Hello everybody!! I’m finally back from vacation and back in Florida.  I had an eventful and busy week.  First night I was home, I took two of my nieces out trick-or-treating, and I didn’t eat any of their candy.  OK, maybe 1-2 pieces.  The next day was my birthday, so my family and some friends went out to happy hour and they had the servers sing happy birthday to me and bring a brownie sundae, which was amazing.

The next day was finally a day to relax and just hang out and do some stuff around town.  Friday was the rehearsal dinner, and also the Pizza Hut buffet that I promised my girlfriend and niece I would take them to.  I didn’t over over eat, so my sugars stayed in good shape.

Saturday was the wedding and the reception, which a lot of Miller Lite was consumed, but once again my sugars were in great shape.

The main concern was my A1C number that neither my doctor nor I liked too much.  It was 7.6!  The previous was 7.1.  I had a feeling it would be kind of high because of all the highs I was having in the morning.  But I changed some basal rates, and I think it may be solved because I have been waking up in the low 100’s again, finally!

I started my diet and some better  glucose monitoring this week, and so far so good.  I told my girlfriend that for too long I have been acting as a “part-time” diabetic, which I can not do any longer.  So I have tested nearly 30 times since Monday afternoon, which could have been the same I did in a month in the past.

Well my birthday is now 8 days away, I am flying home in 7 days, so I already know what is in my near future, not to mention my birthday is the day after Halloween.  Extra pounds and higher blood sugars.  As soon as I land all I think about is all of those small family own places that I ate at on weekly basis that I get to go to maybe 3 times a year now.  I over eat at them because I just want everything on the menu.

My birthday is shared with my soon to be 8 year old niece, so there will be ice cream cake and a big dinner.  The very next day is the rehearsal dinner for my brother’s wedding at Olive Garden, so thats an all you can eat never ending pasta bowl and salad.  We all know what happened last time I went there.

I am going to make myself test my sugar at least 10 times a day, I do not want any highs while I am home.  I am also supposed to get blood work done here before I go home, but I never have the time to anymore.  The only day I have the opportunity is on Sunday morning and they are closed that day.  Oh well, I will figure it out somehow.

I am excited to go back home though, the Philadelphia Eagles play the Dallas Cowboys that day, so that will be great to be watching that rivalry game with my fellow Eagles’ fans.

Have a great hump day everyday.

I came across this article online today from somewhere near my hometown back in Pennsylvania.  Halloween is coming up and good thing I didn’t have Diabetes back when I was going trick or treating, but it is an issue for a lot of people.  So, what do you do as a child with Diabetes and you get all dressed up, collect all this candy, and then…. what do you do?

A store in PA allows children to take their candy and bring it to their store and they will give them a free toy instead.  They should do this with every child, diabetic or not.  I am sure a lot of parents would love the fact of their young ones playing with a new free toy rather then being jacked up on sugar running around the house with their old toys.

This is a great sign though that large companies are looking out for diabetics.  I know when I go back home next week for  Halloween, my birthday, and my brothers wedding, all within 4 days, I will be intaking a lot of sugar.  I also know that my nieces who I will be taking trick or treating will be intaking a lot of sugar also, so maybe I should try this exchange program and try to lower their sugar high levels, and also cut my urge to be eating all of those wonderful pieces of sugar filled candy.

Growing up as a non-diabetic, Halloween was never an issue for me.  The only issue I had to deal with as a child was bringing the candy home and letting my dad inspect it to make sure that none of it was opened yet and none of it was poisoned.  Unfortunately, while that was going on, I had to go through him putting some to the side for himself also.

Be smart when you go trick or treating.