Tag Archives: high blood sugar

Coffee Creamer

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Shannon

I love my morning coffees.. and who am I kidding? I also love an afternoon coffee ;). #likeyoudo.   And when my son was in the hospital 3 years ago a dear friend brought me some white chocolate mocha coffee … Continue reading →

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Still troubleshooting

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Shannon

So I thought I was in the clear. Thought we’d figured out this whole mess on the high blood sugars. Then Saturday night rolls around. And I had a low carb dinner. Check my bg 2 hours later and I … Continue reading →

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I’ve GOT this

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Shannon

In the 22+ years I have been diabetic, I can probably count on one hand how many times I’ve had to either miss/leave work because of my diabetes. Yesterday was unfortunately one of those days. I was in the 160s … Continue reading →

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Still high

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Shannon

I have unfortunately not seen much improvement since my last post about having so many high’s. I hate this. I am doing everything “right”. I’m not snacking, I’m not eating sweets – not that I can’t eat those things, but … Continue reading →

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Panko is the culprit

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Shannon

The other night I tried a new recipe – meatball sliders. They were so yummy! And so very easy to make. I even counted all the carbs and had to swag a wee bit but felt confident I’d pretty much … Continue reading →

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Need a do over

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Shannon

I need a do over for yesterday .. and apparently today as well. I woke up with a high blood sugar yesterday morning .. my first thought was it was dinner from the night before (didn’t eat anything “bad” but … Continue reading →

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Epic Fail

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Shannon

I had an epic fail night recently. And it was one of those nights that was so incredibly frustrating because I felt like I was doing everything right, but diabetes just was not going to cooperate, no matter how hard … Continue reading →

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Out of whack day

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Shannon

Yesterday was one of “those” days.  When I was completely out of BG control, for no good reason.   When you have days like that, it is so incredibly frustrating. And the stress of the situation doesn’t help for sure. I … Continue reading →

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Just a number….. right?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Shannon

It’s just a number.   Right?   I’ve posted on this before but it’s been weighing on my mind the last few days so I wanted to talk some more about it. When I went to my endo last month, my A1C … Continue reading →

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Report card

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Shannon

I finally had my 3 month checkup this week.  My true test of how “well” I’ve been managing my diabetes for the last 3 months.  My weight was down almost 10 lbs, my blood pressure was pretty good (even though … Continue reading →

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