Another post inspired by Diabetes Blog Week; today: one thing I could be doing better.

I had my second appointment with my endocrinologist today, and it went really well. He was happy with my numbers and where I’m at, but he taught me something new which has me more motivated to lock things down a bit more.

A few months in, now, I’m not taking any insulin most days. I am apparently still definitely a type 1, not really LADA, but even then a special case. My numbers have been where they need to be, but I’ve certainly been more resistant to using my insulin pen than I should. My homework, then, is to settle down a bit with the pushups and do a bit better with the needles. I’m also going to be working on my technique a bit, since I manage to draw blood more often than not. XP this diabetes, I will.

Day 2 of the Diabetes Blog Week is about one great thing you or your loved one does about diabetes.

Drew got out there before me, writing about the support he gets from his partner. I was nodding my head a lot while reading that post, because I really cannot imagine going through any part of the past few months without Allison. She jumped right in, too, and has been there with me at every step of the way, reading everything in sight and watching out for me in every way possible. Even now as I have a better handle on everything I still feel safer and more relaxed with her around.

I’m going to violate the rules a bit again and mention a second great thing, which also wouldn’t have been possible without Allison’s support: exercise. I’ve generally been an active person, though it was never a very consistent thing; I’d have months where I’d walk more, and then others where I’d be mostly sitting on the couch. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of yoga, stretching, walking, and general exercise; all with her support and encouragement. Even though exercise is more often a “type 2″ topic, it honestly is just as important for everyone, type 1, 2, and non-diabetics alike.

I haven’t written about the ‘beetus for a bit, now, though I’ve seen some posts about the 3rd annual Diabetes Blog Week and I want to take part.

Today’s assignment is to “Find a Friend,” to highlight a personal blog about diabetes. My recommendation is to Dex and the City, one of the first diabetic blog I found after meeting the author at a local diabetic gathering. She has some great posts, and she led me to find a whole lot of other diabetics on Twitter.

Twitter

I understand this post is supposed to be singular; a friend, rather than friends. Even so, I’d like to point out that Twitter is an unbelievably cool resource for diabetics. There are a number of hashtags out there. Some I like to check are:

• #bgnow — posts about a current blood glucose level
• #doc — diabetic online community

Also on Twitter there’s #DSMA Chat Wednesdays at 9pm EST. There are a lot of people who participate and it’s a great place to find other diabetics.

#reddit-diabetes

I’m not on reddit all that often, but it does have a wonderful diabetic community at /r/diabetes. There’s a fair amount of traffic on the site, and the IRC channel is generally well populated.