Category: Blog

First if you are seeing not seeing this at http://www.kweaver.org — someone is STILL ripping me off. 

Tonight is interesting, I’ve got a photographer from the Dallas Morning News taking pictures while I’m blogging.  I figured the best way to keep him from completely freaking me out, was to just sit down and write a blog entry.

It’s all Amy’s fault you know (Diabetes Mine).  She sicced a reporter on me back before World Diabetes day.  However, they decided to focus on children and didn’t use the interview.  The bad news, is that this isn’t the first time I’ve been in the paper in the past 12 months. 

The next major milestone in my blogging life is coming up soon — I will be on my way out of the country, I think I mentioned before in the blog that I’m going on a cruise, teacher workshop, and the day of my blog anniversary is the day I fly out.  I’ll try to blog on the phone on the way, and publish when I land in Miami.

I need to do the massage thing more often.  I had a really good agility practice last night, wasn’t as stiff and was able to run even.  Very little knee pain. 

Also wasn’t as still today, though I really want a nap.

I’ve done a couple of injections by syringe (vial) today and yes, the pen is definately more comfortable.  The syringe hurts going in, and burns while the shot is happening.  I’m not sure if the stopper is dulling the syringe needle or if there is just enough Symlin on the outside of the needle to cause the pain.

I’ve done 3 doses of Symlin with the Pen Injector today. 

I’ve forgotten that needles don’t hurt going in — my theory — the stopper.  Pen needles don’t have to go through the stopper. So when I inject with the Symlin, going in doesn’t hurt, but the very final push of the plunger does — from the pH of the Symlin.

I’ll let you know after a week how bad it is. It usually takes that many tries before the needle starts getting annoying.

As for the vials — I have about a month’s worth of vials, so I’m going to use the pens "out" and the vials at home.  That will give a good cushion for when Medco decided to drive me nuts — though they’ve been good on Symlin.

I’ll start this out by saying that I believe that Dexcom has the best CGMS technology available right now.

However …

The last two boxes of SEVEN sensors have not lasted as long as I think they should.  Oddly, I expect them to last SEVEN days.  I’ve had one person on the Dexcom list already imply it is my fault, and it might very well be part of my normal environment, though I did have a period where the SEVEN’s were working well.  That isn’t going to change. 

Another problem is the needle pain.  It seems to get worse with each insertation.  I’m actually going longer and longer between sensor changes just because of the needle pain.

I do have two more sensors, plus the one I’m wearing.

I do believe I’m going to spend some time on the phone Monday, before I made a decision.  Of course, I can always change my mind and buy a box.  It’s hard to do it the other way.

This is what I was trying to think up — there are quite a few for sell on Ebay at reasonable prices, so I bought two.

BD Safe-Clip™ Device

The BD Safe-Clip™ Needle Clipping & Storage Device removes insulin syringe needles and pen needles safely and easily.

I have NO idea why I decided to check the Medco site this afternoon, as they said they weren’t sending until January 23, but I did.  Not only did it show it was on it’s way, but it had a UPS tracking number that said it was delivered.  I called, husband answered, and sure enough it was there, he just tossed the whole thing in the fridge.

The pens are interesting. The 120 pen is set to give two doses, 60 units and 120 units.  It also says you can put it in either the abdomen or the thigh.  I think I like the thigh.  The needle goes in much better — I do think that stopper dulls the needle, and even though it was a dose after a prime, it didn’t burn until the very last of the push.  Thus it is MUCH less painful.

I’m going to use up all my vials (I have around 4) at the house, and keep the pens for traveling about town and at school until I’m out of vials.

The pen does not take up less space than the vial, but the pen needles are easier to deal with.  I do need to find a disposal method for the needles themselves.  I do have some of the needle holders, so I am going to try to snag more.

Still nothing from the local pharamacy — Medco has changed their shipping day to January 23. 

Protonix DID arrive today!  At the same time, I got an email from Medco saying I had a new order being processed and then the Medco database showed they were processing Protonix.  Oh well, they will hold until March 15.

Symlin pen still hasn’t shipped.

I am saddened everytime I read about this case.  First, I enjoyed reading Flea’s blog, very much, and feel very betrayed, sad, etc. because he was sued for malpractice.  The malpractice? The patient he had seen DIED OF UNDIAGNOSED TYPE 1 DIABETES.  I’m not sure how long ago that the child was actually not diagnosed, but surely a simple blood glucose test?  Okay, and I’m still mad that my mom was being treated for an infection that would not go away and they didn’t do a simple blood glucose test the entire year she was being treated. He was not the primary doctor on the case, but still…

New York Personal Injury Law Blog: My Interview with Robert (Dr. "Flea") Lindeman

In May 2007 Robert Lindeman, a pediatrician from the Boston area, found himself uncomfortably in the public eye when the Boston Globe exposed his pseudonymous life as a blogger in a sensational front page story.