#ScottsDeathRide 💀🚴‍♂️ – weeks 10-12 spokes and spikes
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#ScottsDeathRide 💀🚴‍♂️ – week 9 brought me The Wall
I Ran a Half – Check Out my Medal!
After finishing an 8k with Insulindependence last fall I talked myself into completing a half marathon in Seattle and committed to doing so on live internet radio (it’s also recorded, so I couldn’t pretend it didn’t happen). I trained, and trained,…
Chillingly Familiar Graphs
November 10, 2010 the FDA and NIH held a public workshop to discuss progress towards a semi-automated insulin delivery/ glucose monitoring system. This workshop was “webcast” meaning anyone with internet access could watch and listen from their computer. This workshop…
My First “Red Rider” Experience: Part 2 – GO RED RIDER!
You can check out Part 1 here: My First “Red Rider” Experience: Part 1 ——– Even though it was pretty early in the morning, around 7:30 AM or so, the park was very busy. Tons of people and tons of…
With A Bullet In My Foot…
Do you ever wish you could “undo” insulin? After you’ve sent it inside you, and it is working away to lower blood sugar and store calories, and you realize that you didn’t need as much insulin as you took —…
Another thing I just don’t get…
I had a lot of trouble playing basketball today. My blood sugar was running high (240’s) and wouldn’t come down quick enough. My muscles were shot, I couldn’t get enough oxygen into my lungs, my brain was foggy, my coordination…
I Didn’t Know What To Do…
It was one of those notable moments, one that I knew as soon as the self talk went through my head that I would have to blog about. It was a perfect example of feeling lost. I didn’t know if…
Bad Time For That…
They have been playing basketball over lunch at this YMCA for longer than I have been alive. So as much as I dislike using the “shirts vs. skins” method for telling teams apart, who am I to rock the boat?…
“That’s a bit elevated isn’t it?”
I’ve been playing basketball at the YMCA for a little less than three years now. It’s great fun, even better exercise, and I’ve gotten to know many of the guys that come down to play ball. There is one guy…
It’s All Relative ( A Tale of The Perfect Blood Sugar )
It was a perfect blood sugar. Absolutely perfect. 104 mg Yet, as the meter beeped and the number showed on the screen, a muttered “mother fuck” escaped my lips. The irony of it all struck me, and I would have…
Don’t bother me with the details…
I play basketball over my lunch break three days a week. It’s a blast. I do it because I really enjoy it, and the fact that it is great exercise is an added benefit. Playing that often, I have developed…
Basketball and Temporary Rates
Does the body become accustomed to exercise, requiring less and less of a temporary basal rate over time? When playing basketball was new, my temporary rate was pretty aggressive. And it seemed to work pretty good. But lately I have…
100 Days (tribute to Johnboy & Keith!)
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…