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  • Man, this is a mess…

    Although not related to diabetes, I’ve been thinking about this a lot in the past couple of days.

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    How unlucky can you get?

    First, why do we need to know how these people are? I don’t know how that serves anyone.

    In case you are wondering, rabies is a serious problem in Texas. We are under a state wide quarentine, and theorically law enforcement can stop you and demand proof of rabies vaccine. I’ve never had it happen and haven’t met anyone who has had it happen.

    I’ve never attended a class where I didn’t have to provide proof, and I always insisted on it when I taught obedience. I’ve known of obedience instructors who didn’t and had gotten bitten by dogs who had not ever been vacinated AND had no history — came from a shelter.

    It is serious enough that back when I was teaching dog obedience I was seriously considering getting a rabies vacination. Main reason I didn’t, was that the rabies vaccine while available, is more of a problem getting access to it, then getting access to treatment.

    We’ve had a lot of cases of rabies in the area. We’ve had whole litters of puppies given away “free to a good home” infected with rabies.

    By the way, the only way to diagnose rabies is to remove the brain and do some testing. It does not happen overnight.

    And hopefully none of the health care workers involved have rabies. Nasty stuff.

  • CDE Visit

    I really should have seen her yesterday afternoon, but I did see her today and it really did conteract the sleep doctor. I need to remember, that I want to see her the same day as the sleep doctor.

    She was happy to see the weight loss, and happy on how I was managing everything.

    Happy to see the reduction in basal rates.

    Everything was good, including the blood pressure and the lipid levels. Unfortunately we didn’t H1ac

  • Sleep Doctor

    I almost forgot to post this. I mentioned to the doctor that my equipment was denied and he wrote the letter on spot and called the rep as I was leaving.
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  • Sleep doctor

    I survived my appointment.

    I’ve lost a little over a pound a week since I’ve been there last. Probably less than he wants but it works for me. My goal is to have a lifestyle I can live with.

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  • And I hate the stuff

    June 30, 2004

  • Sleep Doctor

    I see him tomorrow and I’ve been dreading it.

    First, I have found out that Sleep Med has not been paid by Blue Cross Blue Shield because the doctor has not provided proof of medical necessity.

    So that’s MY first issue on the books.

    The good news, is that my scale shows about a 5 pound weight loss since I was there last. I’m QUITE sure that won’t be enough for him, but screw it. It’s my health, it’s my body, and I’m doing things MY way.

    I lost weight fast AND it didn’t stay off. I am losing weight slow now, and I want this to be the last time I am at this weight.

    He wants me to go for bariatric surgery, but if he can’t provide the medical necessity for CPAP equipment, how can I even imagine he’ll help through that process? And I don’t want to go there. I am watching someone go through the recovery right now, and I’m sorry, I think I feel better and I think I look better. At least I have my hair! Maybe that sounds vain, but to me, good hair is a sign of good health. When I’m not sleeping well, my hair is an absolute mess.

    But the good news, is that I see my CDE the next morning.

  • This is sad…

    Cutting Back on Medications Has Adverse Effect on Health Status

    There are lower cost alternatives to some of the meds I’m taking, but so far, they just aren’t as effective.

    For example, I could go from fast acting insulin to regular. Instead of a 2 hour delay, there would be a 4 hour delay. AND I’ve used that insulin, and it is really hard to manage things with it.

  • Basal rates

    I had to do a fasting blood test this morning for the diabetes doctor and since I was already fasting, decided to make it into a basal test.

    I keep hoping that my basal rates will decrease, and while today wasn’t completely normal, it seemed as good a time as any.

    I did have a big dip but my glocuse level popped back up 30 minutes later. The rest of the time — and I ended up being to do the basal from 7:30 – 11:50, my glucose level was stable enough that I don’t need to mess with anything.

    I’m going to discuss it with the CDE, but I think we just need to leave things alone until after school starts.

  • Traveling

    The quick note was left because I had received a few emails asking if I had gotten back.

    The trip itself was a success. Nothing happened I couldn’t handle, and I did manage to get all of the supplies with me. The two things I forgot — dog food and shoes — were easily replaced. Actually I didn’t bother to do anything about the shoes.

    I was able to maintain my weight while I was gone. Still with the same very slow but steady weight loss.

    I did have some eating issues on Sunday, I think that was the stress from not doing well at the show, the stress of the drive, it was raining most of the drive and severe rain for a short period of time. Since I’ve gotten eating problems down to about once every week and half, I think I am doing well on that. I would like to get that to even lower, but if I work on it too hard, it aggravates it.

    So the trip was a success, even though the agility trial itself wasn’t.

    Right now, those courses are just too long for me to do well on. But I am not giving up yet.

  • Traveling — Back

    I did get back safely. Just too tired to post or deal with anything besides unloading.

    And have to hit the ground running this morning.