College Life with Diabetes

It has been MONTHS since I have posted anything! I have been busy working and going to school so blogging has been on the back burner for a while. College life with diabetes is kinda difficult. On the days I have class, I have to be at the college by 8:30am. I usually eat breakfast around 7 or 7:30. After breakfast, I don't eat again until about 11:00. That doesn't seem like a long time but when you have diabetes it is a long time. My blood sugar usually drops around 10:00. It's a pain because I have to make sure I have snacks with me at all times or money so I can get something from the vending machine. I use my dexcom sensor all day but to make sure it is reading accurately, I have to check my blood sugar in between classes. It doesn't sound like that big of a deal but when you only have 5-10 minutes between each of your classes and you have to walk what feels like a mile to each class, it is. It gets to be time consuming. Every day, I have to make sure I pack my lunch or have money to buy my lunch at the cafe. A "normal" person would just wait until they get home at 1:00 (that's what time my classes end) to eat. No big deal. I can't do that. My life revolves around making sure my blood sugar stays where it's suppose to be and making sure I eat when I need to. College life is busy anyway but when you add diabetes to the mix, it feels like it gets 10 times more busy.
When I'm studying and working on homework, I usually lose track of time and forget to eat. Then, my blood sugar is low or I feel light headed because I haven't had much insulin. It doesn't really sound like that much work but it is. Any other college student can just run around and eat whenever they get time. It's not that simple for diabetics.