The Joy of Diabetes

Waterproofing my Dexcom cgms.......after drowning 2 already. aaaaack...Dex is dead!!

2010-03-29T06:25:00.001-07:00

I have been blessed to have been using a Dexcom cgms for close to 4 years now and have religiously had my Dex by my side. Amazingly I have not lost it in all that time and have found it to be a great tool in helping me manage my disease. My most recent A1C was 5.9 woo hoo......and that is because with the pump and the cgms, I can make decisions and get feed back quickly.In the last 6 months

Books on Diabetes...diabetes books...best diabetes books

2010-03-22T08:14:00.000-07:00

Well after a recent google search on books about Living with Diabetes, I am amazed to see how many there are.....thousands at least. It seems that diabetes encompasses so many people that it also creates quite a few diabetic authors. I am happy to see so many books on diabetes that should help make it easy to help people find the Joy of Diabetes in living with the disease. As always, there is a

Intense therapy might make things worse....huh?

2010-03-16T06:21:00.000-07:00

Recent article from the L.A. times is worth reading. I think every story has to be looked at from many angles....read it and make up your own mind....Aggressive measures to treat diabetics make many of them worse, studies showRigorous treatment to bring down blood pressure and cholesterol is not beneficial and increases side effects, researchers say.March 15, 2010|By Thomas H. Maugh IIIt seemed

Does drinking coffee raise your bloodsugar levels....?

2010-02-24T12:05:00.000-08:00

I have posted on this before, but I think it's important. I used to think that was a crazy question. Now I'm not so sure. Tony at Dsainsights posed that question a while back and I told him I thought he had lost his mind. After paying attention for quite a few months now, Im not positive, but I think he is right. I have noticed that I do tend to trend upward pretty dramatically in the a.m. after

Does coffee raise your bloodsugar levels....?

2010-02-24T11:51:00.000-08:00

I asked this question before, and I used to think that was a crazy question. Now I'm not so sure. Tony at Dsainsights posed that question a while back and I told him I thought he had lost his mind. After paying attention for quite a few months now, Im not positive, but I think he is right. I have noticed that I do tend to trend upward pretty dramatically in the a.m. after drinking coffee. I can't

Sweets for your Diabetic Valentine....Ummm, not so much

2010-02-12T10:50:00.000-08:00

Looking back, was there ever a time that you chose to not do something because of how you might have to cope with the D.?I think that I have pretty much done just about anything I set my mind to during my life and just took the disease in stride.There are only a few

Solid Times.......

2009-09-28T10:57:00.000-07:00

The past week has been a pretty good one for my numbers. I have been pretty solid even though I haven't been particularly good at exercising or the like. I am always amazed how you do something the same for a long time and get what you expect as a normal result, and 3 days later, you dont seem to do anything right. Nothing seems to have changed, except the outcome...This is a Houdini disease.....

Unexplain-ed-ness

2009-09-22T09:10:00.000-07:00

Whoa...what is going on? For the last 3 nights, I have been waking up at 2 to 230 am with a bloodsugar level between 275 and 350. Nothing has been different, nothing has really changed in my life. I have bumped my basal rate in the early am by 1 unit an hour, but HOLY COW!!!! WHAT GIVES?IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO SLEEP DURING THE NIGHT SOMETIME SOON. I HOPE IT SLACKS UP A LITTLE.DO YOU EVER HAVE

Dehydrated........?

2009-09-09T10:10:00.000-07:00

Dehydrated....? This last weekend, I attended my 2 boys Soccer tournament here in North Florida. 98 degrees and about 98 per cent humidity.The games were at 2 different complexes....Here's a recapGame 1 ...set up chair ...grab umbrella..spend 1 hour cheering on my 9 year old..Game over ...load up ...go drive 25 minutes to other

You tube videos.....by 1diabetic

2009-09-04T07:27:00.000-07:00

Not sure if I put these up but you can see all of my diabetes humor videos atwww.youtube.com/1diabetic

Back to bloggin......:)

2009-09-01T13:41:00.000-07:00

I have re immersed myself lately in the blogging world. I hope to stay consistent. You can always find my stuff at Diabetes Daily or at www.joyofdiabetes.ning.com I am pretty involved at Twitter under joy of diabetes and at Liveoutloudwd.It is amazing what kind of time it takes to stay involved in all the sites....I gotta admit that I have met a lot of really cool and helpful people though.Bob

What's that on your waist sir...? Please step over here sir!!!!! Flying while Diabetic!

2009-08-24T06:56:00.000-07:00

Ahhhhh, the joys of flying while D.....Sir you're gonna need to remove your pager.....Ummmm it's an insulin pump. Oh....Ok, take it off please..Ummm, Id really rather not if I don't have to...as I unclip it and show it to him. .Ok, I guess. You need to put everything else including your pager in the xray machine. Ummmm...its a glucose meter....A what? A glucose meter, I'd rather not run it

Living Out Loud with Diabetes ....Forum

2009-08-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

Wow....a lot of work. I have been twittering and have created a site at www.joyofdiabetes.ning.com as a diabetes forum. It is a lot of work, and I am glad to see that it is starting to move more on its own now. I noticed folks are starting to make their own connections and I am tickled to see lots of folks have joined. If you have an interest, come check us out. And lets have a little fun ....

Living Out Loud with Diabetes ....Forum

2009-06-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

I have moved this blog and created "Living Out Loud with Diabetes" as a diabetes forum that is much more easy to use and allows for active membership posting and participation at no charge. Come visit us at www.joyofdiabetes.ning.com There is some good stuff there....Thanks Bob

I do not like Green eggs and D'

2009-01-28T07:07:00.000-08:00

Posted this on DD awhile ago...thought I'd repost it. Some folks say that they might want to be D again if they had the opportunity to choose.....some not. Heres my thoughts..... Okay, here goes another strange, warped, take on this thingWould you take this thing called DIf you could start over and avoid or fleewould you stay ...

The Bird Strike of Diabetes....The Liver Dump

2009-01-19T10:04:00.000-08:00

Liver Dump…The Bird Strike of Diabetes….Monday, January 19th, 2009Yesterday I was able to kick back and relax a little and lo and behold….I fell asleep on the couch. After about a 2 hour deep sleep nap, I awoke with some unexplained high numbers. Am I the only one who sometimes seems to get a liver dump after a long nap? This is not the first time it has happened, and it is always hard to manage

2009-01-03T03:31:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lwLAV5Zykg The most recent video....It's kinda cute....