sleep, my child, sleep. why do i insist on staying up so late? it's only quarter to twelve but provided that i have to be up at 6, it's late. i really need 7 hours to be fully functional. 6 and i'm good but need caffeine every 2-4 hours or so. 5 hours, bottomless cup. 3 or less is no caffeine or i'll end up nervous and jittery. instead i'm ( Read more... )

Every year for the past five years or so my birthday wish has been to have no debilitating diseases or further complications from diabetes. I got tired of that and wanted to wish for something else this year, so what happens. I go to bed at 163, 20 minutes later I feel odd and think, maybe my blood sugars low but I just took it and it was kinda ( Read more... )

i got into a car accident the other day. it was raining and as i was ascending an off ramp i conveniently slid into the barrier. then in an effort to avoid someone turning the sharp corner and running into me, i quickly backed out of my position and backed into the other barrier. ah, yes. it would have been comedic if didn't have to think about ( Read more... )

today i'm ecstatic. of course if my moodswings are consistant i'll be devestated about some detail of my life tomorrow. but for now i may as well bask in today's happenings. i get to coordinate my own program geared toward lower income diabetics and hypertensive patients that recieve medications from a clinic/soup kitchen/community outreach ( Read more... )

Fuck! Help me, please. I just copied an email I wrote on IE and then accidentally copied something else and think i lost the email. Is there anything I can do to retrieve previously copied materials? Unfortunately I don't have clipboard or anything like that.

my tongue is numb which means my blood sugar is low, so i'm eating these disgusting glucose tabs (think the flavour of tums). i used to have more symptoms of hypoglycemia: shaky, hot, and confused (i still get that one). the decrease in symptoms means i don't realize i'm hypoglycemic until my blood sugar is in the 40s sometimes 50s. luckily ( Read more... )

i'm really irratated by something i just read in one of my friends lj entries, but i totally shouldn't be. i'm taking it way out of context, and it shouldn't even matter to me at this point in my life. maybe i just need something to be upset about that doesn't involve all the other factors that have recently caused me angst and the resultant ( Read more... )

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i have a bio lab exam and a bio lecture exam next week. have i done any studying today? no. do i have a ton of tissue slides to study? yes. will i fail? well, i probably shouldn't jinx myself, but i don't think i will. just because i study this stuff everyday. yes, i procrastinate, but i'm also fascinated with the stuff. i also have an ( Read more... )