Category: Current Status

Sorry, didn’t mean to do that, but I have my comments working again.

Over the last couple of days, some interesting comments have been made.

After I discussed my GERD with my Primary Care Physician, he said — have you thought about going to Medical School. When I said it would take too long, he said, it would only be 4 more years. I kinda of like my life style now. I would be more interested in nursing school than med school (and becoming a CDE).

I was telling my ESL department chair about trying to explain my behavior when I crashed on Tuesday, and she said “I didn’t know that you were that bad”.

One person said “you are a real trooper”, but that was relative to my teaching schedule … I think.

I talked with my mom about the last two comments, and we came to the conclusion that a) I’m really lucky to still be alive afte the car accident that started all this crap (a long story I think I posted once, maybe other day).

b) I’m a heck of a lot better off than my father was at the same age.

I have just acknowledged though, that if you lose weight while you are a diabetic, someday you are going to get low, and I need to stop stressing over it, and let the lows happen. I’ve been running a tad higher than I should blood sugar wise and not using the temporary basal enough.

FDA reviewer battles the drug his boss approved

This guy is just goofy — apparently he thinks that the average diabetic is stupid and is not capable of dealing with their own care.

Frankly, I just had the one crash yesterday and certainly felt it coming.

Major confusion — if the doctor’s office confirms a different time than you have written down, don’t take their word for it, call them back and confirm. Oh well, everything got done.

Anyway, got dog to the vet and got a wart removed and her teeth cleaned. $200 later FYI: Pet insurance isn’t really a good deal, it’s better to put the money in an interest account or make a deal with your vet.

Got the car looked at — no problems.

Got to the primary care physician. Come to find out the Nexxium I was taking was expired. He gave me samples and we’re going to give them a shot. We decided to talk to a surgeon this time, not a gastro guy, to save dealing with multiple doctors. I made an appointment for the week of Thanksgiving so that I can discuss the issue with the surgeon. That should give me enough time to decide if medication is helping.

Saw CDE. She doesn’t know what is up with the blood sugars yesterday, told me to keep an eye on things and get back with them if I see more weirdness. Weight is down by 2 pounds according to her scales. I need to be more proactive with temporary basals to fix temporary problems.

Major confusion — if the doctor’s office confirms a different time than you have written down, don’t take their word for it, call them back and confirm. Oh well, everything got done.

Anyway, got dog to the vet and got a wart removed and her teeth cleaned. $200 later FYI: Pet insurance isn’t really a good deal, it’s better to put the money in an interest account or make a deal with your vet.

Got the car looked at — no problems.

Got to the primary care physician. Come to find out the Nexxium I was taking was expired. He gave me samples and we’re going to give them a shot. We decided to talk to a surgeon this time, not a gastro guy, to save dealing with multiple doctors. I made an appointment for the week of Thanksgiving so that I can discuss the issue with the surgeon. That should give me enough time to decide if medication is helping.

Saw CDE. She doesn’t know what is up with the blood sugars yesterday, told me to keep an eye on things and get back with them if I see more weirdness. Weight is down by 2 pounds according to her scales. I need to be more proactive with temporary basals to fix temporary problems.

Diabetes.Blog.Com :: My Diabetes

I get asked about oral medications on a regular basis too and frankly I did try one (Metformum both with and without insulin), and just wasn’t happy on it.

And he actually knows what he is talking about!

Diabetes.Blog.Com :: My Diabetes

I get asked about oral medications on a regular basis too and frankly I did try one (Metformum both with and without insulin), and just wasn’t happy on it.

And he actually knows what he is talking about!

Well, so far, I can’t get the MacMini to work with the monitor i have downstairs. I will give that it is a very old monitor. I’ll have to figure out how to get them to work together.

The other thing that gets me about the Mac is “drag and drop”. I am VERY used to doing drags and drops of text on the PC, and I can’t figure out how to do that on a Mac.

Also, is there a USB wireless 902.11g device that I can use with the MacMini?

Input IS welcome.

I still woke up last night with a GERD attack but was able to go back to sleep rather quickly. I did take two doses of Protonix and have been for several days, but haven’t noticed much difference in severity. I also took a Zatac before I went to bed.

I had some old Nexxium, so I’m switching over to that for the next few days and that should give me more data to give to the doctor.

I broke down and bought an old Mac Mini from Best Buy today. Snagged it for $399, so I think I got a good deal.

No problem using it. It plugged right into my network and keyboard switch. Working on seeing what else I can do with it.

It may end up living downstairs is my workout room, the computer that was down there finally died, and I do use that computer every day. Right now I’ve got an old notebook set up. Basically just need to get to iShape, retrieve workout information and update it. Sometimes need to get to the Diet Gourmet site.