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Treo is still acting up. I called Tech support and got help on Wednesday night. The whole tech support thing is still a bit scary since I had so many problems last year with my Zire 71’s replacement.

BUT I checked their website on Friday and they claimed they were shipping. However, DHL (was airborne) didn’t show anything when I went to tracking. Finally yesterday afternoon they claimed they had picked it up, but no ETA. SO I called DHL’s contact number and they claim I’ll have it by noon on Monday.

Can’t wait. Although the phone functions, nothing that requires the digitizer does, including EzManager. I’ve got it installed and functioning on my old Zire 71, but can’t bring myself to use it. The last time I did a bunch of mucking, I lost my entire database, and just can’t stand to deal with that now.

I’ve broken a tooth — and other things are going on — I’m sure it’s all from gastric reflux AND diabetes problems, and I haven’t been to the dentist in a couple of years — their fault — they were supposed to call me for the followup.

So I don’t know if I have a dentist — I meant to switch dental plans with the last benefits change — still have the horrible HMO and even fewer dentists are taking it. The last place I was at is only taking established patients, and I have no idea if I’m one.

I’ve already requested a sub since finding this out and getting worked in is probably going to take hours.

It’s probably contributing to the blood sugar control problems SINCE chewing helps it and since there might be some infection going on.

Two things have happened this week that has messed up my blood sugar control. I’m not sure which one is the biggest factor.

First, my schedule has gotten out of my control. Tuesday night I had a face-to-face from my master’s degree, and didn’t get home until 8:00. I had planned for that and had moved my exercise but I just couldn’t eat healthy. And I ended up not sleeping that night.

As a result I was exhausted Wednesday and didn’t exercise, and again my eating went out the window. Came home after school and went to sleep. And of course, Thursday is my dog day and didnt’ exercise or eat the right food well again.

The good news is that I can get back on track at least exercise wise today. We’re off. This weekend is busy with a dog show, but I’m going to make sure I exercise since we have parent teacher conferences on Monday.

I may very well take Tuesday off, since I have a midterm, but might wait until Wednesday as so many teachers take off — that depends on the other event though…

MY TREO broke! Wednesday evening the digitizer stopped working so that means that EzManager stopped working too. I did save a Zire 71, but I haven’t figured out how to get the database moved over without destroying my Treo database and now I am not sure I’m even going to try, because the Palm website says the Treo is on the way.

So far the shipping company doesn’t show it in their system but I may take the day off it is due off, might even take Monday off then show up for parent conferences depending on the time and date it is due, since I don’t function well without.

Love it!

Seriously, a load has been taken off my mind. I was concerned with the samples, because the first one pulled out, but I did remember I had a brief bout of that with the first Comfort sets.

The first set I used this go around worked very well. I’m able to use it in a place I haven’t used before — mostly because of the one-handed thing. And it stayed in the whole three days. I thought about changing early, but didn’t. I certainly have enough sets so I can.

I need to find a home for the comfort sets I have left over, if you want them, contact me, and we’ll make a deal. I have quite a few extra.

I bit the bullet and told Animas to fill this quarter’s supply with Inset Infusion sets rather than Comfort’s.

I really dread site changes, because I have to deal with a needle. Funny, but lancelet’s don’t bother me. The actual act of the injection doesn’t bother me, but the blasted needles do. That’s one of the reasons I was happy to go to the pump.

I have earned my needle phobia. I went through the windshield of a car — from a bicycle, and got to watch them stitch my face, not once, but twice. Once the night of the accident, and second when a plastic surgeon fixed the problems that the ER doc caused.

This way, I don’t have to watch the needle.

Contact me at kweaver@kweaver.org if you’ve been denied by Cigna or Gentiva?