The Big Day 28 years Later

The Big day.

Tying the knot.

Making a commitment to a long term relationship.

My best friend and my fiancé’s best friend. Her Mother and my Dad. The Minister, his wife and their 5 year old son. The right woman and myself. Those were the people that attended our wedding.

I was nervous and I wore the wrong shirt. I did bring the right shirt and made a quick change. It was the very late 70s, no tuxedoes, the shirt was a peasant shirt, so was the wrong shirt, but the color was not right. We wrote our vowels and the Minister spoke the words. It we very nice, very quite and very simple. After the ceremony we went to a nice restaurant and had dinner and called everyone else in the family that we didn’t tell or invite.

Twenty eight years later the right woman is still the right woman. Today we exchanged cards in the morning and went to a nice restaurant for dinner. I managed to wear an acceptable shirt. I was not nervous but our youngest daughter was. She decided to stay with some friends, so we could have the house to ourselves. Well not rally to ourselves we still had the dogs hanging around, oh and the cat. The Dinner was very nice, very quite and easy to enjoy with the right woman.

Earlier that day it was time to put in a new sensor. This is the third one I have done, so it went in easily. Not as nervous as the first time. A very small amount of blood appeared around the insertion site. The CGM did not pick up a signal right away. I disconnected and then reconnected the sensor and transmitter. Then the CGM picked up the signal. I applied the occlusive dressing, (tape), and waited for the two hours to pas to get the “BG NOW” message on the CGM.

Two hours went by and the message appeared, I took the BG reading entered it and then prepared to wait for six hours for another “BG NOW” message. About an hour later I received the “BG NOW” message, so I took a reading. The CGM said by BG was 50 and the finger stick said it was 124. It was off, but that is what I expected with a new sensor.

An hour later I was asked for another BG reading and I begin to suspect something was wrong. I took the reading the CGM had 45 and the finger stick had 122. Something was defiantly wrong. A few minutes later I get a “CAL ERROR” message. So, the sensor is not working properly. I try starting a new sensor on the CGM followed very quickly by the BG NOW request followed by the “CAL ERROR” message. OK, I get it. This sensor didn’t work. I need to take it out and start over. This means that $12.00 has just been wasted. It is also later in the afternoon and I don’t want to be awake all night taking BG readings.

I decide to remove the sensor and use finger sticks tonight. The tape is difficult to get off, both the occlusive dressing and the sensor tape. I also notice a quarter size blue spot under the sensor. I didn’t bleed externally on the insertion, but I did bleed internally.

I put a new battery in the transmitter’s charger and set all of the CGM gear aside.

After all, I had to get ready for dinner to remember the big day, with the right woman and a great relationship over the past 28 years.