an explanation

So I haven’t posted in a week, which isn’t normally like me since I at least like to update every other day, but I have a reason for not being able to post.

Last Thursday I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and put into the hospital for six days.

I had the symptoms for months, but never really thought anything of it and eventually I decided to do some Googling and then a doctor’s visit. My blood sugar levels had been in the 400s for about three months. The average person’s glucose levels should be in between 80 and 100.

Being twenty-one it is strange to be diagnosed with Type 1, but my pancreas decided to kick the bucket, so here I am with a new diet, an eventual new exercise plan, and a life-long dependency on insulin. Currently I take four shots a day, but the delivery technology is pretty incredible so I have the insulin pens with the ultra tiny needles, and it’s fairly painless.

Hopefully in the future, I’ll be eligible for an insulin pump which will sort of act as a digital pancreas.

While in the hospital I asked my rents to pick me up an iPod touch using my income tax return, and I can’t wait to write about all the wonderful games I’ve been playing. I am going to absolutely begin raving about the iPhone/iPod touch as a great video game system, so get ready for some pretty passionate posts about some awesome games in the coming weeks.

I’m really glad I purchased the iPod touch actually and in fact I really haven’t used it for music at all, but not only is it one of my favorite video game systems, it’s one of the coolest tools I have right now for tracking and documenting my Diabetes.

I bought a $2.99 app called Islet and it’s absolutely incredible! It enables me to simply enter all of my data for tracking and it’ll make doctor’s visits even more helpful.

It’s a great little application and I wish everyone with Diabetes with an iPod or iPhone knew about it. It’s a lot better than jotting things down into a notebook and I can even create graphs and charts with the data. It can also be emailed to yourself so you can print hard copies of the data.

Well, that’s all I wanted to say. Thank you for reading Good Game Get! and I hope you continue to once I start posting regularly again, which will hopefully be tomorrow.

Now I leave you with a Wilford Brimley Bitches Don’t Know ‘Bout My… shoop.