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The workshop I am in, ends tomorrow.  Another workshop that I’ve signed up for starts tomorrow evening.

I’m trying to decide if I want to go home or stay.

The other workshop cost only $25.00 and includes everything for the three days.  So if I leave I don’t lose anything. In fact, I could leave at any point.

I miss my dogs and I miss my house.  It would be nice to be home to do dog agility on Monday.  However, Elizabeth might be able to work one or more dogs in next week.

I’ve done 2 1/2 days of web mastering staff development.  The AP Workshop gives me 5 1/2 days of computer science workshop.  I’m doing an online workshop that should also give me credit.  I’m supposed to do 3 days of staff development in my content area this year.  If anyone thinks I haven’t done enough staff development, and wants me to do more, I’ll find ways to be very evil to them.

I have my room until Monday noon.  It doesn’t cost any more or less to leave earlier.

There are some really good things in the next workshop.  I’d like to see it.

Can’t decide.  In a way, it’s easier to stay.  But I really want to go home and have a normal life again.

I almost forgot — the person who ruined summer in June will be at the workshop, most probably.

The sensor I have in right now is my favorite.  Last sensor was good but would go off and drift, especially high.  I did find calibrating would stop the drift.

This sensor has not drifted, and when I’ve checked, it’s been within 10% of the One Touch.  I still wouldn’t dose off the sensor, but maybe sometime day, and maybe with Dexcom7. 

Right now I have one sensor left and I’m praying that it lasts until at least Friday.  I think I put it in on Monday — remember, I only think today is Wednesday, I’m not sure.

The problem with the food here at CMU is the amount and the cost.  For example, I paid $8.00 for a baked Ziti, coke and a salad.  I kind of have it ingrained that I need/want to eat more than one things, and one of them should be some kind of salad.  I would have been happy with half of the Ziti, all was a bit too much, but there wasn’t any thing to do with the half.

Yesterday’s lunch was better, half a sandwich for $4.50.  It was a big half of a sandwich and was good.

We have a cafeteria in our dorm.  It’s $6.00 for breakfast, $8.00 for dinner and all you can eat.  I don’t want to eat all you can eat.  I want to pay $3.00 for a couple of orders of scrambled eggs and an order for bacon like I do ate home at Grandy’s.

I have food in my dorm room, but I have to walk there to get there.  I should run by the grocery store and get sandwich bags and why did I take them out of the truck?  Oh I usually use them for dog stuff and this wasn’t a dog trip.

Can you tell I’m a bit bored.

Here’s more already — The fun part is that they used the Glucowatch (Biographer by Animas) versus the Minimed.  I assuming they were using Dexcom.  Guess what, I think that the Dexcom is more accurate.  PLUS, who wants to use the Biographer!  I hope they paid them well. 

A comparison of 2 minimally invasive continuous blood glucose monitoring (CBGM) devices indicates that neither machine is significantly better than either controls or the other device in helping to achieve long-term glucose control in insulin-treated patients with diabetes mellitus.

Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring Shows No Effect on Glucose Control

This doesn’t look good for insurance coverage.  I do however, think it might help.  More later. 

A comparison of 2 minimally invasive continuous blood glucose monitoring (CBGM) devices indicates that neither machine is significantly better than either controls or the other device in helping to achieve long-term glucose control in insulin-treated patients with diabetes mellitus.

Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring Shows No Effect on Glucose Control

Great article on Verplank, but I sure wish they would have emphasized wining the Byron Nelson more.  That’s is definitely the highlight of his career. 

Verplank doesn’t consider himself a role model. He categorizes himself as just a regular guy. Everybody faces obstacles, and he’s merely managing the challenges of everyday life just like everybody else.

DREW SHARP: Golfer Verplank an inspiration to fellow diabetics

So today I have experienced some coolness between the workshop I’m in, the pizza they fed us, and the Dexcom.

As most diabetics know, pizza is hard.  Sitting still all day is also hard when it come to diabetes.

We were fed Papa John’s pizza today.  I was good, I had two pieces of “The Works”.  I looked up the carb count and got 38 (I think).  Did a Symlin shot, and did an extended bolus — 50% now and 50% over 4 hours.  I’ve never gotten this thing right.

Here’s the cool part, Dexcom so far is showing a nice steady rise peaking about an hour ago, and now showing a nice steady fall.

Onetouch is matching Dexcom within 20%.

IS THAT COOL OR WHAT?

And I haven’t fallen asleep yet, even on about 3 hours of sleep!

I got to Pittsburgh, though a weird thing happened on the way, I was sitting in the truck trying to change my set and insulin out as I was running out of insulin and the set was itching.  I swear to god, I filled a reservoir and put it where I could find it — got distracted by something else and cannot find it.  Seriously, there is a black hole in my car.  Still haven’t found it, and it is dead, I’m sure because it was sunny and in the low 90s here.

I have everything else, enough sensor, enough test strips, enough insulin, sets, reservoirs, etc for two of me. 

I’m really glad I drove.  Didn’t need the two pillows but having decent towels and my comforter are nice and also have a choice of clothing, though will have to do laundry by Wednesday.

Didn’t sleep well last night, took forever to get to sleep, and woke up early.  I finally got up at 5:00 am and got the last couple of things out of the truck (wonder how many times I’ll think that?).

I also have some food.  By the way, does anyone reading this think $8.00 for breakfast is reasonable?  Yeah, it’s all you can eat, but a) who wants to, and b) who eats $8.00 of breakfast.  Especially a college dorm.  Maybe once, I’ll try it.

I did find a good new breakfast food — Panera Bread souffle — it was very kind to my blood sugar and was only 36 carbs.

Website blogging about Dexcom 7 

A couple people have asked if I am blogging about my new Dexcom 7 continuous glucose monitor system (CGMS).

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