Category: Current Status

Diabetes Mine: Amylin’s Colorful CEO, and AOL’s Stake in Diabetes Blogging

The Type 1 bloggers are very upset by the Amylin’s statement that she tests her blood sugar once a day to “live the diabetes life”, and rightly so.

One thing to keep in mind, is that Byetta is potentially a bigger money maker than Symlin, and Symlin is exculsively for Type 1 at the current time. So her largest market share is Byetta.

However, they also forget that is often the Type 2 Diabetics life. When I first was diagnosed, I was given a prescription and told to test my blood sugar. I was given this schedule:

Monday: Test in the morning
Tuesday: Test before lunch
Wednesday: Test before dinner
Thursday: Test before going to bed
Friday: Test in the morning
Saturday: Test before lunch
Sunday: Test before dinner

Why? Well many insurance plans will only cover 50 strips a month for non-insulin using diabetics. Some only over 100 strips. Over a long time period, this will give the doctor a picture. Not an inaccurate picture.

I watch this sort of thing, as the target group describes one of my favorite students.

I have an non-English speaker, recent immigrant from South America, who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes when she was screened by our intake center.

Outcomes of a diabetes disease management program

Persistent change in CVD risk factors can be made through diabetes disease management; changes in glucose control, however, are more difficult to sustain in spite of continued use of medication. Further research must be undertaken to help improve glycemic outcomes over time.

Edinburgh Evening News – Opinion – Letters – Dose of reality, please in diabetes debate

The author is referring to this article

Diabetics in treatement delay row

While I have a needle phobia, that certainly isn’t what drove me to the pump. And I personally don’t think that is a valid reason for going to a pump.

However, if you are on a drug OR insulin regemim, you are required to keep to a strict schedule if you want as good as control as I am getting on the pump with my random schedule.

However, the patient really seems to be complaining that the injection regimim isn’t working, especially if he is having problems with thrist and double vision.

Of course, they don’t mention the ongoing costs, just the initial cost. You do end up using more insulin, plus the sets when you are pumpimg.

Welcome To the Diabetes Talkfest

Come by Diabetes Talkfest on January 4 (Wednesday night). I’ll be there and presenting.

Welcome To the Diabetes Talkfest

Come by Diabetes Talkfest on January 4 (Wednesday night). I’ll be there and presenting.

CBS News | The Other Woman | December 31, 2005�23:04:34

I’ve watched this episode every time it’s come on, for two reasons — it is set in Hattiesburg Mississippi, where I went to college, and because of the insulin pump angle.

First, the insulin pumpers all get upset by this one, but I think they’ve renarrated it, and it shouldn’t set them off as much.

Basically, a doctor, with Type 2 diabetes was found dead in his bed. He was wearing an insulin pump — they should a Minimed 508, but that really doesn’t matter.

Wife claims that he died in his sleep. She sets off alarms with the coroner though (he says), because she demanded the pump and the insulin vials back.

They did a toxicology and found some drugs in his system that didn’t belong there. Because of the type of drugs, one of two things happened. He put them in the pump or she did.

Either way, she was found gulity by a court of law, and lost her appeal.

The insulin pumpers have gotten upset in the past because the narrative used to say that he had diabetes so bad, he needed a pump. It didn’t say that this time. In fact, they hardly mentioned the pump — the narrative on the page listed is pretty close to the actually show.

However, it’s highly unusual for Type 2’s to have a pump. I know of a few, mostly because I’m on the list.

My acquintances that know about the pump think mine must be worse that most because I use a pump, but people who “get” me, know the truth — I’ll trust technology long before I will trust chemicals.

I live in Farmers Branch, TX. We had a wild fire on Tuesday — it wasn’t near my house, and while we’re in a very suburban area, I don’t worry about my house. Much. Especially since “we” water the park and we water our yard (both have sprinker systems).

Anyway, get this — there is going to be a “public display of fireworks” shortly after midnight tonight in Dallas. Yep!

And get this — it is for a wedding.

Here’s the deal. They have a permit, and the city burn ban allows it. They also have a professional pyrotechnics unit doing it, and fire department standing by that they are supposed to be paying for.

I’ll admit, I eloped. I eloped because I couldn’t see wasting money on one day. So I’m not ever going to get this at all, but still.

It seems to me, if you were responsible citizens, you’d call off the firework, and take any money that you save by not having it and given it to a charity that helps the wild fire victims.

But then I’m just too practical.

And now I have another reason not to live in Dallas.

Here’s the local news story:

I’m not big on looking back. But this has been a good year for me in a lot of respects.

Before this year, I was able to follow my doctor’s directions and keep my blood sugar normal for normal days. However, I wasn’t good at adjusting for abnormal days. While I don’t feel I’ve mastered it, I do have confidence to try different things, and have the knowledge to be able to adjust. That’s something I’ve just gotten good at the last few months.

While I haven’t lost any weight recently, I haven’t gained a massive amount over the holidays which is a good thing.

I’m really looking forward to getting through this school and deciding what I want to do next year. If I want to stay at my school (I’ve been here 14 years), I will probably have to teach Algebra and focus on non-English speaking kiddos.

I would like to teach a group of students who have 100% access to the internet. I’ve put the word out on that, and we’ll have to see what happens.

I definately want to stay with my district IF I keep teaching, I’ll be getting a longevity stipend starting next year.

With the master’s and the experience, I could go into a different area. However, one thing I’ve found this year, is that I like teaching better than I like teaching with computers. I just wish I could do both.