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

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

....another weird lunch . I had a chicken salad today at Cracker Barrel and had 4 crackers to go with it. Nothing else. I would normally take 5 or 6 units of insulin to cover this. I took 6 and an hour later I was 135. I took 3 more and an hour later I was 195. Itook 6 more and 3 hours later, I am111. It makes no sense to me. It seems everytime I eat at Cracker Barrel, my bloodsugar goes through the roof...even with salads. I wonder what they put in their food that drives me crazy.....
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

CGMS ....denied

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A Day of pretty good......

My numbers ran pretty good today although I didn't do much differently than the previous few days. Maybe a few less carbs....it seems to be easier to track and make less mistakes when eating less carbs...

Got Di-uh-beeteees.......no more treat--eeees

Keep going....

Wishing you more.....Bob

Hour by Hour, Daily Battle!

Well, Today's the Day! I went to my press company and did the Press Check for color at 8 a.m. this morning and the book is being run today. They tell me it will be folded and bound next week and I should have it by Thursday or Friday. It is amazing how everything, is always a week out. It was great as I had my son with me and we got the tour of how the operation ran and printed and were allowed to tour the whole facility. The press operators were very helpful. One said that he really appreciated the concept of the book as his father had become diabetic in the previous few years and that it was close to home for him. I am amazed at the numbers of people affected by this disease.

As I got back to my office, I got a phone call from an old friend who had been diagnosed diabetic and is on 4 injections a day. I highly recommended looking into seeing if maybe an insulin pump would help him to improve his control. I related to him that before I went on an insulin pump 15 years ago, I too was taking 4 injections a day. Wow! am I ever glad to be done with that. As like the rest of us, he is struggling to maintain control and keep it right! It is an hour by hour, daily battle.......but it's a good fight!

As always, Keep going...........Peace, Bob