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I REALLY REALLY like my new dentist. He does the teeth cleaning himself — but I think it’s more because this is an area where it is difficult to get hygenist. He still hasn’t touched the temporary filling, and I think by the time he does, I’m know him well enough it won’t bother me.

He wants me to get them cleaned every 4 months, which I agree is a good idea since diabetics do have problems with gums and gum disease.

DB’s Medical Rants ? Reggie White, RIP

I’m anxious to hear the details about this myself, being a CPAP patient and being extremely compliant.

I’ve seen two causes listed now, but nothing official and we probably won’t get official results for several weeks.

I usually set up a nice web page but didn’t get around to it this season.

Well, I threw something together in class to demostrate the techniques to my students, but I never did like anything I put together.

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I’ll start this entry out, by saying, I’ve always taken jobs that had excellent health insurance and have stayed in the current job because of the health insurance (certainly NOT because of the pay). Though there are lots of intangible benefits to teaching, like these two weeks off.

Anyway, people “get” me. Tonight, someone contacted me on chat, and started out the conversation whining about people in the next county over who wanted his county to “support” them.

Then whined about how he got denied by SS disability.

Now, I’ve actually worked for that office — In Mississippi — a LONG time ago. Assuming that the standards are similar, they don’t turn people down very often.

But here’s the point — in one breath he is whining about other people wanting tax money — and then wants other people’s tax money in the next breath.

Weird.

Sometimes you truly get more than what you pay for. I’ve been using Movable type for most of the life of the blog. When they went to the pay model, I tried Word Press, but just didn’t like it as well.

Well, I had uploaded and installed the latest release, but was having trouble with the upload. I didn’t notice that not everything got loaded, and I was seeing some problems with the month and category archives.

I put in a ticket in the Movable Type help system this evening thinking that it would be processed early on Monday. WRONG, I got an email at 11:03 pinpointing the exact problem, and it is now fixed.

I love doing business with companies that have their act together!

Animas has been VERY VERY good lately.

Of course, they recently replaced my pump, but they also handled my supplies promptly. I ordered a bit early, I was due to order January 1, but I was cutting it close on the Inset infusion sets. I’ve been changing every other day lately, which means I use 45 sets in a 90 day period. I was afraid if I waited and ordered on the 2nd, I would run out and be forced to use the Comfort sets I have.

The Comforts aren’t bad, but I have to see the needle and have to manually insert. The Insets are fabulous because I never have to look at the needle. Plus they are virtually pain-free to insert — every once in a while I hit a nerve, but on the whole they aren’t bad.

Anyway, the new order arrived today, so I don’t have to worry about running out this cycle.

Note the medication itself, but the way it is dispensed. It is preservative free, so it comes in little plastic vials, in a tube. They are clearly marked, single use only, dispose immediately, do not keep, etc. They are dosed 2 drops, 1 in each eye, twice a day. However, they are packaged in a package of 32. That means, you have to hang onto the vial for the second dose, which is clearly against the other labeling.

However, in the sample pack I was given, they give you a nice little plastic thing, built to hold the vial upright.

Very odd.

I can’t decide if it is helping and IF that is the problem. I got new contacts prescribed, and most of the time they work fine, I have really good reading vision and really good driving vision, but occasionally I lose my mid vision. I think it’s because my eyes are so dry.

I’ve got a follow up on Monday and will discuss it then. And keep trying.