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I'm a PDWD on a Mission to be INSULIN FREE

So sorry for the cliche I'm about to use, but there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Having said that, imma use it! "Great minds think alike." A few days ago, I posted this update on Facebook:

"Your body will listen to whatever you tell it. I never say: "I am diabetic," because it doesn't feel right & I know that someday I'll beat it. Diabetes is not my identity & I'm not a victim. It is something I was diagnosed with & has made me healthier. Diabetes is not ME. I'm a motivator. A friend. A daughter. A sister.... A life lover. I'M POSSIBLE and so are YOU! ♥"

So, back to the "great minds think alike" thing. I used to think that I invented the idea of calling myself "a person diagnosed with diabetes" instead of diabetic. I did a bit of research (GOOGLE is my GOD) and found out that other people say it, but because it's the "p.c. term for diabetic". Eff the p.c. part, though. I'm all about keeping my mindset focused on the goal of becoming insulin free (a.k.a. something that western medicine says is IMPOSSIBLE. Ugh.... *cringe* I can't STAND that word)!

So I have to interject with a piece of information that'll help my transition into the next part of my blog. It is 2:05 a.m. I woke up at 1:57 a.m. with extremely low blood sugar symptoms. The best way to describe the feeling of this is something I wish I could take credit for, but I read it somewhere a long time ago (I cannot remember where and it makes perfect sense to me, sooooo... Again, great minds think alike). When I am experiencing a "low" it feels like I am sinking beneath the surface of water. It feels like I am sinking, and sinking, and sinking further away from the place where I can inhale fresh air. It doesn't physically feel like I am drowning, but the sensation of helplessness is very similar to what drowning must actually feel like. I immediately got out of bed and blindly walked in the soft darkness of "madrugada" toward my fridge so I could remedy my current symptom of that thing that I experience every once in a while called "diabetes".

I need to acknowledge that I was simultaneously delighted to wake up with low blood sugar, because it just meant that I need less Lantus. Within the last year, I began taking small does of this 24 hour-long active insulin in addition to the meal time insulin called Humalog. In the time frame of 4-8 years after my diagnosis, I had weaned my body off of Lantus and I was only taking Humalog. I had been diligent about getting the rest my body needed in that time and was following a solid lifestyle plan I had created for myself.

As of late, with my hormones being out of whack (check my blog before this one), I gradually needed to take Lantus again because my glucose levels were high when I woke up in the morning. As much as I didn't want to, I made the choice to reintroduce Lantus back in to my life. I knew it was only temporary while I got my body back in balance so that was my light at the end of the tunnel. Last night I took 7 units of Lantus before bed. That's not a lot but more than what I want to take. I don't want to take ANY! I hadn't woken up from a low blood sugar crash in MONTHS so I was actually happy that I did. "Why?' you ask. "Because that means I didn't need to take as much Lantus as I did!" WOOT! The 3 day experiment that I just did (again, check my most recent blog) DEFINITELY acted as an "EASY RESTART" button. I feel like my body is getting back in balance. I'm on to something! Tonight I will take 5 units and see how it goes!

ANYWAY! When I opened the door to my fridge I felt the coldness of the air inside dance across my face and naked toes. I was comforted when I saw a whole shelf filled with ZICO coconut water. It's the only coconut water I drink (and we love each other) so they were awesome enough to fill my car with cases of their stuff! I grabbed a bottle and quickly drank it. My body very quickly, but not too quickly, began to rise back to the surface. About 57 seconds later, I was floating on top again. PHEW!

Once I was extra coherent (even at 2 a.m.), I realized how AMAZING this beverage is for refueling the body. I already knew that coconut water is extremely hydrating and contains only natural sugar from the coconut itself. It's higher in potassium than one whole banana (p.s., bananas are lame... they get ALL the attention for being high in potassium. LAME!), has 5 essential electrolytes and supports rapid hydration. This makes coconut water the IDEAL beverage over any "sports drink". Most of them have glucose, high fructose corn syrup, or other garbage like maltodextrin and dextrose.

I've, in the past, kept a bottle of Gatorade in my fridge "just in case" I crashed. In the rare occasion of that happening, I'd drink some Gatorade and rise back to the surface but then feel like I was in a sugar coma. Bleh... When my blood sugar gets high, I have this weird sugary taste in my mouth that I dislike very much. So, back to the positive stuff: what I noticed about the ZICO fix was that it brought me back to the surface but I didn't feel a wave of sugar come over me after a few minutes. That's how I know I was putting good stuff in my bod. It's been official for a long time, but I'll make it extra official by putting it in this blog: ZICO COCONUT WATER GETS THE "MISSION POSSIBLE™ LIFESTYLE" STAMP OF APPROVAL!

Posted: 12:50 AM, Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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