Holiday Havoc

Busy. Busy. Busy!

This time of year is crazy, but my shopping and wrapping are all done, and we head out of town Tuesday morning to visit family for Christmas. Travel and holidays always throw my blood sugars out of whack, with the extra tempting foods, the constant activity (or alternately, the long sedentary travel times,) the unstructured meal times and the inconsistent testing. My sugar levels usually end up bouncing up and down, all over the place! Every trip, and every holiday, I tell myself it's going to be different. I'm going to test more often, and I'm NOT going to over-indulge, and I'm not going to underestimate my insulin need (which often happens.)

Today is a similar case. I've been up since early and doing stuff. This afternoon we're off to get together with old friends and see a Christmas show (which includes a light meal) and then we're off to a Hanukkah dinner party. It's another day of an odd schedule. "Lunch" is really a light thing, probably around mid-afternoon, and dinner's going to be served late too. It just throws my rhythm off. Plus, I find it difficult or awkward to test my blood on the go or in a public place. I always figure I'm going to drop low once (or worse, twice) or I'm going to be hanging high all day and feel lousy.

(Are these arguments for a CGM? I digress.)

I guess I'd just like to be able to turn off my diabetes and its management completely on days like today and over holidays and traveling. But that's not the case.

So I'm going to vow to be more diligent today, and over this next week. If that goes well it'll set me up for being able to manage my mid-winter beach vacation next month. International travel always brings its own issues when it comes to diabetes. But, that's for later.

If we don't speak again before Christmas....

Ho Ho Ho to everyone! Have a happy and healthy and level-glucose holiday!