March 29, 2004
Diabolical
For the last week I have been trying very hard to keep my blood sugar in check. I am a type 1 daibetic who has been keeping poor control over my disease for quite some time now. As I approach my 30th birthday it is becoming more and more important for me to improve my health and get on track.
During the day I seem to be doing much better and my sugar levels are not going much higher than 150-180 (this is good for me). The problem I am having right now is what the sugar levels are when I first wake up in the morning. They are consistently well over 200 even though I haven't eaten anything in over 12 hours. I need to schedule an appointment with my endocrinologist.
Anyway, the point of all of this is that I am thinking about starting something of a support group. Between stress at work and the hectic life that most adults lead I am finding it hard to focus on my health. On top of all of this, I am not really in the right mindset to deal with my disease sometimes and I would imagine that other 20 something people in a similar situation might be in the same situation.
I would like to organize a group of similarly aged diabetics in the Boston area to just get together and talk. Nothing special, maybe we can all go out to eat (which would help us both identify and implement low carb eating in our diets). If you know anyone that might be interested, let me know. I may create a Yahoo group for this.
UPDATE - The ideal group would be 20-40 yr old diabetics in the Boston Area. Further details may come out later as I figure out what I want out of the group.