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It’s December – close to my birthday and I’m at my lowest weight since the lap band and lowest weight in years – how cool is that?

Heard from the district ADA committee today and Dulce’s approval has been extended for another six months. They will review in May.

The rest of us ignored it and went on.

She was attacked by a stack of dictionaries today. Apparently one of the teachers uses them for a door stop and leaves them in the hall. Our leash got tangled in the stack and they toppled on her. One of the students fixed the problem by stacking them against the hallway (a better solution).

She seems to know the difference between a high caused by eating a meal and a high caused be stress or other factors. She doesn't alert after meals unless my blood sugar is climbing too high.

She gets agitated when I drop, even though I'm not at a low, and doesn't alert until I am low. That's really useful. I was watching things closely today and ended up having a really good agility day as a result.

Much nicer that a Dexcom or Metronic sensor.

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I often have Dulce in a cage, at work when I am teaching and at teacher workshops. People ask me how she alerts then, and my response has always been, trust me, we will all know.

Yesterday I was at a teacher workshop and for whatever reason, I was high and staying there. Set change, traffic issues etc., and it proved why I stay in the back and out of the way. She started pounding on the cage door. I was actually glad that two other DISD teachers where there, as they can witness to her effectiveness. Tried everything but my pen insulin as I left it in the car. Finally after the workshop I got to the gym and biked it off.

Next time temporary basal which I have done in the past.

Yes, if you carry insulin around you need one. Especially if you do the shot thing.

I pump and it isn’t as critical, as I typically have somewhere between 300-50 units on my body at any given time. However, it does fail and I do run out and I do keep a spare bottle and a pen with me.

I had stopped carrying a pen since I had gone several years without needed an emergency injection but I needed one last month – AND I’ve switched pumps, so I am carrying a Novolog FlexPen — I’m allergic to the preservative in the Lily products, and besides I like Indycars.

They are small, compact, and if you read an early post made by some really cool people in the Dallas area.

I know keep mine in my back pack.

Just when you think everything is running smooth, someone has to be a jerk….

And it was someone who I thought was a friend, but she drove me to do something I hadn’t done. I have been competing in agility trials and this fall is the first time competing with a service dog. The first day was a complete disaster because I left Dulce in the car while I was getting Macy ready. My blood sugar was a complete mess, and both Dulce and I were stressed because of it. The rest of the weekend I kept her with me unless I was actually doing the sport and we were good.

The second weekend, I ran into the jerk. So I went out of the AKC website, and they have a person in charge of accommodations. I sent in my request along with the paperwork I sent to my school. Within 30 minutes I had my accommodations granted and written up in later for me to take to shows:

• Wear an insulin pump
• Be accompanied by my dog unless I am in walkthroughs or running a dog
• Dog be in a cage ringside during those occasions
• Carry emergency sugar in a sealed container on course

Easy stuff, but now I have documentation if questioned.

I have a #Climapak from @KewlInnovations which I love, but I have been keeping it in the same bag with my water and Slim Fast. Not sure what happened but they say that it was water damaged, so I won’t be keeping the new one there. Will probably be keeping it in the Ful Bag I purchased from them at the same time and where I usually keep my laptop.

I will say that everyone at @KewlInnovations was very nice and gracious. My ham radio friends recognized the area their office is in as “technology corridor” and I passed Rockwell Collins to get there.

It holds more insulin, but is lighter and thinner. However, it is longer.

I can read the numbers on the screen. Well, I could on the Animas, but not the remote.

User interface is easier and has more functions.

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I was talking about how Dulce helps me (the Diabetic Alert Dog), to an agility handler today and she asked if my diabetes is worse.

Well, I consider diabetes like being pregnant. You either are or you aren’t and there aren’t degrees.

Yes, according to my endo, my numbers are better. However, I’m on more drugs and am on more insulin to keep them there. My diabetes certainly wasn’t under control for the past two years, and it is getting more under control with Dulce’s help. Lows scare the Jesus out of me, and since she does a nice job of letting me know they are coming and helping me stop them, yes, I’m using her. In fact, I’m getting more and more dependent on her.

BTW, I’m running lower with the new pump and it dawned me today as I was filling my second reservoir – NO BUBBLES! It was impossible to get all the bubbles out of an Animas reservoir and I think I even stopped trying. Getting the bubbles out of the Medtronics reservoir is easy peasy.

Have run into two, one on a listserv and one in person. The second knows me.

Not sure what is up with the one that knows me, and I am trying to be kind but she has been doing the mean girl thing for about a year everytime I have been around her.

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