This morning, I awoke to find our power had been shut off, and my insulin was starting to get warm. Thanks to my medical condition, we were able to turn the power back on, since insulin NEEDS to be refrigerated. This has to be the second or third time this has saved us from having no power, and is one of the only good things about diabetes that I can think of. Also, I'll probably be getting a job at Staples soon, so today turned out better than I had ever hoped for.

1. People who keep trying to tell me I can't have sugar or that eating a lot of sugar causes diabetes.
2. "Jeez, you used 15 strips?!" Allow me to apologize for wanting good control.
3. The fact that almost any fast food or eat-out restaurant almost always makes me go high and ruins otherwise good BG days.
4. Supplies cost WAY too much for the unwealthy, especially STRIPS.
5. Unpredictability. Why can't everything just work the way it's supposed to all the time?

The only reason joy is my present mood is that I'm getting about $500 tomorrow.

I downloaded the Windows 7 Release Candidate just the other day, and so far it's been working pretty well, considering how old my computer is. It almost seems like Microsoft could release this tomorrow and it would do just fine. Has anyone else tried downloading this? [link]

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This is the best news I've heard. EVER. I hope this goes somewhere. If you missed my last journal, I now have type 1 diabetes.

I was diagnosed about a week ago with type 1 diabetes. My freedom to eat whatever, whenever is gone (for the most part). It runs in our family, so I guess this really shouldn't be a surprise given what I used to eat and drink all the time. Luckily we caught it before it got life-threatening. The insulin I need is expensive and I am going to need glasses now that my eyes have been affected by it (also expensive), so I need Health Insurance now more than ever. Medicaid here I come.