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  • Pat Sajak — knew there was a reason I liked him

    See http://www.patsajak.com/news.php?view=says

    I always likes his talk show — short lived that it was — and know I know why. He’s a solid thinker and “gets” it.

    I really love this article in his archives … it explains why I state my opinion, and then go off and drop the arguement when the liberals go off the deep end. http://www.patsajak.com/news2.php?view=says&id=45

    Yes…this has nothing to do about diabetes, but all about trying to stay awake, trying to decide if I need to toss this set — and the first rule of insulin pumping, is if the set doesn’t seem right, toss it … so I guess I will.

  • Interesting Dog Night Out

    Dropped my temp basal before I left for dog agility class tonight as I was running lower than I like and dog agility does expend some energy. Really glad I did because we were doing a lot of straight line runs.

    The biggest problem was the humidity. I am supposed to change my set tomorrow morning anyway, but I got so how and sweaty that the infusion set slid right off me as I was running. Fortunately I noticed it right away, but since I still had several runs, I went ahead and suspended the pump, figuring I could correct later.

    For those of you who don’t pump, changing infusion sets at night can be a tad dangerous. The infusion set is the most difficult part of the insulin pump setup to get right. First, designing is hard and producing something that will get it right every single time is hard. Pair that with human error when inserting, and then just the oddities of the human body — one of our bloggers was talking about how one of her sites failed and she figured the insulin was pooling next to a muscle, and you are just asking for trouble.

    I’m not sure if I can go into DKA like a Type 1 can, but I really hate to throw everything off by ignoring it.

    I did get something to eat on the way home, and I am pretty sure I underbolused, but I’m still a bit concerned that my blood sugar is at 211. I just did a correction and am tired enough to sleep, but I’m not sure I should until I know the set is working.

    The good news, is that tomorrow I can actually sleep in, one of the first days I’ve been off since that was true. However, between the husband and the dogs, I’m sure to be gotten up.

  • Dropping Carb Ratios

    Summer is working!

    I just was able to drop my carb ratios — I’ve been consistently getting blood sugars below 135 after meals, and some in the 120’s, so I’ve dropped my carb ratios.

    That means a couple of things — it means that working out and chilling out has decreased my insulin resistance.

    It also means, if it works, that I should be dropping my insulin usage, probably helping me to lose weight, as long as everything stays under control.

  • Little things make a difference

    Got my new contacts, just in time, as I dropped and couldn’t find the trial lens. They are MUCH more comfortable than the old, and I can see to read without straining so hard — very important, as one of the classes I’m taking this summer is “Readings in ….” and I have been avoiding the reading.

    As these were a new brand, and a new package, I looked them up on the web — if you are wearing Toric or Multifocal lenses these are much wetter, and are called ProClears by Coopervision.

    I am almost out of Toric lenses too, so I called and the Contact Center is ordering me one lens and a box, so I can try the new Torics and decide if I like them before I buy a box.

    I pay a little more for lenses than if I went through a 1-800 number but man do I get super service. They’ve even taken back half boxes before when I was wearing a “popular” size.

  • TDD seems to have stabilized

    My blood sugar seems to be pretty smooth — chugging along between 110 and 150 most of the day.

    I’ve got my TDD down to 52 average, not bad, when I exceeded 110 for a few days at one point.

    I just went out to iShape and increased the intensity of my cardio workouts, hopefully I can start losing weight now. It is at least stable now, and I stopped gaining.

    The break is going well, I’ve started lots of little projects and have even finished a few. Tomorrow I’m going to have an electrician look at two circuits, one hasn’t worked for quite some time and will be a surprise for my husband when it is working again.

  • Diabetic incident causes traffic accident

    If you are on insulin, you need to read this article. However, their registration is a real PITA.

    MercuryNews.com | 05/31/2005 | Diabetic’s road tragedy raises thorny questions

    The tragedy has shaken Nebel’s understanding of his disease. Like millions of diabetics nationwide, he checks his blood sugar levels and injects insulin several times a day. He thought it was enough, yet his body betrayed him.

    Remember a few things when reading this — reporters rarely get diabetes right, but gives a lot to think about.

  • Another blogger’s thought on DLife

    Candid Diabetes: Two out of Five

    I’m not the only one not impressed … though the JDRF commercial didn’t get me — but then I’m not a little kid person and I’m still coming off the school year.

  • Even the specialists aren’t getting care right

    Diabetes In Control – Target Goals Not Being Met Even in Specialty Diabetes Center

    Though I do think the clinic I go to does a great job.

    They’ve just moved into bigger, new office, with more room. It’s VERY nice.

  • New Standard for Care

    Diabetes In Control – AACE Announces New A1c Standard of 6.5% and Lower

    This organization is urging lower A1C’s. Probably not a bad idea, though it’s tough to do on MDI (shots).

  • Survived the dentist

    Survived the dentist and without needing extra insulin. He told me it wouldn’t hurt this time, and it didn’t, well, it irritated my jaw — I broke it in a bicycle accident years ago, and have had problems with dentists ever since. He did a crown prep, my number 2 tooth is literally crumbling from all the repairs.

    I’m going to be glad to have that done and behind me. It’s been giving me trouble for the past 6 months.

    The other good news, is that I’ve gotten the ginivitis under control, which is supposed to be more prevelant in diabetes. I’m sure the GERD is behind the tooth problems I’ve been having.

    An a major brag — I got our doorbell working finally. It hasn’t since we moved in, and for a while we had a wireless electronic doorbell that I didn’t like much. I’m almost feeling ambitious enough to try to get a chime for the backyard — there is wiring for it. I figured out by using the internet — did a search on doorbell, and found http://doityourself.com/