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One of the things I hate most about diabetes is that I never get a day off. I always have blood sugars to check. I have to count every carb accurately. Or I have to face the consequences. Which is exactly what I did today.

After finishing my last final exam for the semester at 8:30am, I decided to celebrate. I bought donuts and kolaches for a little celebration breakfast with a friend. I hadn’t eaten donuts since before starting on the pump (they aren’t something I indulge in all that often), so I wasn’t sure how the day was going to turn out.

At first, I thought I bolused enough. I tried bolusing with the numbers I used prior to the pump. I felt fine, but my blood sugar shot up within a couple of hours. And seemed to linger, as if the fat and air from each bite was holding my blood sugars in place.

Half way through the day and several boluses later, I was still running high. Frustrated, I didn’t even consider the effects on my body (except for the tummy ache I had), but randomly decided to take a “donut day off.”

I didn’t check my blood sugar every hour to see if it dropped at all. I didn’t constantly drink water to flush my body of the ketones. I didn’t worry about how to correctly bolus for donuts or consider never eating them again.

I simply took a day off (as best I could). Tomorrow I will get back on track, but today I am celebrating the end of another semester in college. Without facing the consequences.