Off cgms for the last few days, and feeling lost......

Well, I guess it finally had to happen. My Dexcom Seven system cgms got wet and kicked the bucket after a year or so of working 24 hours a day....
I had another one that I bought about a year or so ago as there was a billing mix up so I decided to bring that one to life. Well, older technology and a few mishaps along the way trying to get it updated, and I am currently without since about Sunday. AAAAaaaaaaggghhh!
You don't realize how much you depend on something until it is gone. I can truly say that my numbers have been worse since I have been trying to just manage with my meter. WOW...how did I ever do this before.
I can tell you from experience, if you are thinking about getting a CGMS.....it is a fabulous way to go...even with a few hiccups now and then.

Keep Going............................Peace, Bob

I do not like Green eggs and D'

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.....

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Okay, here goes another strange, warped, take on this thing

Would you take this thing called D
If you could start over and avoid or flee

would you stay ...the same as you are
or would you choose to run away far

would it be.. the disease that defines you
or would you choose eating what the others foks do

would you choose this accepted known plight
or would you slink away in the night

could you be happier with no phsical worries
or are you made better ...you be the jury

what is it ...that could possibly make you
choose to stay with this thing wherever it takes you

24-7, forever, no breaks
why would you want this ...for goodness sake

would you, could you, choose this again
Not me, no way, Nada my friends.......


.....just one mans thoughts.......but I respect all others..Cheers...Bob

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

Liver Dump…The Bird Strike of Diabetes….Monday, January 19th, 2009
Yesterday 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 as you have no idea it is coming, and no idea how much insulin to take to offset it…..Ahhh, the Diabetic Birdstrike…...The Liver dump. My cgms alarm was working overtime…..
Listen to an Interview I gave on the Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore http://cli.gs/LivinLowCarbInterview

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

I wanted to wish everyone a Healthy, Happy, and Prosperous 2009. I know 08 was a tough one, but the future is ours to make what we will of it. I believe that there is a lot of opportunity out there right now and in the upcoming year if we only choose to find it. There will be a lot of millionaires made this year…I’m thinking we should all be one of them.
The older I get, I realize what is truly important to me…..My God, My wife, My family, My friends, My health, My belief in myself and others, Good Mentors, Passion for whatever I am doing, Humor, Teaching/helping others to be more, Learning new things, and the understanding not to take myself too seriously. I know that when any of these are not going right, my life is not going right.
As most of you know, I wrote The Joy of Diabetes and published it in 2008. It has been a true blessing to be involved with and work with so many great and interesting people in every aspect of Diabetes-publishing-marketing-internet-sales-P.R.-Development and the like. What an amazing industry…and a truly helpful group of diabetics who care.
Sometimes folks look at me funny when they hear Joy, and Diabetes in the same sentence. I believe they are thinking “excitement and elation”…that’s more like Happiness…
Joy is about Peace and Confidence…..That is what I strive for and what I strive to help others find also. I think it is safe to say that I have found Joy in my situation.
I wanted to thank everyone whom I have worked with, been friends with (hopefully both), been helped by, and who have intersected my life in 2008.
I look forward to finding Joy in this year of 2009. I look forward to you being Joyful in 2009 too…..
I hope that you, your family, your work, your business, your finances, and your health, are all that you hope for this year. Best wishes………Keep going…………Peace, Bob
Ok…I gotta include a couple of my favorite Jim Rohn quotes again here.
“We must wage an intense, lifelong battle against the downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.”
“Don’t take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.”
“America is unique because it offers you an economic ladder to climb. And here’s what’s exciting: It is the bottom of the ladder that is crowded, not the top”

The Misadventures of Lil' Johnny....and his cgms

Here is the most recent video. I think it's funny,I hope you like it. You are welcome (wait strike that....Encouraged) if you like it, to pass it around. You can see all the videos at www.youtube.com/1diabetic There is some funny stuff, and I should have a few more out soon....
Keep going, Peace Bob

