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Used my Swivl and my iPod Touch to make it, came out pretty good. Hardest part was figuring out how to get it on the Moodle site.

I also have some access information up.

I’ve decided to make it a subscription model – most of the dog training I do is that way – I pay my dog agility instructor by the month to reserve my training slots. I also put an unsubscribe button and have set up a trial subscription (but still pay).

I’m planning to set up a badge system, so you can earn badges for earning skills. I also plan to set up things to help people with things like public and work access. I’ve learned a lot this year about that.

It’s at http://www.mykweaver.com/diabetesAlert/

I have the online course site up too but no lessons yet.

Good opportunity to help the public, review our training and finance some school projects.

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Setting up the Moodle course now. 

Literally, installing Moodle as I type.  Was going to add it to my Staff Development Moodle but decided it best to have it’s own Moodle, with it’s own pages.  I’m using the latest Moodle so I can deliver online badges.  I’ve got all the tools to make it work, so why not?

Let’s me reduce the amount of a med by half.

I have restless leg syndrome, which apparently disrupts my sleep.  It also makes me kick uncontrollable when I am still.

Annoying.

I’ve been taking Ropinirole HCL 2mg tablets for years, but the last time I was at the sleep doctor they had me try Neupro which is the same medication in a patch.  I tried the 2 mg dosage, but I felt sleepier during the day.

I had them write a script for 1mg and have been on it for a few days and find that I don’t seem to kick with it but still get good quality sleep. 

Win-Win!

This weekend was a rough weekend for Dulce and has me questioning her role as an agility dog.

First, she did well – stayed in the ring and got a 3^rd place on Saturday – that was an issue before, BUT Sunday she was exhausted.

We were at a new place and it was fairly well spread out. I had a good parking place that stayed in the shade most of the day but it was on the opposite end of the arena from the rest room. It was also on the opposite end from the standard ring.

When we got home on Saturday she was limping and curled up on a corner of the sofa snoozing. Rich said he’d never seen her that tired.

However, I am also worn out, so I didn’t need to do as much walking as I did either, so I probably need to how much I was doing too.

She came in useful – I ended up going low twice on Sunday – not emergency low, just needed to eat when I usually don’t eat when I’m competing.

I got a sinus infection – and didn’t go to the doctor because

• I thought it was a bad cold
• My old doctor sucked so bad

New doctor is terrific but it took two weeks, antibiotics, Singular, Nasonex and two visits to clear it up.  I need to remember that!

I also gained weight because I had to do a lot of fluids to keep congestion flowing and to feel better.  Plus my activity level was way down.  However, I’m steadily losing that weight.  Agility trial helped that a lot too.  Lots of steps this weekend!

Just about a month to go in the school year.

One of the things that I have been having trouble with is abdomen sites. My tummy desperate needs a rest between the lap band scars, and some allergy issues I’m dealing with. I’m also having trouble with pushing insulin through that little hole an extra day.

So like others in the DOC, I’ve decided to try leg sites. The first few were a complete disaster, and they came off right away. With all the insurance issues, I didn’t want to fight getting more insertion sets, so I went back to the abdomen.

Well, tried the legs again today, and it went pretty well. The first one slid off in the sweat from running dog agility last night (and soak in the hot tub after).

I’m also thinking just because the reservoir holds four days’ worth of insulin, you might not really want to push that much through a set. Still experimenting. Also still afraid to push BCBS shield any.

Got my bill from Medtronics today, which reflected the payment by BCBS and the amount they gave me for my old pump. Had the bank send them a check today, so we should be all done.

<sigh>

Let’s see, I got my pump in November, right before Thanksgiving? Monday before. Sure took a long time to resolve this. Wonder how the warranty thing is going to play out.

This sinus infection really fooled me, because my blood sugar stayed constant.  I kept thinking this was a cold.  I waited a week to see the doctor, and she prescribed antibiotics but I was still not seeing any relief in the congestion and coughing, so she added Nasonex and Singular.  That did the trick, because I am finally sleeping all night and can breathe most of the time.  Still have a bit of a sore throat, but I get that a lot due to the lap band.

Weight has stayed constant.

So far this has been the best spring blood sugar wise, and Dulce has been helping with that.  Hoping to start adding weights to my workouts soon.  Depends on if I can work out after school. 

Have the AP Exam on Tuesday, and then we have finals, the last week of May.  Most of our students will be gone on May 30.  After that, we have to keep all our unsuccessful students.  We’ve never done that before.