Another thing that the therapist and I talked about was looking at the payoffs rather than the deprivation that is commonly associated with changing habits. For example, take my good nights rest vs. PDA/smartphone action plan. What are the payoffs…
You would all be proud of me. I tried something new for breakfast the other day. I had a serving of scrambled “Egg Beaters” (basically egg whites), with one slice of american cheese (the heavily processed variety), in a whole…
Putting It Into Practice – hereby known as PIIP. This, and all future PIIP posts will be known as “Part ‘n’”, because I don’t want to keep track of which number I left off on… Lazy? Maybe. But I like…
Here’s to Keith over at dead islets. He has just published a post titled “100 Days”. The title of his post is no doubt respectfully borrowed from our mutual friend and O.C. blogger Johnboy of Infusion of thought, when he…
How exact do you get when entering carbs into your calculations? Looking back on the last few weeks of my pump history, all of my carb values are rounded numbers, either on the 10 mark, or the 5 mark. I think…
Our very own Amy Tenderich of www.diabetesmine.com recently crafted an absolutely excellent article on her column over at dlife.com. The article is titled: Leadership 101a: Managing Your Care Team This article goes into whether you appointments with your care team…
I have an older Accu-Chek Compact meter that I use at work. This meter uses a “drum” of 17 test strips. There are a few reasons that I don’t really like it, but I don’t hate it either. It’s a…
I am very regular about changing my infusion sets. Every three days, usually in the morning – unless some emergency dictates otherwise. I believe that it is important for me to not leave my infusion set in too long. I…
Is it just laziness? Lack of planning – causing runs to the vending machines through the day? Unpolished and unpracticed carb counting by eyeball? Falling victim to the clever marketing schemes that have me addicted to things like Diet Coke…
I think for many of us, we know the truth, but may not be willing to face the truth. I think this is certainly the case for me in looking at my (lack of) “Nutritional Habits”. I talked to my…
As expected, my A1C was higher than I’m comfortable with – although not as high as I expected it to be. The result was 9.1, down from 9.2 three months ago. Faithful readers will remember that for my last visit…
I got a great laugh out of a recent comment from Wil regarding my Aircraft Carrier Post. He said: Scott, I love this post, but it was chickensh** of you not to post a graph with your BG on it.…
Caro ‘cross the water over there at www.diabetes-wise.net has tagged me! I’m honored! I was tagged before, many moons ago by Wil, but it was a bit different than this round – or … maybe this is the same round…
I went in to the lab last Friday to have my labs drawn for my upcoming endo appointment. It went pretty good, nothing like one of my previous visits where nothing went as well as it should have.I went first…
How often do you guys & gals have your feet examined? I’m just thinking back, and it’s been years for me. I think that most endo’s would make it part of the routine for someone like me (approaching 26 years…
I think there are plenty of great ideas out there. Coming from so many sources – books I read (or listen to), blog entries and comments, medical professionals or just plain intuition and luck. The challenge comes in putting those…
That is what the “target” BG range is like – landing on an aircraft carrier… in a storm… at night! The “target” BG range is so narrow, compared to falling short (and crashing right into the aircraft carrier, sinking the…
Very quick post. I tested my blood sugar at 11:11 am and it was 111. Fun with numbers anyone? I think I’m going to go out and buy a couple lotto tickets, using my last few blood sugars to pick…
So I just noticed that my quarterly endo appointment is coming up again. Damn. It feels like just yesterday when I went in there and was thrown into a tailspin with a higher than expected A1C. I’ve been trying to…
Motivation that would be. Internal Motivation vs. External Motivation. I must admit that I am always searching for external motivation, or some external “thing” that will motivate me to get going. Whether it’s a new meter, a new pump, some…