Life With Jenny: All Kinds of Sickness

Hi friends! I'd like to take a moment to thank you for your patience as I have not been posting per my usual schedule the last couple of weeks. Thank you for sticking around and not giving up on me, I appreciate you! This blog post will actually explain what has been going on for the last couple weeks which has kept me from posting.

Let me tell you, when you are doing God's will, the enemy attacks you even harder to keep you from what God has called you to do! Phew! Recently, within the last couple weeks, my grandma passed away. A few weeks before that, my uncle passed away. There's been a lot of death recently and while I wasn't super close to either of these family members, the loss still hurts. After my grandma's passing, I had some issues at work with another co-worker that really just sent my mental health teetering on the edge. I just didn't want to do things. I didn't want to go to work, I didn't want to leave the house. I just didn't want to. Then, I got a little cold that only lasted a few days but was annoying nonetheless. Then I managed to dig out of a hole and lead our Wednesday night women's bible study. Then I made a big decision and set it into motion with God's guidance. Right after that, I got a stomach bug! U G H!

As of today (Sunday), I feel much better. Still tired and trying to be able to eat a full meal, but I feel so much better and am so thankful I'm over the bug! It's been a rough couple weeks and mentally I've kind of been checked out. I can't say that I'm completely out of the hole that I dug myself into, but I'm working on it.

During the stomach bug sickness, I found it astonishing that my blood sugars were amazingly good. I literally had 3+ days of being in range over 98% of the time! Generally when I'm sick, my blood sugars go crazy - high and then low and then on that line of 'well that's okay because I'm sick'.

Having type 1 diabetes can be scary when it comes to getting sick. Getting sick will happen and we can do all the things we're supposed to do to stay healthy, but it doesn't mean that we won't catch something. And then when we catch something, we worry about our blood sugars. With stomach bugs, we have to be extra cautious of dehydration because it happens fast, we have to be extra careful of highs and lows because everything is unpredictable when we're sick. We have to be cautious of medications we take because some medications may spike our blood sugar, some we can't take (unless our doctor says so) because it's not safe for diabetics. There's all kinds of things to worry about when a type 1 diabetic is sick, because our sicknesses aren't like everyone else's. It usually hits us twice as hard and takes us twice as long to get over. I really wish that was something that everyone, the general population, understood better. I've been fighting incredible guilt because I only worked 6 hours Wednesday, Thursday I only worked 2.5 before I had to go home because I was vomiting, and Friday I took the whole day off. I feel guilty because people without a chronic condition probably would have gotten over the illness much fast than I did and wouldn't have missed so much work. I'm a little bit dreading work tomorrow because now I've got so much to catch up on and it's payroll week! (silent tears). I probably shouldn't feel guilty but that's another blog post topic!

Did I mention stress effects our blood sugar too! It's all going to be okay!

Again my friends, thank you for being patient with me while I had some things going on. I appreciate your kindness and you sticking around! ♥

Until next time ~ Have a great week! Jesus loves you!

xoxo-Jenny