywhere get really stupid questions. So, I've taken it upon myself to compile a list. (Because I’m obviously obsessed with lists.)

Courtney’s Top 10 Least Favorite Diabetes Related Questions
(in no particular order, because I hate them all.)

1) “My ____ has diabetes, so I can relate to you.”

Enter stories of, grandmas, pets, cousins, and father's brother's nephew's cousin's former room-mates. (If you don’t get that reference, we can’t be friends.)

2) “So do you take shots?”/”Do you have to prick yourself?”
No. No I don’t. I just hope that all the bad stuff will go away eventually.

 3) “Is diabetes contagious?”
Yes! And luckily for you I’m really sick. And I need to cough. All over you.

 4) “You don’t look like you have diabetes…”
Thanks? What are diabetics supposed to look like…?

 5) “So how’s your diabetes?”
Great! He just went to a camp and learned to swim for the first time! They grow up so fast, don’t they?

6) “Oh my god, are those drugs?!”
Yup! I’m a known drug user, and I get a thrill from doing illegal things in public places. You should try it sometime!

7) “If I was diabetic, I would…”
Oh would you now?! Because you know EXACTLY how it feels to be a diabetic.

8) “Be careful, ____ could happen to you.”
Thanks for your concern, doc. I didn’t know I could lose my kidneys.

9) “Oh man that sucks. It always hurts so badly when the doctor pricks my finger.”
That one time every other year? Yeah, I know.

10) “So is that like the exercise one?”/”Can’t you just exercise and it will get better?”

If it was, wouldn’t I be at the gym right now?!

So there you have it! Go forth and ask all your diabetic friends these questions, they’ll just love you. ;) TTFN!

Words by Courtney 2.0: The First (un)Official Post

So, this used to be a different blog..I know. Awkward. But we can get through this rough patch together, right?

Summary of this long and twisted story: A naive pre-college Courtney thought that she could handle a blog throughout her freshman year of college. 

Spoiler alert: She was wrong.

So the whole "I'm gonna blog about everything wonderful in my life!" thing didn't quite work out. But on the bright side, we are all much more jaded to the life of the fake/real world, and know what will and won't work in a blog written by us. Right? I like think so.

I left whatever was salvageable of the pre-existing blog, but it isn't much. If you'd like to check it out, please do!

But alas, we should stop focusing on the past, and move onto bigger and better things. Mysterious questions that need to be answered like: "What is going to become of Words by Courtney?", "What is Courtney doing in her life now?", and, "Is she going to keep up this awkward writing style?"

The answer to that, is yes.

The answer to the other ones are not so simple, and will be answered over time! For now though, I can let you in on what I'm planning to happen.

What this blog is going to (hopefully) become is a documentation of my life. What's special about it is, it will be mostly focused on diabetes living. (But let's be real, I'm way too narcissistic to keep it just at that.) I've recently started to delve more into living with diabetes, and it's brought me great places. And I want to share my life with diabetes with others, because that's what we should be doing!
So here I am! I've got a lot of stuff to say, and some hopefully really cool stuff coming up! I'm really looking forward to delving more and more into my life with diabetes, and living in the diabetes community! (Oh, and complaining about stuff and telling funny stories, and not talking about diabetes at all.)

Thanks for reading! TTFN!