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  • Knee

    It feels almost 100% this morning. I hope it stays this way though I’ll probably mess it up tonight.

    Next two days are going to be a mess. I have to get the furnace fixed this afternoon — provided the part is avaiable. I’m going to check on that fairly early. Have to get my CDE appointment fixed, since they want to cancel on me. Probably just skip it as I see the endo that day. She’s over booked.

    I have to profile my students, which means giving them a practice test. That means getting copies. One of our copiers are down, and it’s the hardest to use for this job anyway. Hopefully the co-op teacher will let me borrow her copier since i’m careful to use it for emergencies and I gave her reams of paper.

    Of course, I was told this yesterday evenng.

    That’s not a big problem, since I really don’t want to start a new unit tomorrow. Grading and profiling is going to be a pain and will probably have to be done on Monday.

    Because of my mystery news (which might not happen), I’m trying to keep everything graded, everything planned, and everything ready to go at a moment’s notice.

  • A tough day

    Was on my feet more than I should have been, but the Physical Therapist fixed it for the time being.

    I can’t get over how good a session makes me feel.

    I am going to try to train my dogs tomorrow night. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.

    Almost forgot — got lab results — some values are NOT good but will know more on Monday. A1C was 6.6. Not my best, but not one of my worst since the pump (worst is 7.0 on the pump, my first few months).

  • A tough day

    Was on my feet more than I should have been, but the Physical Therapist fixed it for the time being.

    I can’t get over how good a session makes me feel.

    I am going to try to train my dogs tomorrow night. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.

    Almost forgot — got lab results — some values are NOT good but will know more on Monday. A1C was 6.6. Not my best, but not one of my worst since the pump (worst is 7.0 on the pump, my first few months).

  • Very long, very GOOD article on treating Type 2 diabetes in New York

    Yes, very long, 8 pages on treating Type 2 diabetes.

    In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay – New York Times

    They did not shut down because they had failed their patients. They closed because they had failed to make money. They were victims of the byzantine world of American health care, in which the real profit is made not by controlling chronic diseases like diabetes but by treating their many complications.

  • Very long, very GOOD article on treating Type 2 diabetes in New York

    Yes, very long, 8 pages on treating Type 2 diabetes.

    In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay – New York Times

    They did not shut down because they had failed their patients. They closed because they had failed to make money. They were victims of the byzantine world of American health care, in which the real profit is made not by controlling chronic diseases like diabetes but by treating their many complications.

  • Got through Tuesday

    Whatever was wrong with me Sunday night and all day Monday is over now.  Thankfully.

    Knee isn’t bad.  It’s much better than it was last week before the weird injury.  I see the PT again tomorrow.  I’ve done most of his exercises.

    Bad news — the furnace stopped working and we have to replace a board we replaced a few years ago.  ARGH!  On Thursday, as I have a meeting after school on Wednesday AND PT.

    And watch this space for interesting news.  It’s going to be kinda of like that one year on the TV series Dallas, if it happens.  And who knows when.

    More good news. My blood sugar is doing better in the evenings, but still high during the day. Maybe it’s the 35 students in 1st period and the 30+ in second period who tagged my walls.

  • Got through Tuesday

    Whatever was wrong with me Sunday night and all day Monday is over now.  Thankfully.

    Knee isn’t bad.  It’s much better than it was last week before the weird injury.  I see the PT again tomorrow.  I’ve done most of his exercises.

    Bad news — the furnace stopped working and we have to replace a board we replaced a few years ago.  ARGH!  On Thursday, as I have a meeting after school on Wednesday AND PT.

    And watch this space for interesting news.  It’s going to be kinda of like that one year on the TV series Dallas, if it happens.  And who knows when.

    More good news. My blood sugar is doing better in the evenings, but still high during the day. Maybe it’s the 35 students in 1st period and the 30+ in second period who tagged my walls.

  • Depo

    Sarah asked in the comments, if Depo is good for Type 1 diabetics…

    My answer:

    Every year, my CDE and my gynocologist and I go around and around on this one, and we usually go with the “isn’t broke don’t fix it”. Every patient has to make up their own mind with their doctor’s guidance.

    My problems are painful periods along with never wanting to have children. The other problem, of course, is diabetes. Most people who menastrate see changes in blood sugar. I see a slight, temporary raising of blood sugar, but very slight with each shot.

    My CDE thinks that the depo probably adds to insulin resistance and weight gain. My answer is, when I get under 175 pounds and I can’t lose any more weight, I’ll consider dropping it for that reason.

    Also, I’m getting close to menopause (I just turned 46) and they claim I won’t have any sympthoms while on depo.

  • Depo

    Sarah asked in the comments, if Depo is good for Type 1 diabetics…

    My answer:

    Every year, my CDE and my gynocologist and I go around and around on this one, and we usually go with the “isn’t broke don’t fix it”. Every patient has to make up their own mind with their doctor’s guidance.

    My problems are painful periods along with never wanting to have children. The other problem, of course, is diabetes. Most people who menastrate see changes in blood sugar. I see a slight, temporary raising of blood sugar, but very slight with each shot.

    My CDE thinks that the depo probably adds to insulin resistance and weight gain. My answer is, when I get under 175 pounds and I can’t lose any more weight, I’ll consider dropping it for that reason.

    Also, I’m getting close to menopause (I just turned 46) and they claim I won’t have any sympthoms while on depo.

  • Tekakwith rants about the NYC program

    I haven’t posted about this yet, because

    a) I’ve been too busy being sick and with knee pain
    b)I haven’t formed an opinion.

    The ‘betes

    Anyway, both diseases disgust me today. Today I’m going to be judgmental and angry with people who are taking their health and trashing it by not eating and exercising to their advantage.

    I do have an opinion about this though.

    A lot of people look at me and assume I got here because I don’t care about myself, and that I got here because I wanted to.

    That’s not really true.

    And there are plenty of skinny Type 2 diabetics out there.

    I think it is wrong for people to stamitize diabetes. It’s a disease. People don’t choose to get it. They even often don’t choose NOT to get it — sounds weird, but people assume just diet and exercise will do it. It’s not that easy.

    As I said, there are plenty of active, thin people with diabetes. I have a friend who is a principal at one of our schools that exercises every day, eats right, has never little excess body fat, but takes 3 different types of oral medications daily.

    I also have friends that are very overweight, have been for years, and yet they don’t have diabetes at all.

    Even if someone is over weight, it’s often something that the individual has no control over. For years, I exercised every day, dieted, and did everything I could think up. Only one problem. I was only sleeping a few hours a night and had sleep apnea (from a broken jaw, not from being overweight). I kept gaining weight, and once the sleep problems were solved, I started losing weight.

    Educating people is a good thing. When a student observes me testing my blood and says — “oh, my grandmother (or other relative) tests her blood like that”. My response is: Make sure you get screened for diabetes every year, since you have a relative, it is more likely you’ll become diabetic someday.

    Just make sure you are giving correct facts and you are not adding to the stigmas!