And to add to DB’s suggestions:
When diagnosed, the patient and the doctor need to get serious about the treatment!
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Starting to feel like home…
I’m starting to get into a routine at the Country Club. It really is easy to get over there.
Started working out with weights with one of the trainers there, and am feeling MUCH MUCH better about all that.
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It’s been a rough 3
It’s been a rough 3 1/2 months — Rich broke his hip that long ago, and he’s still on crutches, but not here at the house anymore. He did do too much today, he says.
My health club shut down today. This is a very small, but extremely friendly place, just down the road from my house. It was owned by the Club Corp corporation and by Mack-Cali — the owners of the building. They jointly decided to close it — they are leaving equpment there, and it’s self-service for the employees of tenants of the building.
The good news is that they are moving the neighborhood members (and building tenants who want to join us), to the local country club. I’ve been working out there since they moved the big treadmills over, got a locker then laundry services yesterday. (So I have no excuses!)
They are promising new equipment and have already done some remodeling to accomodate us.
It’s just that I’ve never belonged to a country club, never imagined I would, and that’s all different to get used to.
They had a lovely wake for the club tonight.
Blood sugar numbers have just been fabulous this week. I’m a bit concerned as they are showing a bit low — I was at 98 when I got to the gym, and dipped to 86 even though I was doing sugar while working out — I REALLY hate that! (The doing sugar part).
But I still haven’t suffered a low since I got the pump.
Yeah, and today was my birthday. It’s a bit of a lousy time to have one with the club closing and Christmas close every year, but I’m stuck with the date.
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Missing things are returning….
Finally got the dog’s pictures with Santa. I had them taken on Dec 6. Very disappointing, I was waiting patiently.
Speaking of which, I have also been awaiting the return of my Palm Zire 71. I’ve got a Tungsten E for a while, just to manage things, and haven’t decided what to do. I might just sell the Plam Zire. There are a lot of nice things about the Tungsten.
Here’s the deal. I called and talked to their tech support in November. The 5 way navigation button broke, was fine one day, and next day wasn’t — and I had it in a hard case.
So the tech support person (an Asian speaker) got my name, my email address, and every other important piece of information wrong. Palm had an English speaker call to get the screwed up information wrong, but gee, I was at school teaching.
Oh — and in case, you are wondering what this has to do with diabetes — well, I manage my care with Animas’s EzManager, and use the Palm extensively.
Anyway, the person who I got ahold of — another Asian speaker — told me to go ahead and ship, even though I didn’t have all the information. I had a note in the envelope, and the SR number on the outside. Had it sent UPS, had the tracking number, etc. Well, it arrived, and nothing happened, and nothing happened.
So, I call back on a Saturday, but didn’t have the tracking number. THAT Asian speaker claimed she had escalated it to Level 2 and that someone would call, but no one did — I checked the caller ID AND the messages.
When I did have the tracking number (had left it on my desk at school), I called and got yet another Asian speaker, who assure me they had it, gave me yet another Service number, this one was NOT in their database, and assured me, that they were shipping.
Well, I knew he’d lied … so I called later in the day. Another Asian speaker who only confirmed all the numbers I had — though DID confirm that the number I had been given that morning was a lie — and assured me once again, I’d be getting my Zire back.
Still nothing — even though I emailed their tech support and told them all of this — oh and they also claimed someone would call, and no one did.
Finally on Wednesday afternoon, I got ahold of an English speaker. He confirmed that the Palm had arrived, but was not paired with a SR number and was just sitting there. He said that the facility that handled that had just closed, and couldn’t do anything but would handle it first thing in the morning.
GOOD NEWS! I actually got an email early in the morning claiming that they had received the Palm. Sadly their ship date was December 24! That means the Palm had been gone close to a month!
But better news, got an email this morning, with a Airborne tracking number, and it is on it’s way.
I really believe the problem is outsourcing … when I did get English speakers, life was good, and things got solved. Not one of the Asian speakers got ANY of the call right.
The moral of the story, is to make sure you don’t buy a Palm with parts that can break off — like this Tungsten E.
Anyway one want a refurbished Palm 71 Zire cheap?
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Metformim
The problem for me has never been lactic acidosis but the digestive effects….
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Very interesting, but tough reading
OEA – A New Player in Appetite Regulation Answers Old Questions
This is interesting because it suggests that there is a lot we need to know about Type 2 before there is a “cure”.
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In the News
Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Insulin-treated Type 2 Diabetes Higher than Previously Recognized
I was sure having trouble with this!
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I have a REAL problem with the Mayo Clinic Q&A page on diabetes
MayoClinic.com – Medical and health information for a healthier life from Mayo Clinic
I really have a problem with several of their answers:
Q: What should you do if you forget an insulin injection?
A: Missing one dose generally isn’t a problem. Wait until your next scheduled time for injection and give yourself the regular amount. Don’t double the dose to make up for the missed injection.
Q: What should you do if you forget to take your diabetes medication?
A: If it’s only been a short time — less than six hours — since you were supposed to take the medication, take the dose you missed. Then continue to follow your normal schedule.
Why is it okay to skip pills but not injections? It just doesn’t make sense at alL! It takes days to get over a missed injection — been there, done that.
Q: Can you use an insulin pump if you have type 2 diabetes (formerly called adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes)?
A: A pump is an option if you take insulin, whether you have type 1 (formerly called juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes) or type 2 diabetes. Most people with type 2 diabetes aren’t advised to use a pump, though, because they do well with less-intensive treatment. A pump is a beeper-sized device that delivers insulin through a tiny catheter inserted under your skin.
But gee, it makes your life SO much better. No more eating to insulin but taking insulin for what you eat.
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Favorite Lyrics
He’s started something, but one of my recent favorites is from Jimmy Buffet’s Growing Older But Not Up, most recently in Meet Me In Margaritaville.
I’m growing older but not up
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
So let the winds of change blow over my head
I’d rather die while I’m living then live while I’m deadI listen to Jimmy Buffet when I walk on the treadmill. I like his upbeat, fun, Key West kind of music, with his ironic lyrics.
My husband doesn’t it get it, since I don’t drink, never done drugs, and yes, so much of his lyrics to glorify that … but at the same time put down that lifestyle. It’s weird.
I attribute a lot of my liking him, because he too is a graduate (or is that former student?) of the University of Southern Mississippi. They’ve always had a good music program, but while I was there, had one of the best Computer Science programs in the country.