Category: Current Status

My blood sugars have been screwed up for the past two weeks. About the time I started the Inset II trials so I was putting part of the blame on the short cannula. I might have been wrong on that.

Last night, I just finally got fed up with having too high blood sugars all the time, downloaded my pump data, and then set down and added .1 to each of my basal values. It seems to have done the trick even though I don’t have carb counts on my Diet Gourmet meals, my blood sugar has gone to MY normal.

Of course, this means checking more often.

And I’m still on the Inset II.

124 blood sugar today.

Looks like we’re getting there!

She saw the “good” doctor today, the one smart enough to do a blood sugar test. They wrote her scripts for test strips and lancelets and wrote them the way I wanted — test 4 times a day — rather than only 1.

They got her hooked up with a diabetes educator. Sometime next week. I don’t feel confident to help much with nutrition — I do fine with my own, but I don’t trust myself on hers, especially since I’m not there.

She brought in her blood sugar readings and her medications on separate index cards. They were VERY impressed, not just that she brought them in, but that she has been steadily lowering her blood sugar even with the small dose of amalyn that she is on.

So I think I’ve done a pretty good job as a long distance DE, but it will be nice to get her with a real one.

I need to start thinking about summer soon — especially after this break and knowing that A1C sucks right now. My 14 day average sucks too.

However, my blood sugar went down substantially this afternoon. And I think it would have gone down sooner if I hadn’t had to come home and deal with plumbing. We’re not sure what is going on, but we’ve had a water leak problem in the kitchen ceiling before. Plumber says there is no leak, and I’m inclined to believe him.

But back to the break thing. I know I will definitely teach summer school if it is at my school. We do rotate that “duty” out though, and I’m not sure if I want to do it if it is at one of the other schools in the area.

Weighting for it, is my health. My blood sugar levels stay better if I keep a regular schedule. So I definitely have to see. There would also be the possibility of finding some other type of summer gig — wonder if my endo would hire a temporary DE? Probably not a real good idea, but I have a bit more confidence in that. Except for the nutrition thing — I’ve got mine down pretty good, but I’m not sure if I can help someone else. I’ve been keeping some hands off when it comes to my mom– but have recommended that she stay away from juices and fruit — too fast for right now.

Her blood sugar is in the 150’s now, which is only slightly hirer than mine has been.

Diabetes – New dHealth Monitoring Tool

So far, I’m not impressed. My first item of dismay, is that if I want to track exercise, I have to do the “step” thing. I don’t like pedometers, I don’t like the step thing. I like my treadmill and want to enter the mileage from that.

Also, from what I can see, the blood glucose readings are all manual. Of course, it supports all blood sugar monitors, it doesn’t read them.

I also don’t see where I can do anything with my pump, not even put in TDD.

Interesting, and I think it would well for my mother. Not fore me though, so far, looking at it.

I am ready to get started with the rest of the school. I have had a little too much break.
Actually it’s the longest and quietest break I have had in about a year since I did summer school and district finals. plus before this year I was working on my master’s and had assignments to do.
I haven’t done as much advanced planning as I would like and I wanted to try some programming stuff but I can do all that any time.
Hope everyone reading this blog has a good year. Notice no resolutions! I don’t get waiting for a particular time to make positive changes.

Another week of exercise logged. It will get tougher, as I’ve got some new projects starting soon, but I think I can still get it done.

I’ve scheduled around the other activities, so that should help.

Another mom update. She still hasn’t heard back from her doctors but she sees doctor that discovered the elevated blood sugar next week.

I told her to ask for a script for 90 days — testing 4 times a day. It takes a couple of weeks to process so she’ll have a good cushion when she gets that. I explained then she can test her blood sugar after meals so she’ll know what is going on.

Her blood sugar was at 16* — don’t remember the last digit, but it is going down, so meds and diet are working.

My insurance company has a chronic disease management program they call Lifemasters. I’ve had two phone consultations with them so far.

So far, they seem good. Right now we seem to be in the set up mode. She verified my medications, I gave her some lab work they wanted last time, and she suggested that they send me a blood pressure monitor but will arrange for that in a few visits.

It also sounds like they might be doing some online stuff.

So far, it seems good.

Her A1c is 11.4 so she’s been in trouble for a little while. She’s waiting to hear from her doctor’s office on getting a quicker appointment and is going to talk to them about diabetes education and maybe even seeing an endocrinologist.