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Looks like all the parameters are good — I'll know more next Monday when I see the doctor.

The especially good thing is the A1C, which is gone down.  It was 8.1

I have lost over thirty five pounds now and inching towards 40.

This morning I adjusted my correction rate as it wasn’t close to the rate shown on my spreadsheet and I don’t want to eat more food than i want to.

Also this morning my postpranial was in the 130’s so i tweaked my morning and noon bolus rates. i usually dont eat enough carbs to bolus at lunch but you never know.

Good signs. The key to losing weight while on insulin is to keep the dose as low as possible but keep blood sugar low enough you don’t have carb cravings. Also don’t want to eat extra food as that slow weight loss.

Yes, I'm losing weight.  It's nice.  Plus my insulin usage is good.

Woke up 1 pound lighter.  Am still afraid that I'll gain some weight from yesterday's insulin use — exactly 76 units.  I hate workshops.  That was 10 units above my average.

I'm working with a basal that was reduced 10% from the basal I was using here at school "last year". 

I was real pleased to see a blood sugar reading of 142 after my morning correction and bolus for breakfast.

#bs is at 245 after morning correction from 159 and a bolus for my morning mocha (something i do on a regular basis) so i suspect this basal rate is too low.

Right now i am doing a catch up basal of +50%

the bad part is that i dont use this basal very often but is based on my working basal

I have refused to fly since becoming an insulin users. It takes me three months to use up a bottle

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Seriously. I am getting SO pissed off over all the indigent diabetes who are upset about the TSA rules.

I've had to deal with TSA rules for several years and have to deal with a full pat down and full swabbing of all of my belongings since the "shoe bomber".

Know you have to deal with it, be prepared and finally GET OVER YOURSELF.

 
This is a much quieter and lady like color.  I like to set a good example.

So here’s todays’ graph. Those numbers I saw last week were disturbing and alarming, but I think the current numbers are good.

Either way, I need to keep a watch on the numbers as I haven’t used this basal rate before.

He was a really good friend of mine and a very special person. i spent about siz months in the front seat of his police car with Aysha in the back seat. we didnt find a lot of dope but i learned a lot.

he went on to irving pd and on christmas eve in 2000 he was killed by a group of people who escaped from prison together. one suicided when they were finally caught, one has been put to death, and the other 5 are on death row.

i have been thinking about him a lot since ft hood. in an odd way ft. hood has put aubrey’s death into perspective for me.

like the ft hood soldiers – aubrey didnt have a chance – he rolled up on oshmonds just as the bad guys were coming out the door. just a victim of bad timing.

i have also felt bad since the bad guys were living only blocks from my house before the incident shopping in my stores.

i havent been able to go to church since then even though i go days even weeks without thinking about it.

funny how things can get brought into perspective.

I've added a new column, and it is getting really interesting. Stuck to my guns on the basal rates, and the blood sugar stays pretty stable as long as I bolus appropriately. I've had a few evenings where I let it get away from me, but got it fixed by morning.