We did things in a different order than usual, had an errand to run.
She got and wanted to leave 9 minutes into cardio after doing a leg workout. Thankfully we are at planet fitness and could take advantage of the black card. We are sharing an orange juice and staying near the front desk.
Hoping that the temp basal rate would do the job but it didn’t.
My first visit was purely intake. They gave me some tests and discussed the sleep issues. No treatment at all.
Yesterday was my first visit with the person treating me. She specializes in both sleep and pain, and acknowledged that the issues are related – FYI: The sleep center is part of the pain center.
She sent me home with a relaxation CD and with a sleep log. A bit difficult as I have to keep up with paper and pen, and am looking for an electronic way to do the same thing. Currently it’s downstairs on the dining room table.
She is having me go out of summer mode and suggesting that is a bad idea. She’s right – it’s always an adjustment to go back to school and isn’t good for me. It might be okay if I adjusted further in advance, but for now, I’m going back to my school hours.
Today is a little hard because I have endo. labs and can do them until 8:00. I’m going to come up with a different set of activities for early morning, but right now, I’m blogging and working on household finances.
We discussed why I have sleep issues – I told her I have always had trouble with that, and we worked out a go to bed routine that I followed last night.
All in all a good visit.
I retweeted the allergy article because one of the issues I’ve come up with as a service dog issue is allergies. I’ve never heard of a allergic reaction to dogs every make anyone die or become seriously ill. Allergies to dogs is due to an allergy to the dander. While Dulce is a shedding dog, and sheds quite a bit, I do keep her brushed out and clean. I would get that a someone coming into my work area would have some issues if they were close to her, touched her, or touched her bedding. I also would get that someone would have issues in my car or house.
I had someone at a store ask me to stay in one area because someone who worked there was allergic – fine, I just left and went to another branch a mile away.
Problem solved.
However, that’s not always an option.
The good news is that the majority of public places know how to deal with service dogs and it isn’t an issue.
First – I survived wearing my first Enlight sensor for 6 days. I had some red and irritated skin around the sensor site. On the whole it was pretty good going except for some low sensor readings that neither the dog or the blood sugar meter agreed with.
To do the second sensor I followed along in the book – not a bad idea.
Had no trouble – though I can’t find my overlay tape and had to open the second box for it. Good thing they give us extra and finding that is on my last of must does.
Loving it so far.
First, Medtronics is finally selling a rubberized skin for their pumps. I picked up a black one since I am used to black, not purple. The purple still shows.
Second, I have called and asked for a screen protector. I have now badly scarred two pumps. Animas came out with one shortly after I scoured that screen with sand at a dog trial. That was so bad I couldn't read the screen and they had to send me a new pump.
I found the screen protector on Ebay, shipped from Texas. It scared me because you had to spray the pump and protector with soapy water but it is working well.
I tried cutting down a couple of iPhone dry protectors but they came right off.
Wish Medtronics would sell one.
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Apparently I passed their tests – I’ve been admitted to the insomnia program and the first appointment in on Tuesday.
Best news – I have met my deductible so there is no out of pocket costs.
I had four options.
Go to training on a Tuesday evening (three different dates, two different locations), or the 4th option – training virtually.
Guess which I took?
It was great. I had set up the pump in advance and was pumping with it. Morning of, went through the sensor training. When it came time to do the training, I had everything out and ready to go. She had me watch the movie again (and I think I’ll watch it during the next few sensor swaps), and walked me through the sensor insertion.
I love. You don’t see the needle at all.
I was always suspicious of the SofSensor Insertion and wondered if that caused some of the issues.
I’ve had two days of treating lows (and weight has gone up), so I am setting a new Basal Rate – I am currently running Basal Rate A, so I set a new Basal Rate B, which is .05 lower than Basal Rate A. That way if I find it is too high, I can go back to the old rate easily.
I think I did this before, and didn’t remember why I set a new rate. The weird part is that the standard basal rate is actually lower than these.
Endo didn’t remember either.
I’ve been on my new pump for almost 24 hours, and it is working well. SofSensors are finicky as always and can’t wait out and I’ve been trained on the Enlight Sensor.
I’m liking the purple more than I realized. I have been wearing the pump out – why not when you have a Diabetes Alert Dog – and have had some positive comments.
I do have screen protectors ordered from Ebay and will review them when they come. For right now, I have tried a cut down iPhone protector – doesn’t work well, and have used the plastic that came on the meter – stays on.
That is my one problem with the Minimed pumps – their screens scratch easily.
I will freely admit, I rarely watch a TV show when it is aired. My husband calls it push to pass after the Indy races I watch.
I didn’t see Undercover Boss until Saturday and I am surprised that the diabetes community hasn’t said anything about it.
It was on the Hudson Group that has those convenience stores in airports. The CEO has Type 1 Diabetes, and the first store he visited had a lady working there with Type 2 and carpel tunnel syndrome. He even showed her his insulin pump. Think it was a Metronics but not sure as most of the pump was in his hand and not visible.