RE: [IP] Halloween blues
Here we go again...Halloween, the start of the 'sweet' season. I found
myself at 12:30 this morning in my son's trick-or-treat bag. What is wrong
with
me??? I work so hard all year on my blood glucose levels and then a little
bit of candy comes into the house and I binge! I feel like an addict!
Needless to say, I felt awful when I woke up this morning and also mad at
myself for the poor self control!!! :(
I used to do this around Easter with jelly beans when my kids were young.
Back then, there was no insulin pump and I was only on one injection per
day, mix of NPH and R. Needless to say, my b.g.'s were messed up.
Suggestions:
1. go onto the website that tells you how many carbs are in the candy and
bolus for them
2. have your son or spouse hide the candy so you don't know where it is
3. tie your hands together so you can't get to the candy, pull off the
wrapper
and eat it :)
4. Have a lock put on the closet door and only your spouse has the key for
it
:)
Don't fret so much. If it's only once a year that you mess up with H.
candy, then that's not such a bad thing. Just try to dole it out a little
at a time.
Kathy Bruckmeyer
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