Skip to main content

Adventures at New Years

As some of you know, I have hypoglycemia. Technically, hypoglycemia is a symptom of something (such as diabetes) - it means "low blood sugar". Doctors have yet to figure out what is causing mine, though. Unfortunately. Needless to say, I just have to make sure I eat every 3-4 hours and I'm fine.

However...

Yesterday I forgot to eat dinner. What can I say... I was distracted by my day off, reading blogs, knitting, generally lazing around. 10:30pm rolled around and I suddenly realized I had a splitting headache!

I glance at the clock and realize what time it was. 10:30!! I stood up to make myself something to eat and got super nauseated.

The funny thing about hypoglycemia is that the main symptom is nausea... and the main cure is eating something. Kind of ironic, I know, since eating is generally the last thing I desire to do when I'm nauseated.

Anyway...

I quickly threw a frozen pizza in the oven and downed a glass of Kool-Aid. As I lay on the couch listening to the TICK, TICK, TICK of the kitchen timer, I pushed back the waves of nausea, and concentrated on letting the sugar from the Kool-Aid settle in. I pondered how the sound of timer seemed super loud to me right then. My senses are always hightened when my blood sugar is low - usually first noticeable when I can hear my heart beating really loudly in my ears.

Finally the pizza was done. I inhaled half of it before my nausea shifted and changed. Then my stomach said, "Enough!!" and urged me to lie down again.

So... at 11:00pm on New Year's Eve... so close, yet so far away... I went to bed. I can't remember the last time I missed watching the ball drop over Times Square. I lay there, nauseated, headache-y, and exhausted from the sheer effort of trying to bring my blood sugar back up, pondering the New Year and how it felt like I was missing it.

This morning I woke up, 12 hours later, refreshed though slightly shaken. I promptly ate breakfast, then lunch a few hours later, in an attempt to stabilize my sugar levels - they always seem to go a bit haywire when I let them get too low like that.

So far, the New Year feels like just another day... slightly anticlimactic since I didn't ring it in properly. Hmm... oh well... maybe that's okay. It's still a fresh new year whether I was sick in bed or awake greeting it in.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

DIY Art Journal

Hi, my name is Linda and I am a 25 year old law student living in Manhattan. I blog over at My Passion Is... about my life, scrapbooking, DIY crafts, photography, exploring NYC & more. I am honored to be sharing a post with you today on Jen's blog, so thanks for having me! I recently completed a mini album that I made out of a pasta box so I wanted to share a tutorial with you so you could make your own! What you need: empty pasta box [I used a whole foods penne pasta] scrapbook papers & embellishments a single hole punch sturdy tape [like packaging tape] a paper cutter and/or scissors some sort of binding, either binding rings or ribbon First, you are going to flatten out your pasta box. Then you are going to cut it down to two 6x6 squares [or whatever size album you want to make]. If the box doesn’t fit perfectly in those shapes that’s alright, just piece them together using packaging tape to hold the squares together. Once you cover them i

Etsy Giveaway: Desert Rose Knit Shop

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!! 39 comments are entered - if there are any more at a later time added, they will NOT count. ********** Today I'm christening my new(ish) blog with an Etsy giveaway! I'm offering one lucky winner a cabled beanie of their choice ( pick your favorite color !). This giveaway will run for a week - so you have until next Monday, January 23rd, to put your name in the hat. 6 ways to enter: Comment below about which color beanie is your favorite. Subscribe to my blog on Google Friend Connect . Blog about this giveaway on your own blog. " Like " my Facebook fan page . Follow me on Twitter . Tweet about this giveaway. Please leave a separate comment below for each entry. At the end of the contest, I'll use a random number generator to pick the winner!! Here's a look at some of the color options available. Browse other color options over at  my Etsy shop ! ***** Thank you for enteri

Meet a Designer: Stephanie Kubo

I stumbled across a completely fascinating artist today, Stephanie Kubo . Her portfolio doesn't state if she's a working designer, illustrator, etc, but her work is exquisite so I think she fits the bill for including in my Meet a Designer series. Enjoy! (Linking up with Kristen Victoria ).