I’m told diabetic fatigue happens when you’re just “plum wore out” of looking after your diabetic self. I admit, I am high maintenance and sometimes I just want to eat chips and lie on the couch - diabetes or not. (But I’ll have DIET pop with that!)

I do think it’s important to give myself some breaks from the annoying routine of diabetes. This is usually a mental break, without too much straying in the food department. Sort of like, “I’m not going to focus on every molecule of food that goes in my mouth today.” The problems arise when the breaks and the treats all run together into one big orgy of self-indulgence (okay, maybe it’s more like a threesome.) That’s when the objectivity of that darn blood sugar meter puts an end to the fun and games. It never lies. While I can sometimes fool myself about the state of my health, I can never fool my meter.