Category: Current Status

I actually ran Marcie fast enough to keep her entertained tonight and moving with me on two courses. It was a fun match, not a real trial.
AND the major breakthrough! After running 3 courses, I was able to run the JWW course TWICE in the 90 minutes we had in the ring.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous tonight. A thunderstorm had gone through and dropped the temperature down to probably the high 80’s. VERY cool for Dallas. It was overcast but a tad humid.

There is a teacher workshop in Arkansas that is a really good deal however, it’s scheduled the Friday and Saturday before we report.
So I’m going to fly Southwest, let them pick me up, and come back the next day.
It will be interesting to see how it goes. I’m going to put all meds, CPA machine, and pump supplies in a carry on. I need to make sure I meet TSA requirements to take the sharps (needles, lancets and insertation sets).

I’m starting to feel like I’ve had a productive summer.
I’ve gotten a good habit of working out every day, thanks to the help from iShape. I’ve even lost some weight, but man is it hard.
I’ve got a good handle on my blood sugar. It’s a lot more stable than it was last summer without that pump, that’s for sure.
I have all the work turned in for my master’s level class — we have a test this week and it will be done.
I’m still waiting to hear from the district on our district final, but I think that will be ready sometime next week and we should be able to sign off on it. Both looked good then.
I’ve gotten all the district required staff development done that I can, and even have the paperwork turned in on the AP workshop (did that this week). I still have 2 weeks of an online class to do on one, but I think I”m going to get the majority of that done by the end of the weekend. I have to do a lesson plan and turn it in for that.
I’ve gotten my websites all moved to the same server (with the same IP address). I even have most of my classroom website up, and I’ve started working on my lesson plans and other assignments.
I’ve got two full weeks before school starts. Maybe I’ll get to do some playing.

It’s really strange….
When I decreased my basal by .05 units for 4 hours — from 8:00 pm to midnight — I saw my overall blood sugar increase slowly. It came to a “head” on Thursday, when I had a teacher workshop to sit in all day, so I put the basal rate back.
But I was still seeing the low postprandial blood sugars after meals. I plug the last 2 week and last 1 week TDD in a spreadsheet and watch it carefully, and today, I hit a carb ratio of 12 according to the Rule of 500. So, after a couple of days of stable blood sugars I decided to drop the bolus rate from 1:11 to 1:12.
So apparently, my bolus rate is decreasing with increased exercise and decreased weight, but it isn’t affecting the basal rate much. And that does mean that my TDD is also decreasing.

The other guys were okay, but face it, when you have gotten used to a system, it’s hard to be comfortable with a new one.

Here’s the deal.

I used to run a mailing list at http://www.click-l.com Well, with the number of spammers running around, you get labeled one, or at least treated like when when you run a mailing list. Sad but true. Anyway, one of the ways the server farms have been trying to combat the spammers, is they are limiting the number of emails that go out during a specific time period.

I was not told what was going on, just all of a sudden most of the mail was being returned and I had to deal with it.

I tried the new guys and they had to pull the same thing.

Oh, I should give credit where credit IS due. The server I use is at http://www.techark.com and Monte does a super job. Very little wait time on any requests, and he usually gets it on the first try, especially when answering questions.

The other guys, are http://www.webhostfreaks.com — they have a potential of being a great service, but don’t have 24/7 service yet, which is a problem. They also have a site at http://www.phpfreaks.com which is super if you want to learn php.

Long story but I’m moving the weblog back to my original server… Expect some service interruption.

I changed my basal’s anyway. I went through a basal test, realized my activity level was WAY down watching the clock, and even had a few minor spikes. I find doing basal tests very stressful, which probably invalidates them.

So I have dropped my basal from 8:00 – 12:00 by .05 unit ANYWAY and have seen some improvement in my morning fasting level. That means I’ve reduced my basal by only .20 units anyway… My philosophy is very slow and cautious changes.

I’ve also set up a second exercise basal rate.

So now I have 3 basals. One for not exercising in the morning. One for exercising at 6:00-7:00 and one for exercising for 8:00 – 9:00. That’s working out a WHOLE lot better.

I’ve lost 20 pounds now, with the help of iShape. It’s a really neat program, and I’ve been very happy with it. I can change my membership on the 16th, and I’m going to go with a full year.

I woke up this morning at 101. It’s just TOO close to 100 to make me happy. Plus I had to treat a low last evening with candy before I went to bed …

SO,

I’ve added a new basal time period (I tried this before the 1 week work shop and ended up going back to the old basal rate) from 8:00 pm to 12:00 midnight, and I have backed down the basal from 1.00 to 0.05. That means I’ll be decreasing my TDD by a whole .20 unit

I’m going to give it a few days, see how it goes and then try to do a basal test.

I just don’t want to risk waking up TOO low in the morning.

It’s working VERY well. My blood sugar was around 112 this morning –a tad high, but I went to bed with it at 220, and didn’t want to correct and risk a low. (I’ve only fixed the night basal).

I’m probably going to end up backing down on the daytime insulin too. I’m still a bit low in the late afternoon and in the evening.
I’ve done a lot of “cushioning with my boluses”. I had a salad and only did enough insulin for the dressing in the afternoon, and didn’t bolus at all for a salad I ate before agility class.

I also probably need to start using my temp basal with agility class. I’m on my feet most of Maggie’s class, and moving a lot, since we’re starting to run small courses.

Marcie’s class usually isn’t a problem, because we run longer courses, with more recovery time.