I am in Houston and not happy about. When I was growing up we moved a bunch of times. I went to three different high schools.
Now I hate change with a passion. I lived in the same house for fifteen years. I kept my second real job for over ten years and I am proud of the fact I have been at the same school for fourteen years and have spent most of that time in the same room.
Beside that I have never enyoyed Houston. Some major bad has happened ever single time. Once I had a flat tire while I was trying to get out of town before a hurricane came in. I left a few hours later than I wanted.
So I am not a happy camper. Dealing with diabetes makes it worse. I have to bring at least one extra bag of stuff and of course have the constant worry. I email my husband at every stop nd tell him where I am, just in case.
Last summer I posted abojt how a diabetic friend went lo and froze for over 5 minutes. I am terrified that I might start doing that someday and it would be even worse if it happened when I out of town. Something just too possible.
Diabetes lurks behind almost every thought.
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Happy DBlog Day
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Planning
That’s the biggest change that diabetes has made in my life. I have to plan everything and plan for everything.
BD, I would grab a dog that was scheduled for dog class, jump in the car, and get there. Now I have to make sure I have supplies available in case I lose a set, insulin goes bad, etc. I have to test my blood sugar before I get in the car, before I get on the training field and again before I drive home.
Today after school I’m going to a teacher workshop in Houston. Going involved making sure I had enough supplies and even medications just in case something happened. Hey, it is Houston, and they’ve been known to have weird things come up before without warning.
But every action these days requires infinitely more planning than ever before. I miss being spontanenous.
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Medco gets scarier
I asked for a Novolog that needed a refill. Never got done — doctor’s office didn’t have a record of the refill request but they faxed a new refill anyway … By the way, all this via email….
The Novolog is in the processed of being shipped. I think I made the original request last Monday, and told the doctor about the missing refill on this Monday.
Not too bad. Though they should have gotten the fax to the doctor in the first place, but that could be the fax machine at the doctor’s office, in fact, I need to check that number, come to think of it.
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Good service from Medco?
Man, Medco is freaking me out, I’m actually getting good service from them.
I ordered Symlin when it came due, and it was shipped correct and arrived a day early.
And I also ordered my new Depo (Yes, I’m anal, since it isn’t due for another 10 weeks or so), and it was delivered today.
WOW!
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New CPAP Mask
I got my new Fisher and Paskel 432 mask last night. I’m sold on the full face mask since I first tried one. I let air leak of out my mouth so I need a chin strap which is really a pain literally — thus I’ve got to full face mask.
And like all CPAP mask users, I’m on the search for the perfect mask. The one seems closer than I had before. At first I was disconcerted because it hissed, but I figured out quickly it was the rebreather — the silicon was stuck. Fixed that, and had no problems.
Was able to wear it through the night. The biggest test will come in 7 days — we’re seeing 50 minutes of leakage every night, and the machine only shows a 7 day average.
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Interesting Set of Photographs
A Lifetime Of Diabetes by Teresa Ollila
A Lifetime of Diabetes by Teresa Ollila
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Battle Diabetes is down
And in fact, have been for 12 hours. Hopefully they will come back up fixed with their own content.
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Battle Diabetes is down
And in fact, have been for 12 hours. Hopefully they will come back up fixed with their own content.
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Vote Today
I got up today and voted a straight Republican ticket — why?
When the Republicans run things around Dallas, things get done. Roads get built and things get better.
When the Republicans run things around Texas, money gets spent towards schools, and especially teacher salaries. When teachers make better salaries, I work with a higher class of people. Not sure what it says about me, since I came in when our pay was the lowest.
When the Republicans run the country, more people are employed. That’s good for both me and my students.
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Battle Diabetes is still stealing content
Though they have taken the posts down from their site that “tells” the story. That’s okay, I’ll just add a little anti-battle diabetes content to every post … maybe that will make them go away.