That Stupid Pancreas!

As June quickly approaches, the weather is (for the most part anyway) getting warmer and school is almost over! Hallelujah! With rising temperatures and days of freedom ahead, T1Diabetics everywhere will undoubtedly be enjoying the great outdoors. Swimming, hiking, biking, camping, rollerskating/skateboarding, jogging, soccer, softball -- you name it, I think everyone is ready for the great activities summer brings. All the time we'll be spending in the heat doing physical activities is going to mean lower blood sugar levels. The heat obviously has a different effect on every individual Type 1, but for me personally it means that my blood sugar levels drop considerably. And physical exertion does the same for all Type 1's in sending us low. If your blood sugars are already lower, one way to help prevent hypoglycemia (I am obviously not a doctor and any suggestions I give are not meant to be taken as medical advisement. Each individual must speak with his/her medi...

You know how most places have taxes? You get to live and work there, but depending on what your income is and how much of a profit you're making, you have to give a percentage of that profit to the place's government. I think that's fair to a certain extent: you get a little, you give a little. I think that, as a person, my physical being is sort of like a country. I am the leader of my body: the Prime Minister of Anne, if you will. As the Prime Minister of Anne, I provide my brain, lungs, liver, bladder, kidneys, heart, stomach, intestines, and a bunch of other organs, or provinces, with the energy and nutrients they need to survive. In return, they allow my body to function: my brain controls my fundamental body functions, my lungs allow me to breathe, my heart pumps blood, my stomach digests food. They get a little, they give a little. These organs all pay their taxes. The beta cells in my pancreas sort of died a few years ago, so the province of Pancreas can...