Living with Diabetes and Lapband

I'm still running high and I'm still using a higher bolus rate, but I am doing better. I got to take a fairly decent nap this afternoon -- which is a good thing since the new pup kept me up last night.

Everything is defintely better.

The good news is that I only have 3 days of summer school this week and that I'm ready for tomorrow. First period is going to be a bit dull, I need to have my students take a "mid term" and after go over the questions.

I really hope my server is back up tomorrow but I'm not going to hold my breath. I think a network engineer needs to come out and run a program. Wish they could have me do it.

One of the things I thought about getting as my summer school "toy" was the Dexcom. Here's what kept me from doing it. $35 a sensor.

Man, that 's a lot for something that is supposed to last for 3 days. Even lasting for 5 days, it is going to add up in a hurry.

I think it's wait until insurance covers it, or the sensor price goes down.

Besides, you don't get kisses from a continuous glucose monitoring system, nor do they win ribbons and get titles and stroke your ego.

A good sign that I am not doing well taking care of myself is that I am not blogging. I'm getting on the back side though.

I got exhausted. So exhausted that everything, especially my knee and right wrist were hurting. I'm now taking that as a sign. A sign that I need to get some sleep. Unfortunately I have trouble getting to sleep still, something I'm going to talk to my sleep doctor about. You've seen the sleeping pill commercials where they talk about not shutting down. That's my problem.

I fixed most of it yesterday, but then I got the pup, but I have figured out how to get her quiet, so I think I'll be okay, especially after Tuesday.

When I am exhausted, I ate. Can't do anything about that, except get some sleep. I also can't exercise because I am in such pain. In fact, I'm better off taking a nap then, rather than exercising so I can control the food later.

Of course, then my insulin usage goes up. It's a vicious cycle but I think I've broken it.

One of the things I'm doing is walking a set amount of time for each meal I eat. Not necessarily AFTER the meal. For example, today I'm doing 6 minutes about an hour after breakfast, I'm going to do my weights, and then I'm going to do another 6 minutes which will be for lunch.

I'll probably have to do ALL the time in the afternoon, later on in the week.

I have a new puppy -- Tesoro's Herald Square -- Call name Macie to go with Marcie and Maggie.

Pictures at http://www.kweaver.org/photo_archives/macie_first_day/

When Maggie finished her Open Agility JWW in the spring, I knew it was time to get a new dog. It will be at least two years before Macie is ready to compete. Marcie and Maggie will be 10 and 9 respectively, and I just don't want to be without a competition dog.

I will be trying out conformation with her.