Author: kathleen

Last Friday I was freaking out, because I wasn’t using as much insulin and I had a hypoglymic episode. Today I was fighting high blood sugars all day.

So here’s what my day was like —

Once a semester, I take a class period off, and teach a class on operant conditioning for one of my best friends. We show operant conditioning in action with Marcie, my beagle. We’ve done this for a bunch of years.

So I left the house early, with her in tow.

A meeting was scheduled in my classroom at 8:00 am, and the presenter met me outside my classroom as I am dropping my things off, so I take an extra few minutes to set up my computer and video projector for her.

I then have 1st period, and I get two new students. One a new enrollee, who knows from where, and another kid is a REALLY poorly behaved student. Also one of my kiddos showed up, after a not seeing him for about two weeks, and he had to make sure everyone knew he was there. At first I thought it was the dog, but once I got rid of those two — the one went to content mastery, I sent the other out because he wouldn’t calm down.

4th period, just as I finish lunch, my ELI specialist showed up. I knew she was coming but not sure what she planned. She observed me teaching 4th period, and we spent my planning period going over what happened and how I should do thing.

I “fixed” the things she pointed out and taught my 6th period class. It was a good thing, but hard on the blood sugar apparently.

I was absolutely done in 7th period, but I did finally make it home. Of course, no planning got done, and no papers got graded and I’m going to have to do all this weekend.

My blood sugar is finally back down, but I’m up to 40 units again today with no additional calories.

First, I survived the workshop almost — except that the presenter showed up late (she claimed she was told 8:30), and half the participants did too.

Sorry, but my email said 8:00 am, and that means 8:00 am, not 8:30, and certainly not 9:00.

I started geting a bit too low at lunch, but that was because a) they didn’t serve us lunch, and b) I had to walk into a cave to get lunch. Next time (on the 14th), I’ll be bringing my own.

I wish that my coworkers had a bit more tact, both of them showed up extremely late. Also, one didn’t notice that I had very carefully staked out an end of the table so that no one would sit next to me. Instead, he sat down on top of me. I’m sorry but I do not like people breathing on my testing equipment, especially when I am using it, and I do not like people who attempt to read what I am doing on my Treo (Palm computer). The worst part, is that everytime I got up to use the restroom, his chair was closer to mine when I got back. He’s not from the US, and certainly not from the south and has not realized cultural bounderies.

Of course, I don’t know why I was surprised he was late, (actually I wasn’t). So far he has not every once been on time to any thing.

Yes, I was in a nasty mood yesterday and it really never got better. Not having the correct materials and the presenter not having them either didn’t help. Yes, it was a bit of disaster.

But the rest of the good news! I got on the scale this morning and weighed 264.6. A new low! I’m still being very careful not to go into starvation mode, but at the same time I’m trying to lose enough weight to make some difference on the GERD. Obviously I’m a long way from that, since I was awake again at 4:30 today and couldn’t get back to sleep. I really don’t want to do the surgery thing, but it is looking more and more that I might have to.

I go back on the Protonix in a few days, so I’ll have to see how that works out.

First, I survived the workshop almost — except that the presenter showed up late (she claimed she was told 8:30), and half the participants did too.

Sorry, but my email said 8:00 am, and that means 8:00 am, not 8:30, and certainly not 9:00.

I started geting a bit too low at lunch, but that was because a) they didn’t serve us lunch, and b) I had to walk into a cave to get lunch. Next time (on the 14th), I’ll be bringing my own.

I wish that my coworkers had a bit more tact, both of them showed up extremely late. Also, one didn’t notice that I had very carefully staked out an end of the table so that no one would sit next to me. Instead, he sat down on top of me. I’m sorry but I do not like people breathing on my testing equipment, especially when I am using it, and I do not like people who attempt to read what I am doing on my Treo (Palm computer). The worst part, is that everytime I got up to use the restroom, his chair was closer to mine when I got back. He’s not from the US, and certainly not from the south and has not realized cultural bounderies.

Of course, I don’t know why I was surprised he was late, (actually I wasn’t). So far he has not every once been on time to any thing.

Yes, I was in a nasty mood yesterday and it really never got better. Not having the correct materials and the presenter not having them either didn’t help. Yes, it was a bit of disaster.

But the rest of the good news! I got on the scale this morning and weighed 264.6. A new low! I’m still being very careful not to go into starvation mode, but at the same time I’m trying to lose enough weight to make some difference on the GERD. Obviously I’m a long way from that, since I was awake again at 4:30 today and couldn’t get back to sleep. I really don’t want to do the surgery thing, but it is looking more and more that I might have to.

I go back on the Protonix in a few days, so I’ll have to see how that works out.

I’ve got to go to a teacher workshop today. Hopefully they will feed us, they have for the last few, since I cancelled today’s food. The good news, is that the food has been healthy each time.

I’ve already turned up my pump 50% and plan to test a lot. I’m trying to decide what to do about breakfast, it should probably be fairly low carb since my fasting was at 120.

I’m still having problems with the GERD, I run out of Nexxium in a few days and will be going to Protonix again right after. I’m going to wait at least a week before I decide what to do.

I’m still taking quite a bit less insulin, but my blood sugars have been slowly raising and I am currently about borderline control. I’ve decided to do 1/4 of my insulin dose for the next few days with the Symlin and see if that helps. Corrections never work as well as taking insulin with food.

Weight is still good, though of course, I would like it to be lower. I’m at 266.x right now, and I’d love to be under 265.

I’m close though.

I’ve got to go to a teacher workshop today. Hopefully they will feed us, they have for the last few, since I cancelled today’s food. The good news, is that the food has been healthy each time.

I’ve already turned up my pump 50% and plan to test a lot. I’m trying to decide what to do about breakfast, it should probably be fairly low carb since my fasting was at 120.

I’m still having problems with the GERD, I run out of Nexxium in a few days and will be going to Protonix again right after. I’m going to wait at least a week before I decide what to do.

I’m still taking quite a bit less insulin, but my blood sugars have been slowly raising and I am currently about borderline control. I’ve decided to do 1/4 of my insulin dose for the next few days with the Symlin and see if that helps. Corrections never work as well as taking insulin with food.

Weight is still good, though of course, I would like it to be lower. I’m at 266.x right now, and I’d love to be under 265.

I’m close though.

The good news first — my weight is back where it should be.

The weirdness? I am still not bolusing for meals and only bolusing corrections and small ones at that. Well, breakfast was still fairly big — but I had a high carb breakfast yesterday.

Insulin usage is rapidly decreasing.

Tomorrow will be interesting since I’m doing the workshop thing.