Michael Wiggins
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May 12, 2011
Michael Wiggins left a comment for Robyn
"Hello Sweet Pea long time no talk, Yep another year older and still surviving. I thought about retiring a while back, but instead took a job with a start up company dealing with acutely ill patients with Medicaid and Medicare. They are based in…"
Jan 25, 2011
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"Hey there, I hope you have a great Birthday! "
Jan 22, 2011
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"HAPPY Birthday!!"
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"Get MySpace Comments without leaving myspace!"
Jan 22, 2011
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"Time for bed darling - sweet dreams M"
Jun 29, 2010
Robyn left a comment for Michael Wiggins
"xo, thank you."
Jun 29, 2010
Michael Wiggins commented on Robyn's blog post 'Speechless and Very Honored'
"Sweetsome, Please be assured you are loved by many - a family if not by blood by spirit. M."
Jun 28, 2010
Michael Wiggins replied to Tonya Homme's discussion 'Buying test strips on ebay?'
"No insurance company pays retail for strips probably cost plus a small % mark up to the pharmacy! The only people who pay retail are people without coverage or people with high deductible plans or people who want strips not on a insurance companies…"
Jun 16, 2010
Desdemona and Michael Wiggins are now friends
Jun 16, 2010
Elizabeth commented on Michael Wiggins's blog post 'A pump and a ride!!'
"I just did 20 miles on sunday for the Tour de Cure and I started out at 340 and ended up at 60 and wouldn't come up. So what i've tried is the 50% decrease in basal for the entire ride and then for about 4 hours afterwards and I use the…"
May 18, 2010
carrp12000 commented on Michael Wiggins's blog post 'A pump and a ride!!'
"Ive been riding alot lately. I usually cut my bsal by 50% also. I have a little gel flask on my frame that I either feel with Gu or honey and and I take a little squirt every 20 minutes or so. If your just starting to ride again the muscles in your…"
May 17, 2010
A blog post by Michael Wiggins was featured

A pump and a ride!!

Just coming up on a year being on a pump. For the most part not to bad will get my new A1c next week and I am expecting some pretty good numbers. Last year I had to take half a year off my bicycle due to doctors orders.It was tough because it's a big part of who I am. Getting my legs back is shape has been a real challenge not even sure I could do a 50 mile ride right now. That being said though I am starting to get some mile on my legs including riding 9 of the last 10 days. This is where I…See More
May 17, 2010
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Michael Wiggins posted a blog post

A pump and a ride!!

Just coming up on a year being on a pump. For the most part not to bad will get my new A1c next week and I am expecting some pretty good numbers. Last year I had to take half a year off my bicycle due to doctors orders.It was tough because it's a big part of who I am. Getting my legs back is shape has been a real challenge not even sure I could do a 50 mile ride right now. That being said though I am starting to get some mile on my legs including riding 9 of the last 10 days. This is where I…See More
May 16, 2010
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May 8, 2010
Michael Wiggins commented on Greg's blog post 'Can't outrace insulin'
"Greg, Man you were lucky ! I am leading a ride tomorow out of of Snohomish and not unlike you I feel bullit proof at times but you remind me that I am not. Most of the people I ride with know I have diabetes and it helps if I start acting a little…"
May 7, 2010

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Date diagnosed
November 20, 1974
Most recent HbA1C %, date of result (optional)
7.5 as of July 20th 2009
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Pump
What pump model do you use, if any?
Animas 2020

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A pump and a ride!!

Posted on May 16, 2010 at 8:42pm 2 Comments

Just coming up on a year being on a pump. For the most part not to bad will get my new A1c next week and I am expecting some pretty good numbers. Last year I had to take half a year off my bicycle due to doctors orders.It was tough because it's a big part of who I am. Getting my legs back is shape has been a real challenge not even sure I could do a 50 mile ride right now. That being said though I am starting to get some mile on my legs including riding 9 of the last 10 days. This is where I…

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Happy Holidays

Posted on December 25, 2009 at 4:52am 2 Comments

Merry Christmas To All,



Although alittle late all of my children arrived from various parts of the country to arrive here at my winter house in Tucson. We stayed up very late eating highly caloric food " oh so many carbs" and enjoyed each others company. Also Susan's folks are staying with us and her sister Diane and husband Tom joined in. All of the kids are queezed into my daughter Katies' tiny new house. I was proud of the adults that they had all become, but just alittle sadden… Continue

If if isn't one thing it's another!!

