I have been thinking about a post I wrote earlier about how there are times when I just don't know what is going on. Times when I am high for no known reason, or I am totally shocked that I am low. It makes this whole diabetes thing that much more frustrating. I wish it was just a carb in times insulin ration = insulin in = perfect blood glucose (bg) reading, but when dealing with hormones, even a hormone like insulin, it isn't. Then today, Kerri at SixUntilMe.Com celebrated her 4th anniversary of her blog and posted a link to her very first post. In her first post she summed up the emotional side of testing.
Every time I test my bloodsugar, the result stirs me up emotionally. If I'm high, I feel guilty. Or surprised. Or angry. If I'm low, I feel anxious. And slightly panicky. Or confused. A normal reading level might make me feel cocky. Or successful. But they all make me feel something. And it's not just physiological. There is so much involved in the daily maintenance of diabetes that a support network isn't just nice, it's necessary.
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