Living with Diabetes and Lapband

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.

Its been two weeks since my last visit and i am in the waiting room.

i am doing much better but still skipping finger sticks.

doctor thinks i am better too. glucose average was over 200 and now at 165 plus i am actually testing.

said he would see me in august and did some minor tweets to basal settings. aamazing what getting away from stress and doong what you are supposed to does.

also snagged a free one touch mini.

Okay, I really went on break Friday afternoon, and made interesting choices over the weekend, some good, some bad.

I am exercising again, on the good side.

Will see endo this afternoon, and am hoping that we fix the afternoon/evening lows.

I need to set some health care related goals this summer.  The last few weeks have been the weeks from hell, and I had stopped taking care of myself properly months ago.

So my first goal, which I set two weeks ago, is to get control of my blood sugar.  I've been doing better, but I still skip finger sticks.  You can tell how bad my day is as to how many figure sticks I've done.

My second goal is to get back to exercising regularly and I've got a good start on that -- I've managed to get on the treadmill for at least 15 minutes almost every day.  Am upping the time this week to twenty.

I'd love to be down 20 pounds over the summer, but I don't know if that is possible.  The lapband is funny, sometimes it won't let me eat, and sometimes I think I need a fill.  Not sure what is going on and am hoping to get to a support group meeting.

Seeing my counselor has been great.  I plan to see more of her this summer, especially since the clock starts over again in September.  I know I'm going to need her when the school year starts.