Posted on November 29, 2009 at 3:38pm 1 Comment

Had a really bad the day after Thanksgiving. Checked my BG before going to bed did a small bolus and changed my set. Got up early do do a little black friday shopping - it was early didn't get a chance to check my BG - but I thought no big deal was not going for long and took a banna and counted the carbs and did the appropriate bolus. Was a busy morning people everywhere. Started not feeling well and got that acidty smell that tells you that you are high sugar wise. No big deal I thought so I… Continue

Why do they try to kill me!!

Posted on September 19, 2009 at 4:49am 6 Comments

Just got back from a 2 day business trip to New Mexico - and on two occasions waiter people gave me regular soda's instead of diet. Most times I can tell right away, but lately depending on the fountain mix it's not as easy. Was dealing with a sugar level over 500 in a lonely hotel room for 4 hours, was not fun. I am very very explicit about my drink orders - this seems to be happening more and more often. Sometimes I think these folks just don't care!!

Changeing sites?

Posted on August 9, 2009 at 10:32pm 5 Comments

With current insulin intake I can go 5 days without changeing sets. Everything I have read says you change every 3 days. Do you change based upon what is in your pump or just every three day. Sorry for the stupid question.

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At 12:03pm on January 22, 2011, lotsofshots said…
Hey there, I hope you have a great Birthday!
At 11:52am on January 22, 2011, Robyn said…
HAPPY Birthday!!
At 9:27am on January 22, 2011, Doris D said…

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At 12:27am on June 29, 2010, Robyn said…
xo, thank you.
At 2:38pm on May 8, 2010, Joanna said…
Michael :
I have notice that you also went to Bearskin Meadows in 1976. So did I. I was dx in 1976 in July and I sure do remember Doc and Ellen! I also remember another consoler and her name is Tekla. Would be great to hear from you and I sent you a friends request. And what a small world we live in. I used to live in Edmonds too!
Thanks,
Joanna
At 12:21pm on March 18, 2010, ish said…
Thank you for your reply to my blog post. Right now I'm taking a new A1c, and loading my numbers into Sugarstats with the hope that it will clearly show the lows before the pump and the safe control after. My doctor, Medtronic, and I are working to make the appeal but no one mentioned that I could appeal to anything higher up. I will have a good look at my policy and see if there's anything we're missing. That's a great tip and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. For a while it looked like medtronic was going to let me return the pump but I'd still be on the hook for the costs of the 6 months of supplies. They said they had the approval confirmation in their records but then there was an issue with the dates, like the approval lasted for 1 day and since the pump got to me days later it was somehow invalid.. Confusing! But since the insurance was deny payment, I was stuck. Then they called me and told me not to start the return process because that the insurance company was just trying to bully me and they and my doctor felt strongly I should remain on the pump That's when they began the appeal process while thankful, I feel it's a strange turn around from the previous calls. I have my fingers crossed that this is all it takes. It's easy to feel lost between the two big companies without a real say, I am so glad to know you are willing to give me good advice should more issues occur.
Thanks Again and well wishes to you,
aieysha
At 7:32pm on February 25, 2010, Michael Wiggins said…
Digital is so nice because you can jusr delete themoff your memory card. Keep shhoting. Mike
At 7:27pm on February 25, 2010, Michael Wiggins said…
A few years back I just couldn't stand another gray rainy day in Seattle especially bad after 25 years. So I bought another place in Arizona. Haven't spent much time there yet, and because this been such a crazy weather year I haven't gotten the outside painted yet because I haven't had 5 sunny days in a row the last 2.5 months.They had only 5.5 inches of rain all last year and 10 inches in Jan and Feb! I need to count my blessing I was in Fairbanks Alaska yesterday and it was a warm 4 degrees!
At 6:33pm on February 24, 2010, KcF said…
Ah, you make me laugh, "How's winter in Middle America " you ask? I'm pretty sure no one really wants to know the answer to that! = ) Let's just say I USED to like winter, enjoy snow, and face the cold head on, that's why they make snow pants, boots, mittens, hats, Right????
At 8:42pm on February 23, 2010, Sydney said…
Oh that trips sounds like soo much fun!!! Ya i took a class where we did photography i really enjoyed it. Yup i like to take lots of pics to!

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