Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring Improves Metabolic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
This is one of those
Same thing happens if I eat the wrong food. I’ve been tending to avoid pure sugar foods unless I’m treating an about to be low, because I stay high for a long time.
Unfortunately, it costs around 80 cents every time you test. Before insurance.
“Healthy” Diet May Increase Risk for CVD
I guess this is why they call it practicing medicine and it is SO irritating.
As soon as they get us following something, they switch the rules on us!
My dad was actually on the list for the Jariv 7 when he died.
Home Is Where the Pump Is (washingtonpost.com)
He could have lived the way this guy Michael is — in fact, Michael has a much “richer” life than dad did when he had congestive heart failure.
Dad was told not to leave the house, primarly because he was on oxygen, and the doctor’s were also afraid any respiratory illness would have been the end.
He couldn’t eat and take a shower in the same 4 hour increment. He was in really bad shape.
But it’s nice to see that the artificial heart is getting people somewhere — this might have gotten him far enough and well enough to have a transplant, if the technology would have been available.
I’m really glad to see this.
Saw the sleep doctor and at least got one thing I wanted, a different mask. I really don’t like the one I have now. We’re going with a full face mask and I wonder why we did’nt do that before, as I have no problem with wearing the mask — this will elimate the need for a chin strap, so no more guilt about not wearing one. I’m sorry ,but I have very thick curly hair and anything I put on my head slides right off.
I want a new CPAP. Mine is 6 years old, and I find it hard to believe it won’t fail someday. And if it DOES fail, it will be in the middle of the night and I won’t be able to sleep. It probably WILL fail on a Friday night.
Anyway, most of the conversation was about weight. I’ve gained 20 pounds since I was there last.
I wish there was an answer, but I don’t think there is one. At any rate, I am very depressed over the whole visit.
Tomorrow will probably be the first day since I bought the treadmill that I haven’t used it. Why — well, if I do a physical stress test — I understand they do it chemical sometimes — I’ll be using the doctor’s treadmill.
Besides, I’m scheduled not to do cardio on iShape tomorrow, and I really do think I need to take a break soon.
FYI: I am really happier right now, now that I have the home gym set up. I do need to take the dog cages out of the truck and run over to Oshmond’s and get a bench. I think it will make things a bit more interesting to have more than the stability ball to work off of.
I have also been kicking around getting barbells, I think I will need to get some soon.
Missed Mealtime Bolus Is Major Cause of Glucose Control Problems in Insulin Pump Therapy
Been there, done that. In fact, once today. It wasn’t that I forgot, I put it off.
New Blood Sugar Sensor Improves Diabetes Control>
I think everyone who is diabetic agrees that the more often you check your blood sugar, the better the control. HOWEVER, finger sticking is painful, so is alternate site, and test strips get expensive.
I think this is the device Animas is working on, but am NOT sure.
The stress test was interesting. Next year, he wants to do a chemical one.
They did say it was all normal. that’s GOOD news. Agreed I was smart to see them before meeting them in the ER. Saw both a nurse practioner and the cardiologist.
They also suggested losing weight
I spent yesterday evening filling out the paperwork for the endo, downloading data and printing out logs for the doctor. Obviously that was more stressful than I thought.
Couldn’t sleep at all when I got down. Finally went down, soaked in the hot tub, finished a book and got exhausted enough to sleep. I think today, I’ll just take a sleeping pill if I found myself not sleeping.
Yep, this is spring break, go to the doctor week. I’m seeing an endo today, doing a cardiac stress test and seeing a cardiologist tomorrow, seeing my sleep specialist on Wednesday, and the podiast (sp) on Thursday.
I ought to do something kind of fun on Friday.