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Permalink Reply by Stuart on June 8, 2012 at 7:51pm

Hello Alice:

Hummmmmmngh.

And to me, what you describe sounds absolutely, 100% perfectly normal in my view. The smallest bit required, and not even one grain more... a perspective and view I understand and agree with entirely.

I will not do one single test more than is absolutely mandatory. I've shot blind, and covered solely for the food eaten, many times over the decades. Played catch up later on when/if necessary.

I refuse to correct any number needing only a single unit to get back to "target". Will not do it. Two or more units sure, but a single unit, not a freaking prayer.

You are my diabetic elder... do these things in your view make me burnt-out, a DIABETIC CRISPY CRITTER -puzzed smile-??? Or can I or anyone else be skeptical, disagree with the "commonly held beliefs" (sic. gotta be tighter, gotta be tighter controlled) and still be... un-burnt do you think?!?!?

Can that be?

Permalink Reply by Joyce on November 8, 2011 at 2:08pm

To me, burnout means I'm tired of stabbing my fingers, and worrying about if I changed the infusion set on my pump in the last 3 days. Also, it means when I'm tired of eating "the right way", and having people tell me I can't eat this or that, or go 'naked' without a tube attached to me.

I just want to be normal again. :(

Permalink Reply by Stuart on November 11, 2011 at 9:40am

Hello Joyce...

ROFL... if you're going around NAKED and consider that "normal" (tubes or not) I want to live in your universe (Stuart playfully teasing)

Permalink Reply by Brunetta on November 15, 2011 at 4:07am

Hi Stuart.. How goes it?. For me a "diabetic burnout" comes when I just have(1):
No desire to test as much as necessary, (2)now with a broken CGM transmitter and new post-retirement insurance company that may not pay for it,I really am not so upset not not having it',because the darn Medronic CGMS is so very time intrusive and can be only randomly accurate.
. I just sometimes do not want to TEST SO MUCH anymore!! So I will go for a few days, never more than a week with MINIMal tesing, no postprandials, and occassional blind bolussing...l do come back to the 8-10 times a day testing regime because without testing, I will go on a roller coaster blood glucose ride,, and that is no fun. I am dreading having to re-do my basals because I am getting too many hyos at certain times of day, and the overnight has changed, AGAIN .GRRR....
Yet, I have a lot in my life to accomplish :The tingling and "rocks under my skin feeling" in feet and calves is diminished with better control and less blood sugar swings.. I really feel blessed to have lived this long with diabetes and have relatively minor long-term effects.br/>
The only time I go "pump naked" is when I particiapte in water -related activities(take a shower/bathe , do aqua- aerobics/swimming/boating). I am, otherwise, generally always "tethered".(lol)
God Bless,
Brunetta

Permalink Reply by Stuart on March 24, 2013 at 10:14am

Been a while since tackling this one, thought I'd try again. How do we tell, if any of us are DIABETIC CRISPY KRITTERS (ie Burned OUT) versus something much lessor?

For example having a chronic illness my entire life, how am I going to tell something so fundamental so much a part of who we are as people, is the problem, versus... ? How does one tell is the dragon, our diabetes is "the source", of a problem versus something else?

Anyone???

Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on March 24, 2013 at 5:54pm

For me, burnout is NOT a permanent thing. It occurs at times, and those are the times when I have to have tremendous willpower to make myself do what I don't want to do. The knowledge that I could kill myself if I didn't at least keep in my head SOME idea of what's happening is my main motivator. I'm SO glad I'm on a pump and not shots, because all it takes is pushing buttons, rather than preparing a syringe and shooting myself. Even so, when I'm in burnout, I omit boluses, and can let my BG go up to around 400 before I can motivate myself to take a bolus. And my Dexcom helps too, because I can take it out and look at it when I think of it, rather than having to get out my kit and go through the obnoxious routine of testing. So what I'm trying to say is that burnout is real, but not continuous, and I'm lucky enough to have paraphernalia to make handling it easier.

Permalink Reply by Stuart on April 5, 2013 at 3:55pm

Hello Natalie:

As always, thank you for your most eloquent thoughts. My efforts failed again.
today it seems, I have been handed my own head, yet again. You provide much to think about, to ponder.

"Close but no cigar" it seems is tattooed upon my diabetic soul. It would be nice to win once in a while. Just once. Quiet sigh...

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