I've been a diabetic for almost 9 years now.  It just randomly happened when I was 20.  Got the flu, next thing I knew I was thirsty all the time, lost a pile of weight, and was baiscally death warmed over.

我已经患有糖尿病近9年了。 当我20岁时，它只是随机发生的。得了流感，接下来的事情我知道我一直在口渴，失去了一堆体重，并且死气沉沉地死了。

Back then, my regimen was up to 6 shots of Insulin a day.  I manually mixed the shots with 3 different kinds of insulin for the optimal effect.  I pricked my fingers up to 10 times a day, dripping blood onto a "Test Strip" inserted into a blood sugar meter.  Forty-five agonizing seconds later, the meter would display my blood sugar.  I kept a manual log each day of my carbohydrate intake, my insulin usage, and my blood sugar.  I'd sleep, rinse, and repeat.

那时，我的方案是每天最多注射6次胰岛素。 为了获得最佳效果，我将镜头与3种不同的胰岛素手动混合。 我每天最多刺10次手指，将血液滴到插入血糖仪的“测试条”上。 四十五秒后，血糖仪会显示我的血糖。 我每天都要记录手动记录的碳水化合物摄入量，胰岛素使用量和血糖。 我会睡觉，冲洗并重复。

But now, the GlucoWatch has come out.  It's to be yet another device in my BatBelt of Diabetes tools.

但是现在， GlucoWatch已经问世。 这将是我的糖尿病BatBelt工具中的又一台设备。

Today I use a FastTake meter to check my sugars.  It gives me results in 5 seconds.  I'm plugged into a pager-sized Insulin Pump that acts as an external pancreas.  I replenish its insulin supply every 3 to 4 days.  I check my blood sugar, and enter the values into my PalmPilot in an application I wrote called GlucoPilot.  It provides charts and graphs and reports to help me make the right decision about how much insulin to take.  There's no way to make that decision for me.  I have to collect the data and make a judgement call, about 6 times a day.  But now, I don't have to take a shot, I just enter the values into the pump and it delivers the insulin for me into a tube connected to me all the time.  Believe me, it's WAY better than shots.

今天，我使用FastTake计量表检查糖分。 它在5秒内给了我结果。 我已插入一个寻呼机大小的胰岛素泵，该泵充当外部胰腺。 我每3至4天补充一次胰岛素供应。 我检查血糖，然后在我编写的名为GlucoPilot的应用程序中将这些值输入到PalmPilot中。 它提供了图表，图形和报告，以帮助我对服用多少胰岛素做出正确的决定。 没有办法为我做出决定。 我必须每天大约6次收集数据并做出判断电话。 但是现在，我不必花时间，只需将数值输入泵中，它就可以将胰岛素一直为我输送到与我连接的管中。 相信我，这比射击更好。

Tommorow, I'll be getting a GlucoWatch.  It measures the level of glucose (blood sugar) in my blood through my skin!  I'll wear it 12 hours a day, like a watch.  It will interact with a replacable conduit patch stuck to my skin to collect glucose.  I'll be using it in conjunction with my finger sticks as they are still more accurate.  The promise of nearly continuous blood sugar readings is just too exciting.

汤姆莫罗，我要买一台GlucoWatch。 它可以测量我皮肤中血液中葡萄糖(血糖)的水平！ 我每天要戴12个小时，就像手表一样。 它会与粘附在我皮肤上的可更换导管贴片相互作用，以收集葡萄糖。 我将它与我的指尖结合使用，因为它们仍然更准确。 几乎连续血糖读数的承诺太令人激动了。

As an engineering-type personality I need as much data as possible to make a decision.  Every day, many times a day, I have to take these things into consideration before I eat, work out, sleep, etc:

作为工程型人格，我需要尽可能多的数据来做出决定。 每天，每天，很多次，我必须在进食，锻炼，睡觉等之前考虑以下这些因素：

• Current Blood Sugar Level当前血糖水平
• Predicted level of Exercise in the next 3 hours未来3小时的预计运动量
• Exercise performed in the last 3 hours最近3小时进行的运动
• Grams of Carbos, Proteins I'm about to eat我要吃的克碳水化合物，蛋白质
• Level of Personal Hydration个人水合水平
• Do I have a cold? Flu? Any virus?我会感冒吗？ 流感？ 有病毒吗？
• Current average speed of digestion目前的平均消化速度

It sounds melodramatic, but it's not.  I always feel like I just guess.  What the GlucoWatch will give me that I don't have today is TREND information.  It's one thing to know my blood sugar is 100 right now.  But if it was 200 an hour ago, I take one action, while if it were 50 an hour ago, I'd take different action.  The GlucoWatch will show my blood sugar every 20 minutes continuously for 12 hours.

听起来很戏剧性，但事实并非如此。 我总是觉得我只是在猜。 我今天没有的GlucoWatch给我的是趋势信息。 知道我的血糖现在是100是一回事。 但是，如果一个小时前是200个小时，那么我将采取一项行动，如果一个小时前是50个小时，那么我将采取不同的行动。 GlucoWatch将每20分钟连续显示我的血糖12个小时。

It will be a good day when I'm done with Diabetes.

当我完成糖尿病手术后，这将是美好的一天。

翻译自: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ive-been-a-diabetic-for-almostnbsp9-years-nownbsp-it-just-randomly-happened-when