This is cool. Sleep doctor called again today, told me part of the problem is restless leg and gave me a protocol to fix it with the existing medication. Then wants me to come in and evaluate what is going on.
Hmmm, that reminds me, I need to make an appointment for that.
Still waiting to hear on insulin pump. The DME managed care are taking longer than usual to decide according to the HMO.
I really like Doctors who will work on the phone!
Just heard from my sleep doctor who wants my CPAP machine checked out by an expert. He said my sleep study showed I needed it set on 11, and it’s set on 12.
He did agree that a heated humidifer would be a good idea and is getting that ordered.
Also said there was medication if CPAP checked out okay.
PROGRESS!
(Still waiting to hear on insulin pump).
I was told this morning that I would get a ship date today. I’m not going to hold my breath, but am staying close to the phone.
Went through the “followup”sleep study last night. I devinately need the CPAP. Sleeping with did not go well.
However, sleeping with and adjusting went fine. Now waiting to hear what we need to do.
Also got discharged by the hand surgeon this morning. Man, I am glad that is done and over with. It makes a huge difference in the amount of work I get done and how I feel.
We’ve got two full weeks plus the rest of this one before school is out. I need to figure out something fun to do out of town. I also need to get caught up on sleep. I lost a few hours last night.
Still getting to the gym daily.
Carbohydrates Can Induce Memory Impairment in Type 2 Diabetes
I knew this was would be out soon. Apparently it wasn’t sexy enough for the regular news
Good reading, and the ADA wants WAY too many carbs. Makes me wonder, do the insulin people pay them off? More carbs = More insulin
Maybe that’s a bit rude, but you can’t help but wonder.
Animas Corporation – Bringing new life to insulin therapy
This is the pump I decided to go with. The features that I decided were the most important are:
a) non-proprietary insertion sets
b) large reservoir (300 units)
c) smallest adjustability (.05 units)
The Cozmos and the Animas have the best in this regard. What pushed me over the edge on the Animas was their EzManager Plus software, as it is supposed to work with the widest range of blood sugar monitors. I’ve got the software and the connector for the Freestyle.
Lots of reasons I haven’t been posting much, but the best reason is that I have been spending a lot of computer energy doing research on insulin pumps.
I had good control through the school year, but I was working very hard at keeping everything the same.
Had decided that this summer was going to be about fixing everything I could, which is why I started the round of surgeries. Well, everything is getting fixed … BUT the blood sugar.
We added glucophage, which really flattened everything out, but I didn’t see much in the way of other changes, and was STILL gaining weight.
I’m still not happy with my control and I am even less happy with what is going on with the blood sugar side of things and my doctor DID suggest looking into the pump on my last visit. So I have and decided I was going with it.
Talked to the pump today and found out the co pay was doable on the current insurance and have decided to go with it.
It’s a tough decision.
It means in a way to surrendering even more to the diabetes thing. Though I really don’t think it’s going to reverse.
I’ll be better at posting though and let everyone know how the pump process go.