I woke up this morning, and none of the buttons on my pump were working. I’ve got them working now, but the adhesive holding the plastic button cover has come loose.
I’ll be calling at 7:00 am (8:00 am Animas time) for a new pump.
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ARGH! Pump Emergency
I woke up this morning, and none of the buttons on my pump were working. I’ve got them working now, but the adhesive holding the plastic button cover has come loose.
I’ll be calling at 7:00 am (8:00 am Animas time) for a new pump.
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Five Random Things
Random Thing #1 For 8 years, I had one of the top obedience beagles in the country, most of the time she was number 1. Her name was U-CDX Weaver’s Peppermint Patty, UD. She was a very sweet dog, and in addition to doing obedience she was a therapy dog at one of the earliest programs in the country.
Random Thing #2 I trained police K-9 dogs, mostly obedience and drug detection. I also did some weapons detection training and some work with an arson dog. I also did some bite work, often as the handler, but occasionally in the bite suit. Mostly I trained police officers on how to train their own dogs. I did all this while teaching high school kids.
I even graduated from a police academy and passed my TECLOSE test. I didn’t become a police officer, since the main purpose was to give me creditials for K9 training. Also, it would put me in a weird legal status. In Texas peace officers are required to carry guns at all times. We never checked, but we were pretty certain teachers were required NOT to carry guns.
Random Thing #3I was extremely active on Prodigy when it was around.
Random Thing #4I had the second personal internet account in the DFW area. Texas Metronet was the first place you could get an internet account on your own. Before that, you either had to be affliated with an university or a business. I wasn’t into teaching yet, so I couldn’t get one that way.
Random Thing #5I ran a FIDONet hub for many years. It was part of a Dog BBS. I also moderated an animal rights discussion board. No one could decide which side I was one — which is a good thing when you moderate (I’m basially against animal rights AND animal cruelty.)
I think I’ll tag another community. DB of MedRants and Enoch Choie at Medmusings
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Five Random Things
Random Thing #1 For 8 years, I had one of the top obedience beagles in the country, most of the time she was number 1. Her name was U-CDX Weaver’s Peppermint Patty, UD. She was a very sweet dog, and in addition to doing obedience she was a therapy dog at one of the earliest programs in the country.
Random Thing #2 I trained police K-9 dogs, mostly obedience and drug detection. I also did some weapons detection training and some work with an arson dog. I also did some bite work, often as the handler, but occasionally in the bite suit. Mostly I trained police officers on how to train their own dogs. I did all this while teaching high school kids.
I even graduated from a police academy and passed my TECLOSE test. I didn’t become a police officer, since the main purpose was to give me creditials for K9 training. Also, it would put me in a weird legal status. In Texas peace officers are required to carry guns at all times. We never checked, but we were pretty certain teachers were required NOT to carry guns.
Random Thing #3I was extremely active on Prodigy when it was around.
Random Thing #4I had the second personal internet account in the DFW area. Texas Metronet was the first place you could get an internet account on your own. Before that, you either had to be affliated with an university or a business. I wasn’t into teaching yet, so I couldn’t get one that way.
Random Thing #5I ran a FIDONet hub for many years. It was part of a Dog BBS. I also moderated an animal rights discussion board. No one could decide which side I was one — which is a good thing when you moderate (I’m basially against animal rights AND animal cruelty.)
I think I’ll tag another community. DB of MedRants and Enoch Choie at Medmusings
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A1C
noncompliant
What’s your A1c?Kassie blogged about A1C’s, and how one person’s gidd A1C number is another person’s bad one.
For example, my A1C is 6.6. Most people would be happy with that, but my last A1C was 6.0.
Don’t get me wrong, a 6.6 is NOT a bad A1C at all. It takes a lot of work to get there. It’s winter — and research shows that diabetics A1C does go up in the winter, plus we’ve just gotten through the holidays.
I just want to reemphasis — be careful how you react to an A1C, and maybe a smilie rather than a number would be better!
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A1C
noncompliant
What’s your A1c?Kassie blogged about A1C’s, and how one person’s gidd A1C number is another person’s bad one.
For example, my A1C is 6.6. Most people would be happy with that, but my last A1C was 6.0.
