There are a lot of things to be thankful, even if you are diabetic.
While the state of medical technology isn’t all we would want, it is infinitely better than when my dad was diabetic. They didn’t have blood glucose monitors and they hold him not to eat sugar. They also didn’t have medications, nor did they give him insulin.
Actually they didn’t do much of anything for Type 2 diabetes back then.
And not much better for Type 1s, but at least they attempted to treat it.
I was right. He was into seling baratric surgery. He is probahly right in that doing the hiatal repair would make bariatric difficult.
He also said lapband would not be an option. That’s probably because of the GERD.
He needs to scope and do a gastric emptying test before surgery.
My inclination right now is to forget the surgery and work harder ar management.
I was right. He was into seling baratric surgery. He is probahly right in that doing the hiatal repair would make bariatric difficult.
He also said lapband would not be an option. That’s probably because of the GERD.
He needs to scope and do a gastric emptying test before surgery.
My inclination right now is to forget the surgery and work harder ar management.
I’m at the surgeon’s office and the first qualm is the fact the door said baratric surgeon.
I honestly don’t think that I want to go there. I doubt that insurance would cover it anyway.
Lots of paperwork, stuff I have on file with this group any way but oh well.
I’m at the surgeon’s office and the first qualm is the fact the door said baratric surgeon.
I honestly don’t think that I want to go there. I doubt that insurance would cover it anyway.
Lots of paperwork, stuff I have on file with this group any way but oh well.
The upgrade to the Treo has made a difference in the sound quality, not just the phone but PTunes too, I think. Very glad it was available and I upgraded last night.
Ran by Fryes and they had a car power adapter for the Treo so I picked that up, and spoiled myself a bit. I also got a Siig device that I can plug the Treo in and play PTunes music through the FM radio. It works very well. I’m surprised I figured I would be returning it.
The upgrade to the Treo has made a difference in the sound quality, not just the phone but PTunes too, I think. Very glad it was available and I upgraded last night.
Ran by Fryes and they had a car power adapter for the Treo so I picked that up, and spoiled myself a bit. I also got a Siig device that I can plug the Treo in and play PTunes music through the FM radio. It works very well. I’m surprised I figured I would be returning it.
My pump, the Animas IR1200 comes with 4 basal rates, but right now, only one is truly useful. Basal Rate 1. I’ve decided to try to come up with 3 more useful basal rates.
They are going to be weekend, agility, and workshop.
Basically weekend has the same basal rate all day that I use for my evening basal rate.
agility has the same schedule, but the basal rate is 10% higher. I got this idea from another pumper. Basically during an agility trial, I spend the entire day too high, so I’m going to up my basal rate, test more frequently and then eat to prevent lows. That will hopefully prevent some of the fatique I’ve been dealing with.
The last one is workshop, and hopefully I’ll think to switch to that basal rate the night before a workshop. It’s about 50% higher all day than my normal basal rate. I should set up my Treo to remind me to switch to that rate the night of December 5th since I have a workshop the next day. Hopefully I just made that adjustment.
Again, the principle is to drop my blood sugar low I will then test frequently to prevent an hypoglycemic episode since I get very physically ill when my blood sugar is too high.
Blogging this helped, as I’ve gone into my Treo and set events to alarm me and remind me to change my basal rates for the two upcoming trials and the workshop.
My pump, the Animas IR1200 comes with 4 basal rates, but right now, only one is truly useful. Basal Rate 1. I’ve decided to try to come up with 3 more useful basal rates.
They are going to be weekend, agility, and workshop.
Basically weekend has the same basal rate all day that I use for my evening basal rate.
agility has the same schedule, but the basal rate is 10% higher. I got this idea from another pumper. Basically during an agility trial, I spend the entire day too high, so I’m going to up my basal rate, test more frequently and then eat to prevent lows. That will hopefully prevent some of the fatique I’ve been dealing with.
The last one is workshop, and hopefully I’ll think to switch to that basal rate the night before a workshop. It’s about 50% higher all day than my normal basal rate. I should set up my Treo to remind me to switch to that rate the night of December 5th since I have a workshop the next day. Hopefully I just made that adjustment.
Again, the principle is to drop my blood sugar low I will then test frequently to prevent an hypoglycemic episode since I get very physically ill when my blood sugar is too high.
Blogging this helped, as I’ve gone into my Treo and set events to alarm me and remind me to change my basal rates for the two upcoming trials and the workshop.
I just downloaded and installed the Cingular update.
Man, it was a bit scary because the first try, I got a ROM Update error, but I just followed the directions and everything seems to be working.
I even deleted Volume Care, and called the voice mail and I could hear it.
I’ll know better tomorrow how things worked, as its a bit late to call anyone I know to try it out.
I’m trying to make the Treo more of a first gadget of defense. I tend to wait to blog until I get to a big computer because it’s easier, but that’s why I bought the freaking keyboard! Oh, I need to test that.
I’m actually going through all my software and making sure things are working right — and found a neat Napster To Go feature I want to take advantage of over the next few days before my agility trial — “custom play lists” based on what you usually download.