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  • Lost my pump

    Not really, but it was weird. I guess I had not put my pump back in my bra right after dinner. Had a dinner meeting with some other teachers. On my way out of the building, plop, my pump fell on the floor, tubing, site and all…. Oh well, I was almost out of insulin, there were several large bubbles in the reservoir and so I’m not too upset. I did wait until I got home and after I’d done my workout before I fixed things.

    Unfortunately I’ve gotten a bit casual about things like that, and I need to tighten up on my control.

    However, my blood sugars have been good most of the time.

  • Good agility day!

    Marcie and I had several good runs this weekend. She took a 2nd place this morning in Standard, and was 1 second from Qing in JWW. We were clean in JWW Friday — I had to work Friday — and had a few minor mistakes in Standard that day.

    Maggie is improving — she actually did weaves without trashtalking (that’s what one of my friends calls her bellowing).

    The point — I’m physically doing better just not as well as I was last year at this time.

  • Marcie update

    Marcie had two decent runs yesterday. Not great runs, mom was too stiff from the cold and too tentative during the first run, I was really afraid something would happen. Like another seizure.

    Her blood work came back “beautiful” and “negative” which is frustrating.

  • Not having fun today

    One of the reasons I went into teaching instead of actually working as a computer scientist was so I could have a life.
    Well today I have to give up my favorite activity to teach someone else students. Worse yet, I have to do it during the wrong part of the year. The test we are teaching to is in May.
    No kid in their right mind cares now.
    So my bloodsugar is not doing good things right now!

  • DiabetesOC Web Blog Awards

    Just got an email from Allison, I’ve been nominated as one of *Best Adult with Type 2 Blog*. Vote at http://diabetesoc.blogspot.com/

  • Exercise

    I’ve been staying at the same level for quite some time, but was hoping that iShape would step it up automatically. It hasn’t.

    So I finally went and told it I wanted a higher level. Argh! It took me from 15-20 minutes a day, to 55 minutes, and there was no way, but I finally figured out how to tweak it to give me 25-35 minutes a day.

    I still wasn’t sure about that.

    But I managed to get in all my 35 minutes work outs and have a day to spare. Did that on purpose. I’m playing hooky from school today to do an agility trial, then I have to work at another school tomorrow — which I hate, and then agility trial on Sunday.

    I’m also hoping to get my Christmas pictures made tomorrow, but have two more weekend afternoons if that doesn’t happen.

  • Back on anti-inflammatories

    I wrote a nice email to my endo explaining that I had been off the anti-inflammatory for 2 weeks and for 2 weeks I felt like I’d been hit by a truck the day before. Stiff and sore, hard to get up out of bed, etc.

    I wanted to have a good agility trial this weekend, so I started back on them and back on the allergy medication (Nasonex), in case the pollen is bad, but it should have all frozen.

    It’s not the knee that needs it, it’s the whole body.

    To me, quality of life is more important, plus I’m more active on the anti-inflammatory, so it’s easier to control the blood sugar.

    I will try getting off periodically, but for now, I need them.

  • Insurance time again

    I know that most people have insurance electives to deal with this time of year. We do our in May for August. (Remember, I’m a school teacher).

    One of the best things you can do if you have a chronic illness, is to set up a Flexible Spending Account, if you can. Everything you spend out of it comes from pre-Tax dollars.

    Our plan gives us a credit card. About once a year I have to send in a bunch of receipts, but that’s the whole extent of the paper work.

    It is definitely worth it.

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    We’ve had a good year here, even with some recent frustrations.

    My husband is in good health, has a good he enjoys.

    I of course, have a job I really enjoy and have students who make my days worthwhile.

    We have the beagle girls, even the puppy, who can be frustrating.

    We had a nice quiet day, went to Steak and Ale. Hope everyone else had a good Thanksgiving.

  • Marcie

    Had to call the vets to check on blood work — everything they have gotten back looks good. We’re still waiting on titers, and they might not be here until next week.

    I really dislike having to call, when they said they would call.