Don’t get me wrong, a 6.6 is NOT a bad A1C at all. It takes a lot of work to get there. It’s winter — and research shows that diabetics A1C does go up in the winter, plus we’ve just gotten through the holidays.
I just want to reemphasis — be careful how you react to an A1C, and maybe a smilie rather than a number would be better!
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Endo appoint
Currentlly waiting to see my endo. I personally don’t have anything new to deal with but my lab results weren’t good.
He was concerned about some values that indicate dehydration and we want to check next month.
There several possibilities. The anti-inflammatory for my feet and knee. My blood pressure medication. Avoiding going to the bathroom since it is so far away.
I think I’ll try one solution since my blood pressure is controlled. Half the diuretic.
He considers me a low maintenance patient.
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Type 2 IS genetic
Scientists Discover Gene That Confers Sizable Risk of Diabetes – New York Times
Scientists have discovered a variant gene that confers a sizable extra risk of Type 2 diabetes and that is carried by more than a third of the American population.
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The Hunt Test, my knee, and diabetes
I had to get up EARLY to get to the hunt test. Google maps indicated it would take 2 1/2 hours — but I may have calculated wrong, because I made it in 1 1/2. However, if I had gone during rush hour, it would have taken the full 2 1/2.
My postpranial after breakfast was 180, but I decided not to correct as it looked like I was going to be on my feet and walking for a while. I think that was a good choice. I also had some lovely sausage and cheese bread at the hunt test site, and bolused for a regular piece of bread — I think that worked out well, when I got done with Marcie’s turn, I was at 120. And it was about two hours after the bread.
I had some problems with the knee today, which I was expected. The PT kicked butt last night, it was all strength and stretching, and I was sore when I got up. Sitting in the truck for an 1 1/2 hours didn’t help it.
I got smart. I took Marcie and my chair out during the second dog’s turn, and then ditched the chair during dog 3’s turn, so we’d be ready. One of the other handlers took it back to the sidelines for me.
Marcie and I walked steadily in very rough terrain for our full turn — 30 minutes. Like I said, my blood sugar after was good.
I ate lunch with the club and then came home. I got sleepy driving and I’m very proud of how I handled it. Instead of getting candy — something my dad taught me, but is dumb because the sugar makes me sleepier, I stopped at a Subway and got nice big salad. That got me home.
I crashed when I got home, and then woke up at 5:00 pm with a blood sugar of 140. Not a bad diabetes day.
The knee is still bothering me. I’m fine when I sit, but the longer I sit, the stiffer I am when I get up.
It was really nice that my health issues didn’t get in the way of a planned day.
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Hunt Test
I took Marcie to a hunt test this morning at the Lone Star Dachshund Conservatory. Maggie went along, but I was pretty sure when I entered I was only up to one dog (and I was right).
Lovely site! It’s fenced in, to keep both the dogs and the rabbits in. It was very dry there, very grassy with cedar trees. They have put out pallets, chopped down trees, etc. to create places for the rabbits to hide. They put out water and feed for the rabbits too.
Here’s how it worked. They listed all the entered dogs, and then drew small numbered balls for our running order. We got to go 4th, which I think was a really good place to be in. I could see what other people did, and give Marcie a change to get out and see what was going on.
When it was our turn, I was told to let Marcie off leash and to guide her into places where the rabbits might be. I actually flushed out the first rabbit, but Marcie was too far away to see it. She flushed one out later, but it ran towards the fence and she gave up when she saw it disappear at the fence. She didn’t realize that they can’t get out, and didn’t keep looking.
She went back where she found it, and was very dilengent and excited about searching for it.
Unfortunately she didn’t find anything else in her 30 minutes so we were excused.
I was praised by several handles because I didn’t try to over control her, let her work, and didn’t say anything at all to discourage her. I was thrilled because she came when she was called and she worked hard. I wasn’t sure how that part would go.
One of different parts of that day is that one of the big bosses at Tuesday Morning was there. I think Rich’s boss reports to him, but there may be a person in between. I’d first met Richard (yes, same name as my husband) and his wife at their house when they got their first basset hound. They are extremely active in the Basset Hound club now and have quite a few dogs. They do conformation and are just starting in field work. I will admit I didn’t recognize them at first, since we usually see each other dressed to the nines for the company Chirstmas party and they aren’t in my “dog database”.