Living with Diabetes

Category: Current Status

  • Doctor’s Visit

    Saw my endo in the morning. A1C was 6.6 Primary care physician didn’t seem to understand why Endo is doing the bloodwork he did (mostly kidney/liver function).

    I am still congested, but not as bad and no infection, but I’m going to be competing in a horse barn this weekend — very large barn, but it’s still a barn. Endo sent me home with Nasanx. Primary care sent me home with Nasanx and Singular. I need to find out if Singular is compatible with diabetes.

    Also ran dog by the vet to check out her allergies. Would be a shame if I feel better and she feels worse. She’s on a different anti-hystimine.

    Also discussed knee with both doctors. Endo gave me the suggestion of cartridge injection, and I’m going to look into it. If I could have a year or so without pain, sleep would be better, and probably exercise too.

    A1c was 6.6. Not a bad one, but it’s been better. Everything else is stable.

    And the bad news? Neither had flu vaccine. Primary care was supposed to get in some today but it had not arrived, so I’m trolling for flu vaccine.

  • Whew! Made it!

    Got through 4 late nights in a row — though one night WAS for me and WAS fun.

    Even got all my workouts in.

    Tomorrow is Endo day and Primary care doc day.

  • I think it’s allergies…

    I have felt like doggy doo-doo and been severly congested since Saturday night.  I’m pretty sure it’s fall inhalant allergy since Marcie feels just as bad, and we were both at an agility trial that might as well have been outside.

    It was so bad I skipped out JWW runs and those are the legs I really want.  Oh, and Marcie and I did qualify Saturday morning in Standard.

    Here’s one way that food gets affected — every evening when the congestion, drainage, etc. is the worse, I crave orange juice and chicken soup.  To be specific, for years I’ve treated severe congestion with the local fast food Chinese place’s won ton and egg drop soup.  I have NO idea how to properly dose, especially since the side effect of allergy problems is a rise in blood sugar.

    I wasn’t too far off, but I’m glad we did the blood draw for the A1c on Thursday.

  • Probably for the non-pumper

    Amy’s got a book coming out.

    Diabetes Mine: Our New Book, Unveiled

    So you know I’ve been working on a “mystery book” for a while. Well, it’s time for the wrapper to come off! Even though the cover design isn’t finished yet; this one’s just a temporary placeholder.

  • Week from He** – Day 2

    I got the hardest day done. Actually yesterday was hardest in my opinion. No dog agility for one.

    Today I hosted for a group of about 9 webmastering teachers. I provided food and the entertainment. Came home and managed to get my workout in.

    I should be able to get through the week now. Tomorrow is puppy agility, and I’m leaving straight from school tomorrow, so I have relaxation time. I don’t have an official cardio workout until Friday.

  • Finished Week 6

    I managed to get in all my workouts last week. It did help that I played hookie on Thursday. I’m worried about week 7. I have three teacher workshops to do next week, plus dog class. At least we are out on Friday.

    Also, I finally increase my cardio workout to 20 minutes. I’m still nursing a bad knee, and the other one is acting up too.

  • Medco frustrations again

    Have I mentioned lately how much Medco makes me crazy? Here’s the latest.

    Zyrtec. Along with diabetes and gastric reflux, I’m allergic to dust and also have the typical Texas seasonal allergies. Remember I teach high school. I dropped a dime yesterday morning and discovered 1/4″ layer of dust under my desk. Wonder when they last swept there?

    So Zyrtec comes up as due to reorder, I reorder, and it sits there not being shipped. I finally get a message saying it needs to be authorized by my doctor, and that they aren’t shipping. Then two days later it pops up again, saying it’s due to reorder. I reorder — after I’ve had a conversation with a pharmacist to see if I should try an over the counter. And guess what — it’s on its way.

  • Exercise – Finishing Week 5

    I’ve done two more cardio sessions than was scheduled. Managed to get every days workout in, even though it was a long tough week.

  • My career as a conformation handler

    I wrote about my first day — and how I had problems with my pump and high blood sugar due to the newest.

    The second day went much better, though I didn’t sleep very well. Even forgot to check my morning blood sugar, but I was normal after the class. I ended up not showing in Rally because Marcie just didn’t have it together.

    I’ve since made a decision. I don’t want to spend my weekends getting dressed up, shaving my dog’s face, and cutting off her hair along her neck and legs. If she was a super beagle, and it wouldn’t take long to finish her, I’d do it. So I have an appointment with the local spay/neuter clinic on Friday.

    I’m going to take more time getting Marcie ready for Rally — maybe next spring.

    In the meantime, I’m going to concentrate on my sport. Agility. Where it really doesn’t matter if I fall on my face.

    And maybe someday, I’ll try it again, but not now and not with this dog.

  • Exercise – Starting Week 5

    Even though I walked the dog show several times, I came home and got my exercise session, both strength and cardio done.

    I tweaked this week and the program for the future to work better with my schedule.