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My content is being stolen again <sigh>.

If you are reading this anywhere but with the domain name http://www.kweaver.org then you are reading stolen content.  Funny thing is, I happen to be female, not male!  At least I’m being referred to as male at http://my-diabetes-blog.com/

If you do find me elsewhere, drop me an email at kathleen at gmail.com and let me know — like I said, I know about http://my-diabetes-blog.com/

FYI:  My 6 year blog anniversary is coming up soon.  So I guess I should take content theft as flattering.

2007 was an iffy year for me when it came to diabetes.  First, my blood sugar and other health problems have been more difficult to deal with.  My A1C has been higher this year, dog agility has been harder (my ruler for fitness), and over all just haven’t been doing well.

However, I’ve also taken advantage of some new advances — the Dexcom CGMS, though I am not sure that it me manage diabetes that much, and Fit4D.   They’ve really helped me figure out what I need to do to improve diabetes management, but short term, it often doesn’t seem worth the effort. 

As for 2008, I’m going to focus on trying to improve all of the above.  My highest priority right now is to work on sleeping better so I’m not tired all the time – that still has been a problem.

For every one reading — have a Happy 2008, and let’s hope it is better for all of us.

Argh!  I just checked — and the Protonix order is on hold — they need to hear from the doctor. Of course, it was too late to deal with it today — doctor’s office was already closed, so I’ll check on it on Wednesday and I am definately going to have to get a short term supply, hopefully via samples.

As seen in this patient insert at http://www.symlin.com/PDF/HCP/SYMLIN-pi-combined.pdf — we’re making progress. It indicates that a Symlin pen injector is available.  However, I called to ask another question today, and the respresentative on the phone indicated that they were not shipping yet, but that I should contact my pharmacy. They are hoping for mid January.  I think I’ll last that long.

I got myself a Christmas present, but it’s been a lot of work even getting ready. On the heavy urging of one of my co-workers, I’ve hired "The Maids" to come in and clean house.  I’ve been spending the week decluttering ever since.  8 trash bags later…

They arrived at 9:10, and they came with a crew of 4 (as advertised).  They have a crew chief, who wears a white shirt, and the rest are in yellow, and they arrived in a yellow PT Cruiser.  Cute car, but not a lot of room in them — okay, I couldn’t fit my three dogs in cages in one.

Dogs of course are upset because they are caged, but much easier than trying to keep track of them.  Seems everytime someone comes and works, one escapes.

Their manager showed up about 9:30.  She seems very good too.

When I worked a "real" job, with a "real" salary, I did have a maid come in every week.  It was very nice.  What I would really like right now, would be to find someone local, who would come in work for an hour in the middle of the day and let the dogs out.  I doubt with gas prices the way they are, I could find anyone willing to do that.  And sorry, other teachers who might be offended, but 16 years ago, I left a $45,000 a year job, to teach at $22,000. 

I am going to see about having them come back next Friday and then make a decision on that point as to whether I want to continue.

Right now, we’re over an hour into cleaning, and the kitchen is looking good, and so is the master suite.  However, not much else is done.

The Protonix is still scheduled for shipping on January 3 — the best news is that it is listed as 180 tablets at 40 mg.  So now I just watch and wait.

The endo’s office is closed and doctor is out until the 8th.  I’ve been told to call next week and see if they have samples.  I’ll do the same with the gastro’s office next week too.  The good news is that I’m off next week so I can run errands like that.

Nice idea BUT too much information at once.  We still need individual cards, citing individual abuses.  I will buy a few though.

Diabetes Mine: OMG, The Card We Need!

Naturally, there was just a bit too much good advice to fit on a standard wallet-sized business card, so they made it accordion-style:

There is a script in the Medco system, dated today, listed by my doctor, and says will ship on January 3.  I should be fine if the date is correct.   I have 1 1/2 weeks of medication.  The good news, is that the doctor is very good at the Medco jumping through hoop progress. 

I’ve got an email out to the endo about samples, my primary care physician’s office said they didn’t have any and I’ll try Bellachandra’s office tomorrow.

Odd to have to be on pins and needles over reflux medication — but Medco puts me through this periodically.

Quoted from http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/12/26/so-how-much-generic-protonix-is-out-there/:

Health Blog : How Much Generic Protonix is Out There?

Teva’s aggressive launch of a generic competitor to Wyeth’s reflux blockbuster Protonix is on temporary hiatus as the two companies try to work out a deal.

I think they call today Boxing Day.

Several times I thought about posting — but I’ll be honest, I was pretending not to be a diabetic yesterday.  Not real hard — but skipped some boluses and ate some things without counting calories.

Blood sugar was 130 this morning, and I went no carb for breakfast, so I’m doing good by now.

Usually on holidays, I pretend the holiday doesn’t exist so this was a refreshing change of pace.

Hope everyone else had a quiet, enjoyable day yesterday too.