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Problems with sleep apnea resound in waking hours
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Neat device and I think it is actually available.
This will be great for parents of diabetes. Sad thing, is that it’s been on the wait list for quite a while. This isn’t the first mention.
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Sleep…
It isn’t going well. Monday night I did Ambien and slept all night but as usual woke up groggy. Got through the day okay — the good side effect of the antibotic, is that nothing really tastes right, even water. I’ve got this lovely metallic taste in my mouth.
The good news, is that the gum infection seems better. (Don’t worry, I’ll take all the nasty things).
HOWEVER, the Ambien apparently rebounded on me last night, as I couldn’t shut down. I made it to work, but I’m still not sure it was worth it. I couldn’t solve any of the AP problems correctly the first time.
I’m going to try sleep aid free again tomight.
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List of good things
Since I feel like I am whining a lot lately, and I always get negative when I’m having trouble sleeping. (And darn, I’ve done everything right tonight).
Here’s what I’ve accomplished lately.
I’ve managed all of the cardio work outs scheduled by iShape for months. Seriously. I don’t know when I’ve skipped a cardio that I didn’t make up.
I’ve only missed about 2 strength workouts and those two were because of the weekend from hell.
My blood sugar has been under control. It’s running a bit higher than I like, but with the new pump, I’ve done that on purpose. The good news is that I am not having massive swings anymore. -
Abbott — Therasense — Freestyle
The Freestyle folks have some very nice updated software on their website. It’s a downloadable version of Copilot. It has a Java look and feel (most of the windows seem Java API like — don’t worry, that was geek talk).
The graphs are very readable, and it allows you to merge records from several different meters and produce a report. You can also import data from the Cozmonitor program. If I can figure out how to create exported data from Ezmanager without too much brain power, I might because the EzManager reports can be difficult to read.
Might be a good summer project.
Anyway, website is http://www.therasense.com follow the CoPilot links.
Yeah, can’t sleep either.
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More on Hope Home
Come to find out, it’s a small company owned by the son-in-law of my absolute favorite (though retired) teacher from my school. She taught me everything I know about teaching math.
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This is depressing…
Welcome To Diabetes In Control – THE SUGAR TO FAT SHORTCUT, NO INSULIN REQUIRED
THE SUGAR TO FAT SHORTCUT, NO INSULIN REQUIRED
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Oh, man, I want to play!
Of course, I’d be massively disappointed, because the only times I’ve played Paint Ball, I’ve done it right.
You haven’t lived until you have played Police K9 Paintball.
Yeah, you heard it.
In another life, I trained police dogs as a hobby. Hey, if you are going to have a hobby have an extreme hobby.
So here’s how we played paint ball. We’d set up a “true” police scenerio — one was in a park with bad guys that needed to be found, and one was in a building with lost bad guys.
Only one time when I played, they broke one of the rules, and hit my dog (she was a GSD, not a little beagle). Getting the paint out of her fur wasn’t a problem, but since I’d got hitten in the chest the game before and was bruised for over a week, I’m sure it didn’t feel good. I can’t remember what we did to get “even” with that bad guy, I am sure it was mean.
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I just had the best experience…
As I posted earlier, my sleep doctor ordered me a new humidifer and new mask — the company he ordered it from is new to me — Hope Home Medical.
It is covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield, and it was delivered today. The respiratory therapist is really good and really nice, and come to find out is the son-in-law of one of my absolute favorite now retired teachers.
Come to find out the new humidifier has only been out for 6 weeks and was on back order as soon as it came out. It’s very small, and adds very little to the size–I believe it will still fit in the original travel bag. It takes a whole lot less water, and the water holder is dishwasher safe.
The other added plus, is that the CPAP hooks up directly to the humidifier, reducing the need for a extra hose. We’ll see how it does at night. The biggest problem with CPAP humidifier is rain out — you wake up with water over your face and water popping down the hose.
I’ll also have less clutter next to the bed!
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This is the sleep “blurb” the news media has been talking about.
CNN.com – Survey:?3 in 4 have sleep problems – Mar 29, 2005
Survey: 3 in 4 have sleep problems