It's been a while...

Sorry, friends. I've been neglecting you. I needed a diabetes break. A long one... well, as much of a break as you can get from diabetes. It was just that after writing my research up for my Master's and participating in real life diabetes relations and trying to keep up online... I got really REALLY sick of thinking and talking about diabetes ALL the time.

After hanging out at this year's Slipstream I'm feeling a bit better about things. So, I thought maybe it was time to start posting things again. I hope you forgive me for being away so long and without any notice. I promise to be better about keeping in touch.

"Ha! Made you gush," said the Insulin Pump.

I keep getting nasty gushers. Like non-stop bleeding everywhere gushers. Half the time I put in a new infusion set and blood draws up through the canula right away. So, all this in mind, of course when I woke up at 4am the first thing thought in my brain was, "Oh, I forgot to take out my old site. I should rip that out RIGHT NOW." Smartness. I really wanted to have to get up to change clothes and bedding at that hour.

That's really just a sample size. It went EVERYWHERE. Maybe I should start pulling them out while standing over a basin or something?

Diabetes Art Day 2011

It's been hectic this summer, so I don't have much this year, but I like this day... and I wanted to contribute something... so, I give you this:

and, look, you can meme that:

You can read more about Diabetes Art Day at Lee Ann's blog or the official site.