I recently mentioned using toupee glue to keep my Navigator CGM sensors attached. With all of the packing and unpacking from our recent move, I found it! You’re looking at a genuine bottle of “Ultra Hold” toupee glue. This internet…
Last posts in this series: mySentry Trial: Starting Up & mySentry Trial: Wearing the Sensor The mySentry device is a remote display station for the Metdronic Paradigm pumps. Retail price is $3000, and I’m not sure whether people have had…
Last post in this series: mySentry Trial: Starting Up I wore the pump for about a week before starting on a sensor. That time was used to become familiar with the basics of delivering insulin with a pump that was…
Evidence of a delicious cob of corn, and a motor error. To be fair, this pump was snatched out of my hand last night when the infusion tubing snagged on a moving ceiling fan, was whipped around at high speed…
This has been an active week for me. It feels good. My body feels good. Four days of basketball, with one seriously kick ass weight session afterward. Four days of tossing a football around with my son and shooting baskets…
The first session I went to was called “Government Relations 101”. Sounded perfect to me – as I had no clue what I was getting into. Kim and I sat next to each other and listened to a great, high…
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…
Thirty years ago I was peeing on test strips to assess my diabetes management (a revolution for those who had to use a chemistry kit). Within the next few years I was measuring my blood sugar instead of urine, and had machines that…
The thoughts were nagging at me all morning. What do I do about my blood sugar? What adjustments should I make to my insulin? How should I manage my meal bolus? I was scheduled to meet up with some members…
When The meter read 298 mg/dl, my first thought was that I was probably 300 mg/dl all night. If I would have known about it I would have done something about it. Then I thought about what I did before…
I am glad to say that I’ve found some work. It is not diabetes related, but it seems to be paying a couple of the bills and gives me a lot of flexibility. This job involves a lot of driving. …