A few months late, but here it is - the report I sent out to those who donated to my Tour de Cure ride in Oregon, so pardon the remedial explanation of hypoglycemia:

I booked an Amtrak ticket from Seattle to Portland on Friday, July 29, and paid the extra $10 to put my bike on the baggage car for the 200-mile trip. Seattle’s King Street Station is about 8 miles from my house, so I decided that if I could carry everything I needed for the weekend I could ride there and have a car-less…

12/8/10: Just received word that both kids tested negative for the insulin antibodies! This is such good news and I am so happy, it makes me realize how different results would have really darkened my holiday spirit and possibly led to years of anxiety and guilt. I'm going to celebrate. The kids may not quite understand why, but they will!

I took my 8-yo daughter and 5-yo son in to a local research hospital for a blood draw as part of the TrialNet study. I…

I couldn't help myself a few weeks ago. I saw a stranger in public with a Minimed pump and I had to say hello. Actually I kind of joked around with the woman and I think she took it well.

I was watching my kids at a play area when I saw a mother there watching her kids. She had a blue Medtronic/Minimed pump on her waist.

I walked up and said, "That cell phone on your hip looks pretty cool! What kind is it?"

She replied, "Oh, actually it's an insulin…

I have been on hold with Medtronic tech support for 15 minutes now. After making my way through the phone tree, I heard a message that said "Due to a system upgrade, you may experience extended delays before speaking to a customer service representative." Now I am listening to a pleasant-enough tune that sounds like the music from an old Peanuts cartoon, and laughing to myself over their message.

I have almost forgotten why I called, so now my first question…

I wear the Dexcom CGM sensor/transmitter in the back of my arm, and as I rode my bike home from work yesterday I didn't know it was visible below my bike jersey. At a stop light another cyclist stopped beside me.

Guy: Hey, what's that thing on your arm?

Me: Oh [startled] it's a radio transmitter.

Guy: Ha! What are you, a cyborg?

Me: Ha ha - yeah (smiling) actually it's for a continuous glucose monitor, for diabetes.

Guy: Oh, I wondered if maybe it was a…