Chief Numbers Officer

I ordered new business cards today. They say Chief Numbers Officer. It is amazing how diabetes is all about the numbers. It is an on-going, full time position for me. Just when you think you have things in a stable pattern, it all changes.

We have a colleague who is a diabetic at work. He is on an insulin pump. He told me that he checks his blood sugar every two hours. He is trying to fine tune his insulin numbers so that he changes the insulin dose every few hours for optimum results. He was also incredibly nice enough to show me his pump and the site where it is attached to him - his abdomen. In listening to Russ, I thought about Chance and thought he would too try to fine tune and control his diabetes when he is old enough.

For now though, it is the Chief Numbers Office and her loving husband and father of the punkins that are responsible for the fine tuning. It actually does get easier as time goes on when you are more aware of the trends of the blood readings and what they mean. I will say though that the "honeymoon" caught me off guard. Chance's numbers have been trending up, which we assumed was a sign of the decrease in Chance's own insulin production.

On a side note, Tas is doing spectacularly today and has recovered nicely from his surgery.