I should hashtag more. Let's do a new #introduction (occasionally updated) :)
I'm both an old hand and new to modern #webDev. I coded my own homepages in notepad(++) as a teenager, and in 2022 I became a #careerSwitcher from electronic/general #engineering to #frontEndDevelopment.
Side projects on the go:
Dev blog RSS aggregator: https://rs.sjoy.lol
CSS Joy webring: https://cs.sjoy.lol
Whimsica11y, accessibility for hobbyists: https://whimsica11y.net
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In case any one wonders:
I am a largely neurotypical cis woman, in a happy monogamous hetero marriage, I use she/her pronouns - and I also really love bright colours and rainbows and human rights and dignity for everyone.
I can come across as LGBTQ+ and while that's totally fine with me, I'm just one of the vast majority of cishet normos who deeply dislike any hate on our fellow humans, for just being who they are.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Wonderful woman: https://youtu.be/N1CGq7zSjjM
Our little master builder at home impresses me most when he gets a lot of realistic looking detail into such few bricks 🚂
What's even cooler is that it can run on BRIO tracks! Yes technically the wheels are put on backwards, but if you set the wheels the other way round, the gauge is too narrow.
So for anyone interested - maybe it is a sign of prediabetes after all, but not the usual route. Who knows. Glad I have an appointment next month:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7192270/
Sooo I've just flipped myself into a low carb diet.
So I get to enjoy the crash/keto flu/withdrawal in a day or two. Fun.
About time I try something, it's been a long time since I ate low/no carb, and it was indeed good for me.
Let's hope it helps push away the exhaustion that's been plaguing me for the last 6 months.
I mean, very likely I am still eating too much carb for my body - whether wholegrain or not. So will work on that. I have done well on a low/no carb diet before.
So for anyone interested - maybe it is a sign of prediabetes after all, but not the usual route. Who knows. Glad I have an appointment next month:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7192270/
This is annoying tbh because all the advice on the internet about low blood sugar is based on diabetic people injecting insulin, which I'm not, or assuming it's a sugar crash after a high/refined carb or very sugar meal, which this also is not.
We have no white bread in the house, use mostly wholemeal pasta, cook as much as we can from scratch.
I do, when jittery and struggling, eat a little leftover Christmas chocolate - so I've effectively been doing what diabetics do when sensing a hypo.
I mean, very likely I am still eating too much carb for my body - whether wholegrain or not. So will work on that. I have done well on a low/no carb diet before.
I happen to have an old blood sugar meter and strips hanging around that someone gave me, and I'm like, no wonder I'm tired. I'm definitely getting low readings often.
I ordered more test strips (within expiry, unlike the ones I have) and control solution, to check these values are real. Then I can start researching when and maybe why it's happening to me.
I seem to have overactive insulin, with reactive hypoglycemia after meals (like sugar crashes), even after only an omelette for breakfast!
This is annoying tbh because all the advice on the internet about low blood sugar is based on diabetic people injecting insulin, which I'm not, or assuming it's a sugar crash after a high/refined carb or very sugar meal, which this also is not.
We have no white bread in the house, use mostly wholemeal pasta, cook as much as we can from scratch.
I do, when jittery and struggling, eat a little leftover Christmas chocolate - so I've effectively been doing what diabetics do when sensing a hypo.
It's so weird to be someone who clearly has energy reserves, lol. I'm covered in them. Yet my body lets me get to hypoglycemia instead of releasing it. Wtf?
I happen to have an old blood sugar meter and strips hanging around that someone gave me, and I'm like, no wonder I'm tired. I'm definitely getting low readings often.
I ordered more test strips (within expiry, unlike the ones I have) and control solution, to check these values are real. Then I can start researching when and maybe why it's happening to me.
I seem to have overactive insulin, with reactive hypoglycemia after meals (like sugar crashes), even after only an omelette for breakfast!
I've managed to get an appointment at an endocrinology clinic in a few weeks. I'm not leaving it at that.
No wonder I'm so tired.
All the advice says keep little sugary (but healthy?) snacks around to put me back over the line when I'm low sugar. But I'm not diabetic. I'm not taking insulin or Metformin.
I'm already pretty fat as my body likes tucking away my energy. Presumably my insulin is doing its job fine - or too well, even. I don't want to feed the beast.
It's so weird to be someone who clearly has energy reserves, lol. I'm covered in them. Yet my body lets me get to hypoglycemia instead of releasing it. Wtf?
I had bloods taken yesterday because it was about time had my constant tiredness and irritability investigated. My GP gave me my the test results back today, he skimmed them and said they were "fine".
I'm like, there's black boxes around a few of them. They're off the scales?
"Marginal, it's not bad."
I go home and look some numbers up.
My glucose level (not fasting, I had blood taken a couple of hours after breakfast, after running some errands) was 62 mg/dl.
Apparently that's hypoglycemic.
I've managed to get an appointment at an endocrinology clinic in a few weeks. I'm not leaving it at that.
No wonder I'm so tired.
All the advice says keep little sugary (but healthy?) snacks around to put me back over the line when I'm low sugar. But I'm not diabetic. I'm not taking insulin or Metformin.
I'm already pretty fat as my body likes tucking away my energy. Presumably my insulin is doing its job fine - or too well, even. I don't want to feed the beast.
I had bloods taken yesterday because it was about time had my constant tiredness and irritability investigated. My GP gave me my the test results back today, he skimmed them and said they were "fine".
I'm like, there's black boxes around a few of them. They're off the scales?
"Marginal, it's not bad."
I go home and look some numbers up.
My glucose level (not fasting, I had blood taken a couple of hours after breakfast, after running some errands) was 62 mg/dl.
Apparently that's hypoglycemic.
Sara Joy :happy_pepper: