For today's topic in Diabetes Blog Week (see HERE for the different topics and wildcard subjects, and HERE for my post on the first day, and HERE for Day 2).
I wish my bloopers were funny, but they usually aren't. But I've done them, and others might laugh at the sheer stupidity of them, or maybe empathize.
-Not being sure if I've dosed or not. That sucks, and I use waaaay to many test strips to figure it out. It's one time I wished I did use a Humapen Memoir or pump so I had a record of whether I dosed or not!
-Poking finger for blood test without putting a strip in the meter. Done that many times, usually I can just wipe it clean, put the strip in fast, and then squeeze my finger again. But it still sucks!
-Mixing up my Levemir and Humalog (dialing the wrong pen, just not paying attention) and taking a big dose of the wrong insulin. Luckily I test a lot and figured it out. But that resulted in an entire half-day eating sugar, Pepsi, apple juice ... you name it, even using up my glucagon pen, too (that's OK ... I guess it's better to use them once and a while!) Not fun, until it's done and can look back at it and laugh.
-Leaving home with an empty pen or no test strips. Done that, too. It blows, ruining the day. I have backups in the fridge at work, but it still sucks.
Anyway, there's been plenty of screw-ups over my 34 years with type 1, but I try to keep them to a minimum. Hopefully you'll find them funnier than I did at the time!
2 comments:
I have done a few of those also. You are right, not so funny when we are doing them but at least we can look back and laugh.
I'm pretty absent-minded and sometimes forget to write down that I've taken a shot. So I take one of those pill boxes with the days written on the top, and when I remove the plastic from the end of the syringe, I put it in that day's box. The cap at the end is for a basal, and the orange caps on the needle are for bolus, although I don't often use the latter.
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