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On Monday, it’s going to one of my students.  He is having trouble with depression, his parents want him to investigate a pump, and this book gives the hard sell.  Going to check with the school nurse before I give it to him.  Maybe call mom/dad first too.

However, a couple of things wrong with it:

• Orange background with white font is almost impossible for an older adult to read.
• I wanted him to give some credit to Dean Kamen.  In my opinion, Kamen is almost as important to diabetic care as Bunting/Best (he invented the AutoSyringe, the first pump to be used to deliver insulin.

I was really happy to see that the author honored the dogs that helped find insulin.  I’m very much on the side of animal research (one of my best friends is a research vet), and not only did the discovery of insulin help humans, but it also helped dogs (and cats).  Yes, they even know how a special insulin for dogs (and cats).

Lots of things right with it.  Easy to read.  Doesn’t preach. 

Available from http://ThreeRiversPress.com, by Chuck Eichten, “The Book of Better, Life with Diabetes can’t be perfect, Make it Better.

The biggest reason I picked LA Fitness for my gym is proximity, but I have come to love the cardio equipment especially after spending time at another gym.

The recumbent bikes are sturdy and you don’t feel like you are going to fall off.

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Doing better on the testing thing, but not well on the gym.

Overall, my blood sugar is lower, especially in the morning.  Right now, my focus is get the gym thing going again.

Dallas told me to wear my pump when I didn't – they have full body scanners.

Portland told me to take it off to avoid patdown. They don't have full body scanners.

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Now there are lots of reasons for people not to like me. And maybe she just doesn't play well with others.

There is a lady I run into occasionally who has snubbed me. 

Here's. How I deal with it. I pretend that she hasn't snubbed me and treat her like she is my best friend in the world.

However, I am glad that she didn't end up being my roommate. I am not sure I could be that nice for that long.

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TSA at DFW Terminal E was Smooth sailing. Decided to disconnect and go through the scanner.

They did have to inspect my CPAP bag and swab it. I retrieved my pump since it was in the same bin and she scolded me for taking it off.

So i am currently in Portland a train trip away from the airport.
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It’s interesting.  I’m not sure that people realize that I started blogging about diabetes before everyone else.  Except maybe Will.  Not sure about that, but look at the blog history and you’ll see.

I’m different though.  I’m Type 2.  But I’m the same because I wear an insulin pump and have been exclusively on insulin from the start.  Weird, because I hate needles.  But Metforim was too much like using dice to decide what was going on with me.  Being a control freak, insulin has usually worked pretty well.

But because I’m Type 2, I’m a bit of a victim of the Type 1 / Type 2 wars, though Will’s book “Born again Diabetic” helped me a lot.

I’ve tried the insulin pumpers list, that didn’t work that well for me, but I have the same problem with Lapband user groups.  I am not sure why group therapy doesn’t work for me (might be that control freak that).

I also don’t write for a living (yet, there are still some textbooks cooking in my head).  So I don’t find the need to blog every day.  Besides, I’m a very busy teacher – should have hung out in my classroom today – and I have still cleaning up my house.  I’m not sure people realize that when I offer my guest room, I’m sort of tongue in cheek.  Though I have thought about moving into the guest room even after it was destroyed.

So I really admire what the Type 1 kids are doing.  I hope they get a cure, and I think there is a possibility for them.  I still don’t think there is a cure for my particular form of Type 2 diabetes.  It’s a really bad that you don’t get to pick your parents, but my father did have diabetes (diagnosed and died of complications in his late forties), and my mother was diagnosed several years after I was.

I also want to thank the twitter folks for some traveling hints last night.  I haven’t flown in a LONG time. 

It’s in the history, but I was diagnosed with diabetes at 42, about the same age as my dad.  He died of congestive heart failure at 48.  The good news, modern technology and constant monitoring throughout my adult lifetime has gotten me to 51.  Very close to 52.

A dog friend of mine mentioned she had the Martian death flu this weekend and I think I did too. Woke up Friday feeling fairly icky and started streaming mucus midday. Almost immediately went to bed on Friday and woke up Tuesday morning.

Well, there were a few moments when I woke up enough to feed dogs (they were screaming), and let them out, and laundry almost got done.

Even woke up enough to email people that they didn't want me at school and post some work for the kids to do. Still not great, but managed to do some shopping for my trip to Portland on Friday.

Weird thing? Didn't really affect blood sugar, but I sure didn't move much.

The police officer killed in Dallas was a very good friend of mine.  Can’t believe it is taking this long, it will be 11 years in December.

Members of ‘Texas Seven’ get execution dates | Dallas-Fort Worth Local Breaking News – News for Dallas, Texas – The Dallas Morning News.

Well, I have LOTS of AA batteries, no AAA batteries on me.  Even have the flat batteries for the One Touch Minis.

Well that’s on my list.