Category Archives: Diabetes

Product Review-Dexcom G4P Tallygear Case!

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I’ve been using the Dexcom G4 Platinum Tallygear case in the Mod Flowers Design for a couple of weeks now, and I am beyond thrilled with it!

  • I love being able to protect the G4 receiver, in particular the screen. Now that it’s protected, I can drop it in my purse when I’m running out the door or leaving work and know that it won’t get scratched.
  • I can easily bend the end fabric back around the case (how I put the receiver in the case to begin with) so that I can easily use the charging port-convenient!
  • The sewing on the case is impressive, tight and snug so there isn’t extra bulk added to the size of the receiver, keeping it discrete.
  • I love that it has a little loop so you can attach it to something. I use the strap and carabiner that came with it, at night to hang it directly above my pillow, so the alarm is somewhat “broadcast” while I’m sleeping (one of my favorite features 🙂 ).
  • For the protection (and style 😉 ) the case provides, they’re very affordable!

The G4 cases from Tallygear come in a variety of colors and designs. I’m a big fan and love having stylish yet sleek options to protect my receiver. Even better, they’re made right here in the US, by a dedicated T1 mom! You can view more on the Tallygear website in the Dexcom G4 Platinum Case section, here: Tallygear Dexcom G4 Platinum Case.DSC_0391DSC_0392DSC_0402DSC_0393DSC_0394DSC_0401

Suite D Guest Post: Traveling with Type 1 Diabetes

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Talking this month on OmniPod’s Suite D Diabetes Blog about Traveling with Type 1 Diabetes. It adds a whole other dimension to the travel mix.

Suite D Guest Post: Traveling with Type 1 Diabetes

Although I am no travel expert, I did kind of take off from San Diego, to Belize, to Africa, all in the same year, so I feel that gives me a little credibility. If I’ve missed something important or you have additional insight, please do share! 🙂

African Memories, Part 3

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Great White Shark Cage Diving: One of those things you think you’ll never do, plan to do at the end of your trip (if something goes wrong, at least you got to experience everything else first), and think you’ll chicken out on, once you get on the actual boat.

South Africa is the Great White capital of the world, and so when in Rome…blaa blaa. We were promptly picked up at our hotel at 4:45am, for the 2 hour drive to Gansbaai Harbor-where the Atlantic and Pacific collide, for our day of cage diving. We ended up paired with Brian McFarlane and his fabulous crew, unknown to us at the time, but somewhat of a Great White legend and expert, seen on Dirty Jobs and National Geographic among others. I would highly recommend his company for diving in Gansbaai: Great White Cage Diving.

We signed our life away, dressed in our waterproof orange suits, boarded the boat, and off we went. I felt so much more comfortable than I thought I would, because you really do not have to go far out to sea at all. Being able to see land, was a comfort for me. The waters, which were calm, also another selling point. It was so cold, and a little drizzly, with water temps around 48 degrees-so a bit of a shock when it floods your wet-suit  I’d decided based on how cold I was that I was content just viewing the great whites from the boat (aka chickening out)…but seriously, when will I ever do this again? So I volunteered for the third group (Seth and I went individually so we could take pics of each other’s experience).

Once it’s your turn, you drop down into the cage (with about 5 others), and hang on (in very specific areas so your arms and legs are not outside the cage). Spotters on the top of the boat chumming and using decoys, will let you know when a shark is coming, and they’ll tell you “Down, Down! To the left! Down! To the right!” so you know where to look. And then they just sail on by, majestic as ever. Really not as scary as you’d think, and totally awesome animals. Unbelievable. There is no adrenaline rush comparable to a 4 meter 1 ton great white, thrashing against your boat!I still cannot believe we did it. I’d even do it again! Completely worth it, and a lifelong memory for sure.

002 (2)004 (2)006 (2)003017004030031009This experience had special significance for me, as it also happened to be my 6 year diagnosis anniversary with type 1 diabetes. If diabetes has taught me anything, it’s to seize every moment, which I try really hard to do, great white shark cage diving, included 🙂

Suite D Guest Post: Paleo and Type 1 Diabetes

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I’m honored and excited to be guest posting on Suite D, OmniPod’s Diabetes Blog; a blog about living well with diabetes!

Read my first post about how living paleo has changed my life with diabetes, here: Living the Paleo Lifestyle with Type 1 Diabetes. I talk about finding your own paleo, how I started on the paleo journey, the different effects I see, and how it has transformed my life with diabetes.

 

Another Diabetes First

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I guess times are a changing?

The last 24 hours have been full of restful sleep, stability, less finger pokes, and thankfulness for my Dexcom G4 Continuous Glucose Monitor.24 Hrs of Awesomeness

All of a sudden, I’ve noticed I’ve been checking my blood sugar far fewer times per day than I used to. This past Sunday, I had another diabetes first: I checked my blood sugar twice. TWICE! I racked my brain trying to think when it was that I last did that-and I don’t think I ever have done that! Maybe 4, but 2? This coming from the OCD super anal blood sugar tester (read average 12 times per day, since…forever).

The little tiny dried up bloody holes in my fingers are disappearing, it burns less when I cut citrus; my fingers are rejoicing.