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Rolling eyes.

About 1 1/2 weeks ago I ordered a refill of my Vitorin. It hasn’t arrived. I called the day after it was due and they offered to give me a free 7-day supply but said they wouldn’t do anything until 25 days have passed.

I have enough, I just wish it would get here.

Rolling eyes.

About 1 1/2 weeks ago I ordered a refill of my Vitorin. It hasn’t arrived. I called the day after it was due and they offered to give me a free 7-day supply but said they wouldn’t do anything until 25 days have passed.

I have enough, I just wish it would get here.

Man, I’ve never had anything freak my kids out so. I wore my pump out — must of you recall that I have a pocket sown in my bras that holds my pump.

Well, today, i was too lazy to go downstairs and get a clean, pocket bra, and my old bras without pockets were left in my drawer, and were the right size AND fit, so I wore that. Plus I was wearing a jean skirt so had pockets.

As the day progressed — and this is weird, my skirts get tighter as the day goes on, but my bras get bigger — I went from wearing the pump in my pocket with only the clip out, to the pump outside my pocket. The two classes I had with it out freaked.

“What is that Miss?” etc. and would NOT settle until I explained it. I ended up showing how it was attached, since the set is at my waist band today.

Very odd.

On the good news front, since the principal announced we could jeans, I looked through my closet and found a pair of jeans I haven’t been able to wear for 5 or 6 years, and tried them on. That’s what I am wearing tomorrow, though I might change my set first, since it is right at the waist band.

Man, I’ve never had anything freak my kids out so. I wore my pump out — must of you recall that I have a pocket sown in my bras that holds my pump.

Well, today, i was too lazy to go downstairs and get a clean, pocket bra, and my old bras without pockets were left in my drawer, and were the right size AND fit, so I wore that. Plus I was wearing a jean skirt so had pockets.

As the day progressed — and this is weird, my skirts get tighter as the day goes on, but my bras get bigger — I went from wearing the pump in my pocket with only the clip out, to the pump outside my pocket. The two classes I had with it out freaked.

“What is that Miss?” etc. and would NOT settle until I explained it. I ended up showing how it was attached, since the set is at my waist band today.

Very odd.

On the good news front, since the principal announced we could jeans, I looked through my closet and found a pair of jeans I haven’t been able to wear for 5 or 6 years, and tried them on. That’s what I am wearing tomorrow, though I might change my set first, since it is right at the waist band.

Went to the CDE this afternoon. A1C is 6.0. Because of my student’s background (especially the new to the country), doctor and CDE decided on both the flu and the pnuemonia shot, so I have those done.

The best news: 36 pounds since I started seeing them in March 2004. I’ve lost 15 pounds since Symlin (June — new medication).

A1C of 6.0 is exceptionally good. It is my best. The ADA goal is 7.0, the doctor office’s goal is 6.5 so the doctor is VERY VERY happy. That’s also without any treatable lows.

We did some tweaking of basals — I am having some excusions (high 180-240) and they usually cause food cravings. Hopefully that will stop as a result.

Went to the CDE this afternoon. A1C is 6.0. Because of my student’s background (especially the new to the country), doctor and CDE decided on both the flu and the pnuemonia shot, so I have those done.

The best news: 36 pounds since I started seeing them in March 2004. I’ve lost 15 pounds since Symlin (June — new medication).

A1C of 6.0 is exceptionally good. It is my best. The ADA goal is 7.0, the doctor office’s goal is 6.5 so the doctor is VERY VERY happy. That’s also without any treatable lows.

We did some tweaking of basals — I am having some excusions (high 180-240) and they usually cause food cravings. Hopefully that will stop as a result.

For the longest time, I didn’t post ANY thing that wasn’t diabetes related. I even started another blog for other stuff, but I just never seemed to get around to posting to it. You’re going to start seeing even more non-diabetes stuff in the future.

Alwin’s post on integrity has gotten to me a bit today. You see, for a while, I was associating with the wrong person, mainly because I was completely fooled by him.

I won’t post much of the details, but basically I was involved in an organization that was doing some really good things from an under-represented group. Unfortunately the person who put the original organization together had a severely rotten core and fooled much better people than I. In fact, he managed to obtain a peace officer’s license fraudently and was an employee of a police department at the time I met him and associated with him.

It took several incidents to convince me that he wasn’t what he represented himself to me. Unfortunately as a result, I am out about $5,000 — which is a drop in the bucket as to what happened to other people — but the good news, is that most of that $5,000 actually went to help the right people.

The end result, is that I am extremely careful about who I associate with, and what groups I associate with. I haven’t even joined a dog club since that happened, and I avoid doing any type of volunteering or contributing money until I know a lot about the group. I don’t even trust background checks anymore since this episode in my life, since this guy managed to pass police academy and police department background checks.

Part of the issue, was that it was my own reputation for integrity that got others pulled into the mess.

For the longest time, I didn’t post ANY thing that wasn’t diabetes related. I even started another blog for other stuff, but I just never seemed to get around to posting to it. You’re going to start seeing even more non-diabetes stuff in the future.

Alwin’s post on integrity has gotten to me a bit today. You see, for a while, I was associating with the wrong person, mainly because I was completely fooled by him.

I won’t post much of the details, but basically I was involved in an organization that was doing some really good things from an under-represented group. Unfortunately the person who put the original organization together had a severely rotten core and fooled much better people than I. In fact, he managed to obtain a peace officer’s license fraudently and was an employee of a police department at the time I met him and associated with him.

It took several incidents to convince me that he wasn’t what he represented himself to me. Unfortunately as a result, I am out about $5,000 — which is a drop in the bucket as to what happened to other people — but the good news, is that most of that $5,000 actually went to help the right people.

The end result, is that I am extremely careful about who I associate with, and what groups I associate with. I haven’t even joined a dog club since that happened, and I avoid doing any type of volunteering or contributing money until I know a lot about the group. I don’t even trust background checks anymore since this episode in my life, since this guy managed to pass police academy and police department background checks.

Part of the issue, was that it was my own reputation for integrity that got others pulled into the mess.