Another week
December 31, 2006
Another week of exercise logged. It will get tougher, as I've got some new projects starting soon, but I think I can still get it done.
I've scheduled around the other activities, so that should help.
Another week of exercise logged. It will get tougher, as I've got some new projects starting soon, but I think I can still get it done.
I've scheduled around the other activities, so that should help.
Is a bag a gadget?
I bought a big diabetic travel back with a cold pak from the diabetes store, and frankly it just wasn't big enough.
Had a gift certificate from Amazon so broke down and finally brought a Pump Pak. Wish I had years ago! It's Very nice! Very big and much better made than the Medicool bag.
If you want your own, you can get it here -- yes I get a referral fee.:
Another mom update. She still hasn't heard back from her doctors but she sees doctor that discovered the elevated blood sugar next week.
I told her to ask for a script for 90 days -- testing 4 times a day. It takes a couple of weeks to process so she'll have a good cushion when she gets that. I explained then she can test her blood sugar after meals so she'll know what is going on.
Her blood sugar was at 16* -- don't remember the last digit, but it is going down, so meds and diet are working.
Well, I ended up wasting two Inset II sets. And this is why I think that you have to have a full box before you truly know if a set is right for you.
I put in my fourth set this morning. Everything looked good. Not sure what went wrong with the first set.
I decided to go shopping and walked right past my emergency bag -- which was probably a good thing in a way, because I didn't have any Inset IIs in it.
I decided to go shopping and get rid of my gift cards (I love gift cards, and got quite a few from parents this year -- please send more!) I ate breakfast late and in the middle because my blood sugar was high this morning and I wanted to see if my changes worked.
Ate, then had to go to the restroom. I don't know if I pulled the set off taking my clothing off, or what -- but since my blood sugar was 186, I suspect that was the case.
Here's the bad part -- I had no replacement sets and at least one stop I wanted to make. Debated, and decided to make that stop which of course took longer.
I still like the Inset IIs better than the originals, but they haven't eliminated human error -- as when I got home, instead of pulling the paper off the set, I pulled the set off the needle!
So that's how I wasted two sets.
My insurance company has a chronic disease management program they call Lifemasters. I've had two phone consultations with them so far.
So far, they seem good. Right now we seem to be in the set up mode. She verified my medications, I gave her some lab work they wanted last time, and she suggested that they send me a blood pressure monitor but will arrange for that in a few visits.
It also sounds like they might be doing some online stuff.
So far, it seems good.
Her A1c is 11.4 so she's been in trouble for a little while. She's waiting to hear from her doctor's office on getting a quicker appointment and is going to talk to them about diabetes education and maybe even seeing an endocrinologist.
Did I miss something?
We're we promised that the Abbott / Therasense Navigator would be out this year? Guess it didn't happen.
We're having a nice quiet stress free as possible Christmas. Husband loves his new gift and I got a great deal on it.
Hope everyone else is having a good Christmas!