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Cottonmouth Confession

By Amber Clour on Sep 13, 2014

I recently woke up in the middle of the night and realized my mouth was SUPER dry. First thought – high blood sugar. I scrape myself out of bed and test my blood sugar and was relieved my blood sugar was 107, but was left wondering what was causing this sudden dry mouth. I went back to bed and woke up a few hours later and realized I had been sleeping with my mouth slightly open.

BINGO – sleeping with your mouth open = incredibly dry mouth. I pray I didn’t swallow a spider.

As a T1D, I constantly second guess everything in my life (dry skin, blood shot eyes, even a minor scrape). Every once in awhile when you discover that your recent ailment is just allergies or something “everyone” else experiences, it’s kind of nice.



How to Fight the Morning Low

By Ryan Fightmaster on Jul 3, 2014

Anhh.Anhh.Anhh. There goes the alarm. I turn over and hit snooze. Fifteen minutes later I’m up and feel like I can eat a horse (since I eat plant-based we’ll say a field of tempeh). I stumble my way down the stairs and test my blood sugar; 66. I immediately snag an apple off the counter and demolish it. Drink a glass of OJ soon after and polish it off with a bowl of granola. All in about 5 minutes.Before I can even truly wake up.

Obviously, this is not the ideal solution. I just took in about 75 carbs. Sure, it knocked out the low blood sugar sluggishness but I’m set to be looking at a blood sugar over 200 by mid-morning – then potentially a corrective low after lunch time. It’s a vicious cycle. (more…)