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My heel spurs are back. I know it’s because I increased my treadmill time. I’m taking an off day today, and going to ice my food down most of the day and hoping it will go away.

I know my dog agility runs didn’t help, though we were on grass. It was a fabulous dog agility weekend. I ran both dogs and the trial was scheduled for Friday and Saturday only.

This was an USDAA trial, which has been extremely frustrating for me. Marcie either makes one mistake which wouldn’t count in AKC, or is over time, which is shorter than AKC time. (For the non-dog agility person, there are several dog agility venues with different rules and different ideas, for us AKC is the easiest).

On Friday night, Marcie started out the evening with a 1st in Gamblers. USDAA has games, in Gamblers, you get as many points in the opening, a buzzer sounds (or a whistler), and you have a fixed amount of time to get a “gamble”. It’s basically a set of obstacles where you have to stay behind a line and the dog has to get it right by verbal commands. Marcie Qed, getting enough points in the opening AND getting the gamble.

Marcie was also clean in Standard, but .6 seconds over time. ARGH! She took a second.

Maggie got distracted, and went off course once, and came in second. That was Maggie’s best course at that point, she’s only competed about 4 trials.

Saturday was even better. Marcie and I played Snooker. It works like the pool game, I think. There are 3 red jumps, and a small course. You take a red jump, take part of the course, red, another part, etc. Then when you finish that part, you take the course. Marcie took a 1st place in that compeition and Q’ed.

Standard runs were both clean with both dogs, but both were over time. They both had trouble with the weaves and Marcie had trouble with the table.

Marcie had a final jumpers run, which was real fun for both as there are no weaves or table to mess us up. She ran clean and in time, taking another 1st and Qing.

So our total was:
Marcie had 3 Q’s, and got 3 1st places, and 2 2nd places.
Maggie had 2 second places.

It definately means that I’m running better, even with the heel pain.

My heel spurs are back. I know it’s because I increased my treadmill time. I’m taking an off day today, and going to ice my food down most of the day and hoping it will go away.

I know my dog agility runs didn’t help, though we were on grass. It was a fabulous dog agility weekend. I ran both dogs and the trial was scheduled for Friday and Saturday only.

This was an USDAA trial, which has been extremely frustrating for me. Marcie either makes one mistake which wouldn’t count in AKC, or is over time, which is shorter than AKC time. (For the non-dog agility person, there are several dog agility venues with different rules and different ideas, for us AKC is the easiest).

On Friday night, Marcie started out the evening with a 1st in Gamblers. USDAA has games, in Gamblers, you get as many points in the opening, a buzzer sounds (or a whistler), and you have a fixed amount of time to get a “gamble”. It’s basically a set of obstacles where you have to stay behind a line and the dog has to get it right by verbal commands. Marcie Qed, getting enough points in the opening AND getting the gamble.

Marcie was also clean in Standard, but .6 seconds over time. ARGH! She took a second.

Maggie got distracted, and went off course once, and came in second. That was Maggie’s best course at that point, she’s only competed about 4 trials.

Saturday was even better. Marcie and I played Snooker. It works like the pool game, I think. There are 3 red jumps, and a small course. You take a red jump, take part of the course, red, another part, etc. Then when you finish that part, you take the course. Marcie took a 1st place in that compeition and Q’ed.

Standard runs were both clean with both dogs, but both were over time. They both had trouble with the weaves and Marcie had trouble with the table.

Marcie had a final jumpers run, which was real fun for both as there are no weaves or table to mess us up. She ran clean and in time, taking another 1st and Qing.

So our total was:
Marcie had 3 Q’s, and got 3 1st places, and 2 2nd places.
Maggie had 2 second places.

It definately means that I’m running better, even with the heel pain.

You are not going to be able to get anywhere if the patient doesn’t know something about diabetes.

However, too many doctors throw a pill at diabetes and don’t have much of a commitment. I know lots of diabetics, some even Type 1, who don’t take care of themselves sufficiently.

However, I’m not sure why I’m different, except for the fact, I don’t like feeling sick all the time. And when my blood sugar is out of control, I feel sick.

Patient Education Won’t Alter Diabetes Outcomes – Yahoo! News

Simply educating diabetics about their condition doesn’t seem to improve their blood sugar control or reduce their likelihood for risk factors such as obesity, researchers report.

You are not going to be able to get anywhere if the patient doesn’t know something about diabetes.

However, too many doctors throw a pill at diabetes and don’t have much of a commitment. I know lots of diabetics, some even Type 1, who don’t take care of themselves sufficiently.

However, I’m not sure why I’m different, except for the fact, I don’t like feeling sick all the time. And when my blood sugar is out of control, I feel sick.

Patient Education Won’t Alter Diabetes Outcomes – Yahoo! News

Simply educating diabetics about their condition doesn’t seem to improve their blood sugar control or reduce their likelihood for risk factors such as obesity, researchers report.

I’m “done”.

The technician, who has apparently done these for a long time indicated that the test was within normal parameters, but that there was some shadowing that was consistent with breast tissue. I should hear from the doctor or the nurse practioner for the final okay.

They finished up with another series of xrays. Then sent me to the nurse practioner who went over my medical history. She suggested I add Pepcid when I was having GERD symthoms (chest pains when exerting). I’m not really worried about it, but if the GERD doesn’t get better soon, I’m going to get more aggressive about it, because I think it is affecting my sleep.

My part of the charge on this was a lot more expensive that I thought it would be. I think I’ve met my deductable though, I’ll check with the insurance once it gets processed.

The other was the timing — though I understand now, that it wasn’t the first appointments of the day, but I should have it NEXT year.

I’m “done”.

The technician, who has apparently done these for a long time indicated that the test was within normal parameters, but that there was some shadowing that was consistent with breast tissue. I should hear from the doctor or the nurse practioner for the final okay.

They finished up with another series of xrays. Then sent me to the nurse practioner who went over my medical history. She suggested I add Pepcid when I was having GERD symthoms (chest pains when exerting). I’m not really worried about it, but if the GERD doesn’t get better soon, I’m going to get more aggressive about it, because I think it is affecting my sleep.

My part of the charge on this was a lot more expensive that I thought it would be. I think I’ve met my deductable though, I’ll check with the insurance once it gets processed.

The other was the timing — though I understand now, that it wasn’t the first appointments of the day, but I should have it NEXT year.

Here’s my first problem.

I made this appointment months ago and asked for the first appointment of the day. Got here 10 minutes early and volunteered that my insurance card is different but the only change is the number.

It is now 15 minutes past my appointment time and no one has spoken to me since I talked with the receptionist.

About 20 minutes after the appointment time I am taken back, given instructions and the tech makes a big production out of finding a vein. The production is much more dramatic than the procedure. Interesting device, let’s them put the tracing dye in painlessly.

After the dye was in and started circulating they put me in an xray machine that took lots of pictures.

Next they put electodes on for the stress test. They had me lay down and put in the stuff to put me under stress. It hit pretty quick but was actually easier than last years stress test. That lasted four minutes. they put some more fluid in, then pulled that port and then took most of the eletrodes off.

Now I’m waiting for the xrays again.

I’m sure it was psychological more than anything but I really wanted to check my blood sugar. It was 114 which is great. It was 128 this morning and I had a sausage and reduced carb yogurt smoothie for breakfast.

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