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I had a new sensor yesterday that was a bleeder when I put it in. Theory is that I hit a capillary. Was getting wonky reading all day, was keeping me up all night and still had blood around the sensors.

Was also getting some skin irritation from the blood under the tape.

Noticed it was STILL bleeding – as I had switched out the tape last night.

Next time, I’ll go on to another site.

Also, I sure wish that the lapband surgeon hadn’t left so much scaring, limited the real estate I have for both pumping and sensors. <snarl>

Changed my basal so that I would get 50% of my basal during my workout – and took my normal bolus with my 40 carb drink.

Blood sugar stayed pretty stable the whole time – better than the slight spike yesterday.

Though I’m down to 105 now – not a bad thing just something to know, as I started the day out at 130.

That’s even being off pump for a while during a shower and change (even forgot to take the pump off of suspend, even though I rehooked up – oops, I do that a lot with this pump, and didn’t as much with the Animas).

Still no skin problems.

Testing more.

And I can see what is going on with my blood sugar by glancing at the screen.

I wouldn’t say that my average blood sugar has gone down – but at the same time, we have data I can actually use. Notice that I have a standard deviation now, where I didn’t before, but that might be a function of the sensation, I’ll have to ask someone who knows.

I did have a standard deviation on Saturady, Jul 6, when I had 6 finger sticks.

This shows a typical workout — I start out with 40 carbs, and stay on the bike for 60 minutes.

I’m not getting a whole lot of sleep

The first night, I was getting high alerts.  Same with the second.  Also getting some lost sensor alerts.  I’m a low alert or two last night too.

Still no skin issues. 

My first sensor came off after two days – and I think it was because the trainer had put it in a IV 3000 sandwich and my hot tub had messed it up.  I think a single layer of tape will do me better.

Fortunately I have a ton of tape left over from my old days though I need to order some.

My first two days were interesting. I don’t know if it was the mexican food from Thursday night (done all the wrong way), or a bad set, but I finally broke down and changed sets on Saturday morning and am good now.  It is so rare to have a bad Mio set, that I am very resistant to changing them.  In fact, I can’t recall every having a bad set before.

I just pulled my data off my pump and you an already see I’m doing a better job testing. 

I’m being a good girl so far, and not relying solely on the sensor – when I see a blood sugar reading I don’t like, I test and correct. 

And I am really glad I pulled my reports as I see I need to record the end of exercise – not just the beginning.

So far no skin irritation and it survived the hot tub.

I am finger sticking more – the first point. I have a better picture of what is going on – the second point.

Suffering from supreme frustration as I had Mexican food last night, in a social situation – meaning I ate too many chips – and I am stuck with a high blood sugar. A dual wave bolus would have done me well. I got several high blood sugar alarms which I acted on. Blood sugar is NOT coming down, but I’m at the gym working on it.

Nice seeing the whole picture and not guessing.

Love having only one device, just wish the Revel pump had a bit nicer HCI.

In fact, I am at the gym, watching the screen.

Tough needle for me. But I think I can do it, we’ll see in a few days.

So far the sensor isn’t bothering me. I was a bit concerned because I got a lost sensor alarm, but it calibrated fine and the readings look reasonable.

Famous last words: I am not going anywhere this summer after all unless you count a day trip to Norman Oklahoma and a day trip to Glen Rose.

This was to my counselor last night.

I was a bit bummed, because I had decided not to do two trips:

• UT Austin CS First Bytes – this week
• Air Force Base for my kids

Partly because of the walking, partly because of the hassle with the service dog and a lot because of my weight (back to the first one).

This is the second year I haven’t been able to do the Robot Mentoring Air Force Base thing – last year it was because my school district had paid for an AP Computer Science workshop. And the weight and walking thing.

Maybe next year. Or maybe I won’t need it.

But it all drove me to do the fill, which I’m glad I did.

Oh, haven’t said what I’m doing – one week in Austin on the state textbook committee. In a Hilton. They liked her at the Downtown one, so I’m hoping they like her at this one too. Hopefully the Wifi works better than the hotel I stayed at did. Of course, I have a hot spot so that shouldn’t be a huge problem.

And shouldn’t be a lot of walking.

I now have 8.5 ml in my band, and they added .4 ml

I got fussed at because it had been about a year.

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I getting ready to go out and get a fill this afternoon.

It's been awhile, but I'm not losing weight, and I've had a couple of things happen lately that make me want to lose some more.

Though I'm not super hopeful, as the weight I've lost hasn't let me do what I want to do so far.

<sigh>

Don't get me wrong, I do feel better — and look better especially since I changed my wardrobe and my hair.  Both are still a work in progress, but I'm getting there. 

I've decided I want my hair longer and with less red.  We'll see how that looks under the lights at school. 

There is nothing magically about the lap band.  It's a very difficult process, and I'm not entirely sure I'm ready, but I'm going to give it a go.