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I’ve done everything on the district tests I”m going to do. We’re going to have to get it back from the word processers one more time, but I’m going to let one of the other teachers handle it. It’s a 30 minute drive there and back for me.

I am almost done with my master’s class — we have a test on Wednesday and that’s it. I need 11.5 points for an A and there are 21 points on the test — and one point it a bonus question with no wrong answer. Only need 1 1/2 points for to pass.

I’m getting ready for my flight on Friday/Saturday. I put my pill medications out every Saturday for the week, and decided to go ahead and do it for the next two — emptying a script bottle, so I decided to put 4 days of meds in a script bottle, and have printed out my history from medco, and put it with the boxes with the scripts for my insulin / needles and testing supplies.

Hopefully the TSA can live with that concept.

I think I’m going to get a twin sized “bed in a bag” for the dorm room. That’s something I can pack back up and put in a closet for the next one of these types of trips.

Well, I was afraid of this — I think the adhesive to plastic ratio is a bit too small on the inset. But we’ll see. This is one reason I feel that you have to try a whole box before you can determine if you like an infusion set or not.

I was loading a new laptop bag — I really like this one, because it has a seperate carrier for the laptop. But that’s another story.

Anyway, I pulled the set off, bending over. So I got to put the new set in. I was able to do it by glancing at the instructions, though the procedure is a bit time consuming.

I hope they come out with a tubeless version by the way, as I just threw away some perfect good unused tubing.

I was REALLY dreading having my mammogram done. I’ve been going to the same place which is close to the house (RHD Medical Center, which should really be called Robert H. Dedman Hospital and was for YEARS), and it was a real pain.

You’d call, make an appointment and they wouldn’t be available for months, and it would take up most of an afternoon.

Not this trip. Though its start out frustrating. The doctor doesn’t have the right number for scheduling, and had to call the number he had twice before I got an answer and they gave me a number that didn’t answer at all after two calls. I called the main hospital number and they did verify the second number. That trip, I got someone on the first ring.

AND they were able to schedule me the next day, for this morning.

My appointment was for 9:30, and was told to arrive 30 minutes early for paperwork. I went through express check in — which wasn’t available before and sent right to Radiology (that was true), waiting only minutes, and was in and out. Arrived back at the car at 9:30.

Can’t beat that service and it wasn’t even painful — I remember it being painful before.

I stopped and told registration how pleased I was life was better.

I’m trying the Unomedical Inset infusion set today. Animas is sending them out to their users.

I like it. It comes in a small tub, and has a built in inserter. This is the first inserter I’ve used, and I find the whole experience better. I have needle phobia — well earned — and removing the needle always makes me squirm more than putting it in. Weird, but like I said — I earned it.

We’ll see how delivery goes and how the second one goes. I’m concerned because like the Simple Choice set, the plastic part of the set seems to be raised and easier to catch on things than the Comfort is.

I am making some progress on the weight loss thing.

Monday I went to a lingerie shop and am wearing a bra size smaller. Good hint: I go to a very old fashioned store, they specialize in medical applications and do their own alterations.

They put a small little pocket in each bra to hold my pump, which improves things a lot. Dresses and shirts don’t ride as high, etc.

Well, I picked up the new bras today, and dropped off the old, and probably for about $25.00 they will alter each of them so they are the new size. MUCH cheaper than buying new. I figure each bra can probably be altered twice, but I might be wrong.

Also went clothing shopping today, and brought home a skirt that fits and is two sizes smaller than I was wearing at the end of the school year, and I suspect those clothes were actually too big.

It’s hard to tell, since most of the clothing I wear is “multi-sized”. It does last longer as you lose weight, and hopefully looks good as long.

And I have a good exercise program going — I haven’t missed a workout all summer, though I have rearranged some. I didn’t even miss during the one week workhshop.

I’ve set my alarm clocks and going to try to start out on the schedule starting tomorrow.

I report a week from Monday, and have a few doctor’s appointments and other things I need to do to be ready.

The good news, is that my blood sugar was much more stable this summer than last. I’m coming up on my 1 month pump aniversary, it’s about two weeks away. I only napped a few days, and those are days that for some reason I just couldn’t sleep. Last summer, I ended up napping almost every day, I’m sure from an elevated blood sugar.

Tomorrow is my gynecologist appointment. I’ll get a depo shot — speaking of which, it’s interesting because I’ve seen where it is not indicated for diabetes and I’ve seen where it is.

Frankly it works for me. Before depo (and I’ve been on it over 10 years), I had very painful cycles, and problems with mood swings. Also problems with acne. Now, about a week before my shot is due I break out — which is a good reminder. I don’t notice an elevated blood sugar after the shot, but sure did after a cortsone shot.

I suspect a pound or two of my weight and a bit of insulin resistance might be caused by the shots, but the benefits outweight the disadvantages.

Especially since I’m getting that “age”, they tell me I won’t even know when I go into menopause, which will be nice.