City Officials Aim to Track How Diabetics Manage Illness – New York Times
I’m not sure I want anyone besides my doctor and I seeing my A1C results. If the data was reported without being linked to individual patients I would have less of a problem with this.
City Officials Aim to Track How Diabetics Manage Illness – New York Times
I’m not sure I want anyone besides my doctor and I seeing my A1C results. If the data was reported without being linked to individual patients I would have less of a problem with this.
I think I’ve had my worst “side effects” of Symlin this morning. I don’t usually eat a lot of carbs in the morning, but decided to give it a try today. I had some breakfast pizza — 45 carbs.
I also did my exercise routine right after. I had a brief bout of queasiness and nausea while I was working out but since I’ve finished and showered, everything seems to be calming down.
Weight is still going down on a fairly rapid basis, even after yesterday’s sitting still all day.
I think I’ve had my worst “side effects” of Symlin this morning. I don’t usually eat a lot of carbs in the morning, but decided to give it a try today. I had some breakfast pizza — 45 carbs.
I also did my exercise routine right after. I had a brief bout of queasiness and nausea while I was working out but since I’ve finished and showered, everything seems to be calming down.
Weight is still going down on a fairly rapid basis, even after yesterday’s sitting still all day.
I have to decide in a hurry — August 13 is our graduation. I guess one thing to find out, is if they make robes and hoods big enough… I could call in the morning.
I should explain … I have been working on my master’s degree for a long time. I took my first master’s classes back in 1990. Of course, I didn’t intend to get a degree then, I was working on a post-Bachelor’s degree teaching certification.
I had decided that I should take a few extra classes and get certified in Math, which has helped in flexibility, especially getting my first teaching job.
When I finished those classes, my advisor was looking at my transcript and said, “hey, if you take x number of classes and write a thesis, you could have a Master’s in Math”. Well, I took the classes, and couldn’t get going on the thesis.
A few years later, I got the bright idea of getting my master’s in Computer Science. Unfortunately I switched university’s — I’m not even sure the other one offers a Master’s in CS — and that department wasn’t teacher friendly.
Then I decided I wanted a technology certification. I could do it with 4 online courses. Better yet, after I signed up for the first two class, the university refunded my tuition. Long story.
In the middle of the last two classes, I found out I qualified for a program my district was putting on. When I turned in my degree plan, they gave me credit for two classes and I figured out I could finish this August if I took two classes this summer.
So I’m about done. I hope. I still have an assignment and a paper for one class, and an annotated biography, a “final exam”, and 5 more weeks of discussions.
My husband says he’ll come watch. I haven’t heard from my mother. I don’t know who else I’d invite. I really don’t know any of the other people who are graduating in August — the group from the district doesn’t finish until this spring.
Regalia costs $100. So I just don’t know right now, but I need to decide if I’m going to soon.
I have to decide in a hurry — August 13 is our graduation. I guess one thing to find out, is if they make robes and hoods big enough… I could call in the morning.
I should explain … I have been working on my master’s degree for a long time. I took my first master’s classes back in 1990. Of course, I didn’t intend to get a degree then, I was working on a post-Bachelor’s degree teaching certification.
I had decided that I should take a few extra classes and get certified in Math, which has helped in flexibility, especially getting my first teaching job.
When I finished those classes, my advisor was looking at my transcript and said, “hey, if you take x number of classes and write a thesis, you could have a Master’s in Math”. Well, I took the classes, and couldn’t get going on the thesis.
A few years later, I got the bright idea of getting my master’s in Computer Science. Unfortunately I switched university’s — I’m not even sure the other one offers a Master’s in CS — and that department wasn’t teacher friendly.
Then I decided I wanted a technology certification. I could do it with 4 online courses. Better yet, after I signed up for the first two class, the university refunded my tuition. Long story.
In the middle of the last two classes, I found out I qualified for a program my district was putting on. When I turned in my degree plan, they gave me credit for two classes and I figured out I could finish this August if I took two classes this summer.
So I’m about done. I hope. I still have an assignment and a paper for one class, and an annotated biography, a “final exam”, and 5 more weeks of discussions.
My husband says he’ll come watch. I haven’t heard from my mother. I don’t know who else I’d invite. I really don’t know any of the other people who are graduating in August — the group from the district doesn’t finish until this spring.
Regalia costs $100. So I just don’t know right now, but I need to decide if I’m going to soon.
A new commenter brought up the term “brittle” diabetic. Well, it reminded me of a comment today.
I just posted about how I hate teacher workshops, that sitting in one place all day always makes my blood sugar go up and that I’ve finally figured out that maybe 30%+ temporary basal might handle it.
Well, today, I didn’t have the pump cranked up high enough, so I was doing lots of corrections and lots of testing. Finally, middle of the afternoon, the person next to me asked if I were a “level 3” diabetic.
So I took a moment to explain that sitting still made me blood sugar go up, and makes me extremely ill when it does, so I was trying to keep it low.
I’ve got two days of workshops coming up in two weeks, and I’m planning on upping the temporary basal to 30%+ That means I’m going to have to do a lot of testing, just to make sure I don’t over do it.
Wonder what the person next to me will come up this time?
I just thought of another reason not to like this pump.
Have they figured out a way to keep a hot tub from killing it or at least the insulin?
I do our hot tub at least 5 days a week, even in July and August, and right now, disconnecting is enough. However, the temperature of a hot tub is going to kill the insulin if it is kept on at the site.
The ‘betes: Focusing on the pump
As I posted on her blog though, I’ll keep mine, thank you
The problem is that I sit too still. Two hours after breakfast, one and half hours in the workshop, I’m at 165. Normal for me then with that meal, is 135-145.
Before 11:00 I’m at 185 without eating anything! So I did a correction and cranked up the basal 10% and I’m at 165 at 12:00. Eat lunch, test 2 hours, and I’m up to 185 again. Basal had run out so I cracked up to 20%.
Next time, going in, I’m just going to do the 20% and be done with it.
FYI: Before the pump, I’d hit 300-400 at a teacher workshop and be sicker than a dog at the end of the day, so I’m doing better.