How To Keep Your Pills Organized

When you are on a lot of medicine, keeping track of what prescriptions need to be filled and what prescriptions are waiting at the pharmacy, can be a difficult task! I have come up with my own system to help me keep my medicines organized. This might be a little confusing to explain, but I'm hoping my system can help someone else stay organized!

Key Items:
Sticky Notes
Pen
Pill Box
Prescriptions

I feel like I am on more medicine than a 90 year old women! So, keeping my pills in a pill box is a must! Filling my pill box, and keeping track of which pills need to be filled, sometimes makes my head spin.

I keep all of my pill bottles in a medium size bag so they are always together. Before I fill my pill box, I take all of my pill bottles out of my bag so they are easier to see.

I usually start with my day time meds first. When I finish putting one medicine in the pill box, I can tell if I'm going to need to get it refilled before the next week.

When I sit down and go through my pills the following week, I can never remember which pills (or other prescriptions) are waiting at the pharmacy, and which ones still need to be called in. My pharmacy has an automated system so when you need a refill all you have to do is call the pharmacy and type in your prescription number and then the pharmacy fills it! It's so simple!

When I call a prescription in, I write it down on a sticky note and stick it to the pill bottle. When I have a prescription that can't be filled yet, I write that down a sticky note.

When I sit down the following week to fill my pill box, I can look at the sticky notes on my pill bottles and see which prescriptions need to be picked up, or if I have one that has a note that says, "too soon to be filled," I know that I need to call that one in again.

When I'm down to my last vial of insulin, I write a note and stick it to the box and put the box back in the refrigerator. When I can't remember if I've called it in, all I have to do is look at the note!

This system isn't perfect but it works for me!

Annoying Questions/Comments Diabetics Hear

Since I have been a diabetic for a while now, I get asked a lot of the same questions and hear a lot of the same comments repeatedly. Watch here to find out what the top most annoying questions and comments are to me!

How I Was Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes

I don't think I've made a post yet about how I was diagnosed with diabetes so I decided to explain my story in a video. In this video I talk about how old I was when I was diagnosed, and some of the things that I went through that led to my diagnosis.

Could the changing weather be playing a part in my depression?

Could the changing weather be playing a part in my depression? I feel like since the end of October I've just been depressed and I can't shake it. It's like when the weather started to change, so did my mood. I don't feel like doing anything or going anywhere. I didn't even feel like going to get my nails done a couple weeks ago and that is definitely not like me. I love getting my nails done!

I would rather lay in bed and sleep than get up and do something. I have no motivation at all. I don't even want to be sitting here posting but I am forcing myself to do it anyway. 

A few weeks ago, this guy that I was talking to and really liked decided he wanted to work things out with his ex. Things with us were going great so it was a huge slap in the face so I think that's part of why I started to get depressed. Usually when things like that happen, I bounce back within a few days  and I get over it but I feel like I just keep getting more depressed even after I stopped worrying about what's his name.

Not having a job right now is not helping at all. I have nothing to do with my day. I have a mountain of laundry that needs to be put away and another pile of clothes that need to be washed but it's like I just don't care enough to do it. I just lay in bed and stare at it.

After Thanksgiving, I usually get super excited for Christmas. I get so excited to put up decorations and buy Christmas presents for my friends and family but I'm having a really hard time getting in the spirit this year. 

Yesterday, I wanted to help my Mom put up Christmas decorations even though I wasn't really feeling it. I attempted to put together our little Christmas tree but I lost my patience pretty quickly. I ended up giving up and locking myself in my bedroom instead. I sat on my bed and cried and hated life and everything for about an hour. Over a Christmas tree? Yeah, that's what depression does to you. 

If it was warmer outside, I think that would definitely help lift my mood but it's December. It's cold and today it just happens to be raining. 

Depression sucks. No one deserves to hate life but when you're depressed, sometimes you do. It's frustrating when you know you're depressed, but there's not much you can do about it. Sure, you can force yourself to go out and make plans, or get up and do your laundry but depression won't just go away. I know mine won't. I have an appointment with my psychiatrist in 2 weeks. I'm sure he'll increase my medicine or add another medicine so I'm hoping that helps!

Weight Loss with Type 1 Diabetes

Losing weight is difficult for anyone. Losing weight when you're a type 1 Diabetic can be especially difficult. All type 1 diabetics are on insulin (and some type 2's). I have found that the more insulin you take, the more weight you gain. 

About a year ago, I was getting between 80 and 100 units of insulin a day. That's a lot! Part of why I was getting so much insulin was because I was eating a lot of carbs so I had to make sure I was taking enough insulin to control a stable blood sugar after I ate those carbs. 

Looking back now, I can't believe how much I could eat! I would go to McDonald's and order a Big Mac and Fries and finish it with no problem. I was eating fast food all the time, and I was always eating Little Debbie cakes (I mentioned in a previous post that Little Debbie was my bitch!), and other sweets. 

