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Now that I am out of the teacher workshop:

4 1/2 days of sitting still.  I think there was maybe 5 hours of hands on, but that might be generous.

4 1/2 days of new people and new food. 

New dog was not happy with the routine and I needed to spend time training her, but didn’t have the energy.  So I also didn’t get treadmill time, plus the food was much higher carb than I need.

So I am back on track.  I’m afraid that I am going to get only one more rehab appointment from the last car accident.  However, what I get is what I get, and I’m glad to get as much as a I did.

My focus now is on getting everything back on track.  I would LOVE to lose 20 pounds over the summer.  Happy with 10.

They last for four and half days (once I accidently enrolled in one that was five and half days) and you have no control over your life during the workshop. Most of them feed breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. This one is just lunch. They rarely tell you what they are doing ahead and this one is no exception.

I have to say that only one lunch was bad – Monday’s – and the rest went well, but I did skip todays. We usually found out right before we left from lunch where we were going which really bugged me.

I will say BBQ restaurants always go well, and I found another good one today – Black Eyed Pea. The secret to both is baked potato – dump the meat into the baked potato and you are good to go. My secret when I can’t get enough protein. Certainly isn’t low calorie and doesn’t follow the rules, but works when you don’t want to embarrass yourself.

Dosing insulin is absolute no fun and I usually end up going high. Sure have this week.

#bs started at 179 today. After my morning McD’s Mocha and a correction I was in the 140’s. Not bad, that’s my goal for 2 hours after eating. Apparently my workshop basal is too low. I will have to look at everything again on the computer and make sure my settings are right.

So right now, I am running on my weekend basal, which isn’t as high as workshop, but lower than my “teaching” basal.

Seriously.

First 0 carbs vs. 44 carbs per bottle. 

The good news, I can only stand to drink about a 1/4 of hers at a time.  However, Bret’s is GOOD!  Hope they keep that one on the market.

Broke down and bought Holly’s because Brett’s wasn’t on the shelve at Albertson’s.

Really want it back.  One of the few teas I like to drink.

So I did my normal stuff today – picked up a McD’s Mocha (long story on that), drank it slowly, checked my blood sugar two hours after I drank it.  Whoops, my meter shows I’m at 104 and over 4 units of insulin on board.

Whoops.

Good thing I carry a Slim-Fast.  Drank it, only covered the “missing part”, and then turned the temporary basal to –10%.  Hopefully that will carry me to lunch.

The problem with being at an AP Workshop is that it takes about 50% more insulin to survive them.  Whoops, I forgot that this morning.  Just went on workshop basal.

I also forgot to make sure I had enough test strips in my equipment bag.  I don’t call it a purse because I have more stuff than a purse has.  Like USB cables.

Lunch went horribly.  We went to a chinese buffet and I got stuck.  It’s okay because I brought a can of slim fast.  I think it was because I ate to fast.  I did follow bandster rules, and I ended up not eating much.

Bring the slim fast AND my own water was a really good idea.  Good news – we’re done to take at 4:00 and we have three and half days to go after that.

I did some good diabetic things today.

You see, I live in my truck.  Especially when I am doing dog stuff.  And after the two car accidents, I realized it all needed to be better organized.  Bought some extra storage bins, the whole deal.

One of the things I found when going through stuff is that I had no emergency food.  Well, I did but man was it nasty.

So I grabbed one of my stashed bags, used to contain all the old nasty stuff, and got it ready to throw out.  Then stopped at gas station and got rid of while refueling.

Even found an all night Kroger, restocked the supply and good to go.  I have lifesavers, small packets of snack items, just stuff that can fix a low, but travel well.  Literally.

Yes, I am having a car wreck day.

Since the two car wrecks, May 8 and May 26, both caused by the driver behind me, I have more stiffness and pain then usual.  Of course, I blame the original pain and stiffness on a wreck I had when I was 20,but still.

By the way, getting treatment was fun.  I have good car insurance, with PMI, and so did the second driver.  The first driver, another story.

I finally found an outfit that is located near where my husband and I met, not close to us, but doable.  Best yet, it’s on the way home from where I work part time.

They are good, got me feeling better yesterday, but I’m back to aches and pains today already.  Won’t be able to do more rehab until Friday, but at least I know what types of things to do to help.

By the way, I’ve been doing a great job walking each day and am up to 25 minutes!

As to the May 8th accident.  I still haven’t gotten a bill from my chiropractor, who was supposed to send me what he sent to my insurance company.  I need to email them and check on that and see if I can get a copy and submit it to the first insurance company.  They tell me I can get a claim for that, we’ll see.

The good news is that I get a check yesterday for the damages.  Only half of what the car company estimated, but oh well, they got off light.

Nationwide beats them hands down – they paid my deductible about a week after the accident and settled for the two days off at the same time.  I’m supposed to get money from my insurance company too, and letting the rehab place deal with them getting paid by the insurance company.

Fun stuff.

Can you imagine what having good insurance is going to be like after Obama care, when you can’t get a doctor to take auto insurance now?

Went to his office about an hour early and no one was there!   Seriously.  I’d also tried to confirm my appointment and couldn’t reach anyone.

They did call back about 10 minutes after the appointment.

Besides, while driving was closer, parking was horrible.  Mark that one off the list.

@scottkjohnson is addicted to diet coke and I used to be. He reminds me of my old addiction once in a while.

I got my lap band on May 23, and during my first year of being banded. I’ve had three diet cokes. I had another one right after my band anniversary. I haven’t tried a “real” carbonated drink, but here’s the sad thing. Diet Coke and Coke Zero now taste nasty to me.

Good news – though I can’t drink regular unsweetened tea yet, I do like Bret Michael’s Snapple Flavor. Haven’t tried too many others. Hope they keep it on the market.

By the way, the main reason I can’t drink unsweetened tea or water, is that my mouth is ALWAYS full of acid from gastric reflux. That was pre-surgery.