2 am pump alarming...glucose meter alarming....no sleeping

Well I had one of those evenings , my twins turned 9 and my wife has thrown an absolutely memorable birthday sleepover for my kids. The food was a combination of finger foods that I could only estimate as to what their carb content was. I was taking all kinds of insulin and thought that I would probably be in the low range during the night.......wrong....I awoke to beeping and couldn't figure out what it was. My pump was beeping because of a low volume and low battery alert. My cgms was beeping because I was 280.....niiiicce. I have a feeling that those things were probably beeping at me for hours as far out of whack that I was.
You would think that after almost 45 years of this thing, that I would have it figured out. Oh well, I guess this gives me time to do all the blog posting that I have been meaning to do..
Keep Going.......................Peace, Bob

virusssneesss.......

I cant believe i got duped. I fell for the UPS email virus. I had ordered some medical supplies overnighted, and the next day, I happened to get an email allegedly from UPS saying that my delivery was not deliverable. I clicked on it and right as I did, I thought uh oh. I unplugged the internet cable, but alas, too late. A lot of bogus (but pretty darn convincing,microsoft screens kept coming up telling me I had 26 different viruses and my Trend Micro Pc cillin somehow became disabled too. It gummed up my whole system and is currently in the shop being de-bugged and new virus software is being installed. I am not so happy with PCcillin for even letting it in...Oh well, live and learn....dont open any UPS emails is all i can tell you.
I would not have fallen for it had I not been waiting and needing the CGMS sensors to be there that day......

Keep going........Peace, Bob

Shocking.......

Well, Saturday night as we sat in our great room, a huge lightning bolt struck the live oak tree right next to our house. It was maybe 10 feet from our home.
I am guessing that as the crow flies, my family and myself were about 50-60feet from where the tree is.
We lost 2 garage door openers, the golf car charger, the computer, the sprinkler system clock (not telling if the valves are smoked or not yet)1 breaker switch,and the pinball machine.
The good news is that my MiniMed insulin pump and my Dexcom CGMS didn't skip a beat. With all that electricity in the air, they still kept going. I guess that was a good test huh? I remember years ago having to reset my pump because it would freeze due to static fields and you would have to pull out the batteries, let it sit, and then put it back together. It would appear they have overcome the problem...:)

Wishing you more........Peace, Bob

well...I kept my eye out for a low yesterday

It would have been nice had I seen it. I absolutely crashed and burned at work yesterday. One of those stare at the computer screen, put your feet up on the desk,and fade in and out of consciousness. I did not feel it, and somehow I even did not hear my cgms buzzing at me. Thank goodness for my brother who shoved gatorade down my throat till I recovered.
Now I get to be on guard for highs.....man, the saga continues.
High Low ping pong ......and its a game I don't even want to play. An unwilling participant who begrudgingly has to learn the rules.....again.

You would think I could get it right after 44 years. Ah the Joys of Diabetes!!!!

What in the world..........

One of those mornings..... I woke up low, ate a banana bolused for the carbs went to work,had a small muffin bolused, for the next two hours my bloodsugar climbed to 250 as I bolused at least 3 times to overcome it. Sometimes I just shake my head and realize that to my body, today may not be like yesterday and the day before. Even though it seems like it....oh well, finally down to where I should be now as I stay on guard for lows.....

Keep going......Peace, Bob

Anyone else gotta medical wasteland?

I changed my insulin pump site today and my CGMS site and I wound up with a heap of medical stuff to get rid of...I could use my own hospital incinerator :)It is amazing the volume of plastic and "stuff" diabetes management creates.....

Wishing you more.............Peace, Bob

CGMS wakin me up......

The good news is that my CGMS (continual glucose monitoring system) alarms when my blood sugar goes low...The bad news is that my CGMS alarms when I go low and I am sleeping...(good and bad) Yes, I am awake at 3a.m. and posting because I had an alarm. The good news is that I got up and treated it. Now to see if bed is an option again this morn.....
Wishing you more......Peace,, Bob