About a year ago, I started to cut back on what I ate. I stopped eating so much junk and fast food. That stuff causes you take a lot of insulin and it's so unhealthy not just for diabetics but for anyone! I cut down on portion sizes, and I started to snack on fruits and vegetables instead of cupcakes and cookies. 

Fruits and veggies have a lot lower carb count than junk food! The lower the carb count, the lower the amount of insulin you will have to take! Now, don't get me wrong. I still cheat and eat cookies and other junk occasionally but it's not near as much as it use to be!

Not only did I change my diet, but I joined a gym too! I started going to the gym a few times a week. Going to the gym and exercising is so much easier when you go with a friend. I went with one of my best friends and we would start off on the bike. We would talk so much that we would lose track of time so we would easily be on the bike for 30-45 minutes. Then, we would switch to another cardio machine and work out on that for another 30 minutes or so.

Exercising and doing a lot of activity can be such a pain if you have diabetes! The more active you are, the lower your blood sugar is going to be. I was getting so frustrated with going to the gym because I couldn't keep my blood sugar in a normal range while working out. 

At the beginning of a workout, my blood sugar will be at a good level. After only minutes of working out, my blood sugar will drop. I have to stop and sit down for a few minutes to drink some juice or eat a granola bar. What's the point of working out if you're just going to have to eat halfway through?! It can be very frustrating, but you have to figure out what works for you. Does your blood sugar need to start off at a higher level before a workout? Do you need to eat a bigger snack before you hit the gym? I'm still trying to figure out what works for me! 

If you use an insulin pump, you might have to suspend your insulin delivery while you work out or you might have to set a temporary basal rate a couple hours before you plan on going to the gym. There's a lot to think about when you're a diabetic looking to get more exercise!

At my heaviest, I weighed 175 lbs. I am now almost 40 lbs lighter weighing 136 lbs! If I can do it, anyone can do it!

Before losing weight, and after!

High Blood Sugar, You Suck!

I just love starting my day off with a blood sugar reading over 400...said no one ever! I gave myself insulin to treat the high and checked 2 hours later. Guess what?! It's still over 400! I gave myself more insulin hoping this is just one of those fluke things.

I just tested again and I got a reading of 238. It's coming down but I definitely don't feel good. I feel like I could drink an entire river because I'm so thirsty. My body is so heavy whenever I get up to do something and I'm very cranky...classic symptoms of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar)!

I was going to check for ketones but I don't have any pee sticks (ketosticks?). I feel like I just shouldn't have gotten out of bed this morning! I might need a nap before the day is over.

I was trying to transfer some videos I have on my phone to my computer so I could eventually edit them and post them on here and YouTube but of course I can't do it! My pictures transfer but the videos won't. This is very minor but when your blood sugar is 400 and your "crazy" meds need to be adjusted, it feels like a huge problem! I was ready to flip my shit!...and there's blood all over my keyboard from typing after I did my finger stick. Lol!...diabetic problems for sure!

Too much insulin. Not enough carbs!

For those who don't know, keep in mind that the more carbs a type 1 diabetic eats, the more insulin they will have to take to maintain a normal blood sugar.


I believe every person deserves a day they shouldn't worry about what goes in their mouth and diabetics are no exception! Over the last year, I have really cut back on the junk I put in my mouth. I use to be the cupcake queen! Little Debbie was my b*tch (LOL). Though I've cut back on junk food, I do have a day every couple months that I splurge and I just don't really care about what I eat. Well, today was one of those days!


For lunch, I had THREE slices of pizza. Pizza makes my blood sugar sky rocket so I should of only eaten one slice. Maybe two. But I was starving so I had to eat three slices.


There's usually 30 g of carbs in one slice of pizza so I should of had a total of 90 g of carbs. Since, my blood sugar spikes when I eat pizza, I added an extra 10 g of carbs.


A few hours later I was craving a frozen mocha from Panera bread. Before I drank it, I checked my blood sugar. When I checked, my blood sugar was 70. A little low but not bad at all considering I ate a lot for lunch!




Usually, frozen mochas leave my blood sugar higher than it should be so I thought that I better Google how many grams of carbs it has in it. I was shocked when I found that a medium frozen mocha has 94g of carbs in it! That's a ton more than I had expected! It's no wonder my blood sugar is always high after I drink one! I wasn't counting for enough carbs (I wasn't getting enough insulin)!


I let my mom have a few sips of my tasty drink and I don't think I realized just how much she really drank. Less than 2 hours later after I gave myself insulin, my blood sugar was 45!

I had just left the grocery store when I started to feel funny. Of course I didn't notice the symptoms when I was sitting in the parking lot of the grocery store. I had to be driving! I pulled over to the side of the road as soon as I found a safe place. I had a few glucose tablets and I managed to find some old gummy bears in my purse so the problem was easily solved!




9 times out of ten when I have a day I eat a lot of carbs, my blood sugar ends up high but today the complete opposite happened. I had too much insulin and not enough carbs! Sometimes it's hard to judge how many carbs you've actually eaten.