Medtronic MiniMed – Patients and Families
Knew this one was coming. The sad part, is that they were so callous about changing the set, ignoring user compliants, then finally acknowledging the problem.
Of course, they have a history of this. B&D Logic Meter, waterproof problems with 512/712 series etc.
So far, Animas problems have been quickly and quietly fixed.
Well moving the mailing list site over to the new server foobarred. Obviously because I don’t know what I’m doing. I started out by putting in the wrong dns names
Still don’t know where those came from.
I’ve asked the old server guy for some help. If he provides, then I’ll keep this site here, and my classroom site here.
If not, I’ll be moving. I have several options going right now, if the phpfreaks site doesn’t work out.
This site isn’t going away.
And Movable Type is still foobarred, but I’ve learned a lot from it. FYI: I’ve based a classroom website on Movable Type ideas.
As I have mentioned in several posts, included the last one, I’ve been doing iShape — http://www.iShape.com It’s owned by the people who do Shape magazine and Muscle & Fitness (I think), they have a men’s fitness magazine too.
It’s working well. I’ve lost somewhere between 15 and 20 pounds, and that’s comparing doctor’s scales too. And iShape isn’t just for women.
In 13 weeks, I’ve gone from using 70-110 units of insulin to 50-70 units. I’ve rarely gone above 70, lately.
Here’s what I am doing.
I delete their meals, and log mine. I already use a local service called Diet Gourmet. If you are in the Dallas area, they are super, deliver, and prices can’t be beat.
That accounts for about 1600 calories a day, and then I pick and choose as much low carb snacks as I can, but maintain saturation.
My goal is to eat 600 calories less than iShape says I burned. I don’t always do that but it averages out.
I’ve got it set up to give me weight workouts 5 times a week. And I also have it set up to give me 7 cardio workouts, but it usually only gives me 5.
I usually do exactly what the weight workout says. If I don’t have the equipment, then I change the exercise that does have it. I have a stability ball, 3, 5, 8, 10, and 15 pound weights, and that seems to be enough. I keep watching for when I might need to buy 20 pound weights.
I always do what the cardio says as a minimum. I usually do 20 minutes on the off days, but sometimes I do take them off. Lately I’ve been adding swimming.
Other good news, is that I’ve been able to get up in the mornings and work out.
I do have to watch my blood sugar levels more carefully. I have had to made some adjustments, and I figure on making more as we go along. I am seeing my CDE once a month right now, so I know I have help coming at any point. In fact, I see her on Thursday.
Test
Decided I should test this since I hadn’t. And comments are still fubarred.
Decided I should test this since I hadn’t. And comments are still fubarred.
I’ve been doing iShapes, logging everything, and concentrating on eating 600 less calories than I’ve burned and it’s working out well.
Well, I built a test blog and copied all the templates over to this blog. Checking now to see if it works.
I do like the new style sheet.
My comments are broken, none of the templates on their website work right
I know it will get fixed, but I can’t decide what to do.
I’m also having problems with my website ISP. Well, and maybe my at home DSL ISP too.
Let’s see. I’ve had excellent service for years with the local DSL ISP. They’ve been bought out there, and so far, nothing has changed. I’m not holding my breath though, and have several plans if things change. Either go to cable modem, or straight to SBC.
Okay, so now the website ISP. I have 4 domains hosted with the same provider with a reseller account. One of those is http://www.click-l.com where I run the clicker training list. This is a mailing list that has been around FOREVER. I bet we’re on 10 years now.
We’ve been on server different servers, I’ve been ripped off several times by providers, and this one is almost enough to make me give it up.
No mention on the website, or any fine print I’ve seen, but we’re limited to 300 emails an hour. I just hit 287 members, which is small for us, and instead of holding the mail, it bounces it all back and everyone, included me, gets unsubbed.
Took me a couple of days to email the provider to find out if he knew what was going on. At least he was upfront, and made it plain he had no intentions of changing it.
I went to PHPFreaks and moved it, and am waiting on the domain change to take place.
So now I’m trying to figure out what to do. The classroom site will be in development over the summer and I don’t even have to host it if I don’t want to. I do want to park it somewhere though.
The hardest part is the blog. I just uploaded a ton of photos, and I really like that photo album. I can stay on movable type for free, I only have the photo album site and this one. Or I can go to one of the blogger services, I am playing with TypePad.
So my internet life is up in the air.
Oh, and my comments are broken. If you do have input, email me at kathleen_w-weblog8301@mailblocks.com Especially if you can recommend providers.
Fabulous article
He’s a golfer I think a lot of — he went to the next door high school, not ours, and grew up at our country club. Okay, I didn’t like it, but obviously he got a lot out of it.