That Stupid Pancreas!

   Okay so I am super glad that the topic of this post is the one that I had already planned on for this week, because the past couple of weeks have been an adventure of sorts and are the perfect example of my main points for this topic. Even if I had been planning a different kind of post for this week, I would've had to abandon it to write about the past few weeks instead, because the past few weeks have been, as I previously stated... (*deep calming breath*) an adventure. So let's get into it, shall we? We've got a lot to talk about!    This is part four of House of Cards: A Series, and we're talking about being careful with the amount of pressure you're putting on yourself (like how you'd be careful adding weight to a house of cards to avoid sending it crashing down). And what are the main points that my last few weeks exemplify so very well? Well, they all kind of boil down to one point, which is this:    LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES. LIKE, SERIOUSLY.  ...

   This is me and Alex, my cat (or, before my brothers freak out, I should say, my FAMILY'S cat). You've seen pictures of her on the blog before, I'm sure. There's also a tiny Canadian flag in the background, some post cards on the wall that my grandmother gave me (Hi, Grandma! Now you're famous! Well, sort of.), and a yellow board of birthday messages that my friends gave me way back in February 2020 before this whole COVID mess really started impacting life in Canada! (*sigh* those were the days...)    Why are you looking at this picture right now? Because when you think about it, it actually segues well into what I wanted to talk about for this post! This picture only shows a small part of one corner of my room, and even that small part only exists as it does now because lots of different people contributed to it! My grandmother gave me the post cards (and the Canadian flag too, actually), my friends (hi guys!) gave me my birthday board, and Alex provided... well...

   Welcome to Part 2 of House of Cards: A Series! In this post I'm going to share what a strong base is to me, diabetes-wise. Please note that I am not a doctor or a medical professional in any way, shape, or form, and do not claim to be one, nor do I suggest that any type ones reading this make any changes to their diabetes management plan solely based on something I say. Talk to your doctor if you have any concerns about your management plan and want to make drastic changes. Every type one has their own experiences and feelings related to diabetes and managing it, so I can only speak to mine, but hopefully someone out there in Internet Land finds this helpful or relatable.     A strong base to me is something that you can trust to be stable and strong, and something that you can build on. What does this mean in the context of diabetes?    Something that you can always build on is knowledge. The more you know about diabetes management, the easier it i...