Living with Diabetes and Lapband

Things I like about my IR1250

First, 500 food entries are a lot. If someone upgrades from an IR1200, don't feel cheated, as I barely have 100 in mine. Mostly things I might eat if I don't have my Treo handy.

I think I'll still be using the Treo, but I'll probably let the pump calculate the units, since it slices finer than the Treo.

I love the vibrate alarm 1 hour after I bolus. I might change it to two, haven't decided. I had been checking two hours after, but with the IOB, checking an hour works okay too.

I don't have to have vibrate, I could have a tone, but vibrate is better.

So far the cartridge isn't a probably but even on my worst days later, I'm using less than 60 units a day.

The cartridges are great. I've filled two in a row with absolutely no bubbles. Much easier than the IR1000.

Since I have plenty of insulin, (I've reduced my intake from 120 units a day to 60), for right now, I'm planning to completely fill the cartridge. I'm not sure how much I'll have left after priming, etc.

I'll do that for a few days.

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From my Treo

It really is paying off!

I just finished two agility runs and wasn't completely out of breath!

I'm even down another half a pound.

Some of the best things is that I am not noticing gastric reflux symthoms as much. Mostly chest pains, but nothing bad. I haven't woken up in the middle of the night especially.

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From my Treo

Love the dentist

Can't really call him new.

He snuck up on me today which is actually the right thing to do. He replaced the temporary filling.

I have full confidence now which is a good thing.
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From my Treo

CDE Visit

Saw my CDE today and will see her before the trip to Monte Carlo so I warned her.

We dropped my evening bolus since i'm consistantly correcting 180s. I may need to drop it further but I'm into small corrections.

Best news...lost 3 pounds and blood pressure was 116/74
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From my Treo

CDE Visit

Went to the CDE for my monthly, keep on track, visit.

Last month I was very depressed, having problems with all my health issues.

This trip was different. First, I had lost 4 pounds since the last visit, which I DID not think had happened. I've now lost 25 pounds since I started seeing them.

I took them the lab results from last weekend, and they were also very pleased.

Nice to see that I'm headed in the right direction.
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From my Treo

Speaking of Weight Loss...

It's not going as well as I would like lately.

However, I feel I'm mostly recovered from the few weeks without exercise. My bolus ratios are still low, but my daily insulin usage has gone done substantially AND my blood sugar levels have stabilized again.

The good news, is that I lost the weight I had temporaily gained and now I am not gaining.

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From my Treo

Gastric bypass surgery

I have been thinking about surgery since if I am going to do it, I need to do it this year.

Lots of reasons not to though -- first, I can always wait a year, and it wouldn't be that big of a thing.

I am afraid I would be trading one set of medical problems for another.

There is a huge possiblity insurance won't cover it, and I'm definately a believer that you don't rely on insurance 100%. In fact, I just talked to someone who has had the surgery, happy with it, but has already paid for over half, and I wouldn't be surprise if she doesn't end up paying for all of it.

FYI: If you don't count on insurance covering things you won't be rudely suprised. Been there, done that.

I am still afraid that going with WLS means trading one set of health problems for another. In fact, I only have one health condition that will probably be solved by weight loss surgery, and I consider it the least of the problems (GERD).

I also consider that waiting a year means that I'll have a stronger case, I definately am getting good documentation on weight loss via the CDE.

So I really think I'll not be doing surgery. It really only comes up with me when I realize that it's six months until June AND I'm depressed about weight loss, or lack there of.
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From my Treo

Testing

sending entry from moblog

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From my Treo

Treo is back!

it is so nice to have a 100% working Treo back.

Dog Agility

Finally both the big dog and I managed to run an Excellent course successfully. I think one of our issues is that she isn't used to me being able to run.

It was even the hardest type course for us, jumpers with weaves. We had a clean run under time and took first.